Today, a partnership with the future on our campus, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. The first-ever Mocs Give Day is a digitally-driven, 24-hour fundraising event to extend what an education at UTC offers to our future Mocs.

UTC Chancellor Steven Angle on the first-ever "Mocs Give Day." Sybil McLain-Topel of the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce. This week's Tennessee Valley StoryCorps - and Barking Legs Theater. These voices - and more - on this edition of "Scenic Roots."

Today on Tennessee Valley StoryCorps, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga students Samantha Benavides and Jonathan Rush take One Small Step. One Small Step is an effort by StoryCorps to connect people so they can remember that people with whom they disagree are human beings. In doing this, we can begin to mend the fraying fabric of our nation — one conversation at a time.

Richard Winham shares a performance by Buffalo Rose - a Pittsburgh band with its own brand of folk and soul-grass with soaring vocal harmonies - from the Mountain Spirit Acoustic Series for the Isis Music Hall in Asheville, NC.

Earlier this year, we told you about cochlear implant surgery here in Chattanooga. On Thursday, Johnson Audiology will present an online seminar for people who have more questions about the procedure.

As an attorney here in Chattanooga, Amanda Jelks has spent a lot of time this year helping her small business clients with the challenges of life under COVID-19.

This week, the Hunter Museum here in Chattanooga hosts a gathering of female poets from a variety of backgrounds.

Andreana Lefton on “Vision + Verse: Women’s Voices.” Attorney Amanda Jelks on helping small businesses. Cochlear implants - and this week’s Mountain Spirit. These voices - and more - on this edition of “Scenic Roots.”

On this week’s “Scenic Roots: Live In The Library,” Richard Winham shares two performances from beyond Chattanooga: Sturgill Simpson - and Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit.

The Valley Vibes Music and Arts Festival takes place tomorrow and Saturday at Cherokee Farms in LaFayette, Georgia.