CHATTANOOGA CHALLENGES IN MOTION - video, photo & multimedia album
A Project of the REHBERG INSTITUTE - films produced by WILD CLEARING, the institute's affiliate
Chattanooga Challenges in Motion
MORE PHOTO STILLS FROM VIDEO PROJECT OF Y-CAP WORK WITH JUVENILE OFFENDERS
Josiah explains the after-school routine
Tyler offers thoughts on the project
Kids get a light meal and drinks after school
Overview of Joe Smith's review of daily school reports
Josh listens to critique of his school report
Two feed ducks in garden kids work in
Josh and organizer Joe Smith with a client from the Orange Grove Center - kids also work at times with the disabled at Orange Grove
Kids pick cherry tomatoes from the garden they tend
Joe Smith, director of the Y-CAP program, goes over kids' reports from schools for this particular day.
Y-CAP alumnus tutors current client - Y-CAP is a the acronym for the YMCA Community Assistance Project, overseen by Joe Smith for the YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga. Video documentary is under way, filming by Wes Rehberg
PHOTO STILL FROM VIDEO PROJECT ON Y-CAP WORK WITH JUVENILE OFFENDERS
Joe Smith of Y-CAP explains the garden project assembled for his work with juvenile offenders in Chattanooga. The juvenile participants also assist persons with disabilities connected with the Orange Grove Center. Y-CAP is a the acronym for the YMCA Community Assistance Project, overseen by Smith for the YMCA of Metropolitan Chattanooga. Video project is under way, filming by Wes Rehberg.
Improvisor 2010 - Chattanooga - Excerpts - Barking Legs Theater
This experimental video is from excerpts of three of the Improvisor 2010 performances at the Barking Legs Theater in Chattanooga TN - filmed by Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing.
Improvisor 2010 - Andrea Centazzo (percussion) - Chattanooga TN
Andrea Centazzo, percussionist, performs at the Barking Legs Theater in Chattanooga TN, an excerpt from the Improvisor 2010 nationwide performances there, filmed from a theater seat by Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing
"EAST LAKE CELEBRATION AND HEALTH FAIR" - A Chattanooga documentary sketch
On view here is a short 4-minute 30-second sketch about the Building Stable Lives Project's Celebration and Health fair for the local community. The gathering was co-organized by Hamilton County TN's Tender Care in its Department of Health. Building Stable Lives is funded by United Way and supervised by the Partnership for Families, Children and Adults. The video is part of our Chattanooga Challenges in Motion series organized by the Rehberg Institute - filmed by Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing.
DOWNTOWN STREET DANCING - CHATTANOOGA TN - Video Still Photo
Dancers Polly Curtis, Angela Sweet and Elizabeth Longphre move through a routine on Chattanooga's East Main Street in this photo still from a 9-minute video I filmed (video below) of one of the Angela Sweet Dances summer performances on this Tennessee city's streets.
DOWNTOWN STREET DANCING - CHATTANOOGA TN
Angela Sweet, Elizabeth Longphre and Polly Curtis dance improvisationally on East Main Street in Chattanooga in this 9-minute video filmed by Wes Rehberg of Wild Clearing. The Angela Sweet Dances have been a summer Friday night routine on city streets.
Hands Across the Sands - Chattanoogans Join With Those Confronting BP Gulf Oil Spill
Chattanoogans gathered on a walking bridge over the Tennessee River to demonstrate solidarity with those who are struggling to confront the ravages from the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. More than 80 persons joined hands to link with national efforts to show and give support to those along the U.S. Gulf Coast. Filmed by Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing, 7- minutes.
ENSEMBLE THEATRE OF CHATTANOOGA: INTERVIEW WITH PRODUCING PARTNERS
The three producing partners of the Ensemble Theatre of Chattanooga talk about their hopes for and ideas behind this Tennessee theater enterprise in this 9-minute interview ... the three: Garry Lee Posey, Christy Gallo, John Thomas Cecil ... Filmed by Wes Rehberg & Megan Hollenbeck, © 2010 Wild Clearing -- The theater is at St. Andrews Center in the Highland Park neighborhood, also considered a challenged area, going through a revival.
A BROAD AND DETAILED LOOK AT CHATTANOOGA FROM CITY-DATA.COM - LINK IN THE TEXT
This link will take you to the city-data com website's collection of a broad range of data for Chattanooga, mostly two or more years old but still a comprehensive profile --
CHATTANOOGA REGION'S LOW-BIRTH-WEIGHT AND INFANT-MORTALITY PROBLEMS MOUNT
CHATTANOOGA REGION CHALLENGES: -- Infant mortaility; -- low birth-weight babies -
* From Dr. Eileen Robertson-Rehberg -- In, 2006, 48 infants died in Hamilton County. Hamilton County had the second highest infant mortality rate and the highest African American infant mortality rate compared to other metropolitan areas in Tennessee, according to the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Health Department.
That rate applies to those who are poor, African-American and/or inner city.
* From a report in WCTV News Channel 9 -- The low birthweight rate in Hamilton County is 12%, a whopping 50% higher than the national average of 8%. Since 1996 the rate of infants born in Tennessee with low birthweight has climbed 9%, according to health department statistics.
It's all about what young mothers learn, or don't learn, that could be at the root of the problem, according to Dr. Cherry Guinn. She teaches nursing at UTC and Tuesday shared the results of a study she's done on mothers who deliver low birthweight babies in Hamilton County during the last three years.
She's found several common risk factors - alcohol use, drug use, sexually transmitted disease and smoking. And surprisingly, about a third of low birthweight moms say the health care professionals they saw during their pregnancy did not talk about risky behaviors to avoid."There was a high percentage that knew nothing about the affects of smoking or affects of alcohol, or anything from their provider," Dr. Guinn said.
* From the Associated Press -- Associated Press - May 29, 2010 11:35 AM ET
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Supporters of a state agency created to reduce the infant mortality rate in Tennessee are hoping lawmakers can agree on a budget that will save the program.
The Republican-majority Senate Finance Committee passed a budget plan last week that would cut funding for the Office of Children's Care Coordination in half next year and eliminate it the following year.
Mary Nell Bryan, President of the Children's Hospital Alliance of Tennessee, says the agency also has initiatives that benefit children and women.
Bryan cited testimony from OCCC director Bob Duncan who told the Senate Finance Committee that every half pound of weight that can be added to a low birthweight baby saves $15,000.
The state gives the program $4.5 million annually, which is matched by federal funds. It was established by Democratic Gov. Phil Bredesen in 2004.
"TRACING CHATTATONIA" - Extended trailer - concept-album film - 2007
Looking back, I'm now thinking the way I conceived most films since I started filmmaking 5 years ago is the way musicians do concept albums - this would be the first - "Tracing Chattatonia" - filmed in 2007 - website is http://www.wildclearing.com/chattatonia.html
AN EX-PRISONER'S DILEMMA: NO JOB, NO HOME
A 10-minute video sketch of an interview with Terriun Harris, who talks about the difficulty of finding a job and housing with a felony conviction on his record. Brother Ron Fender speaks about CHANGER, an intervention economic human rights program for Terriun and others in his predicament. Filmed by Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing. Filmed January 2009.
YOUNG CHATTANOOGA GIRLS PAINT AN OUTDOOR MURAL
Girls from Hardy Elementary School in Chattanooga TN paint an outdoor mural through the creative efforts of Mark Making's artistic enterprise, Girls Inc. of Chattanooga, and many participants - a 10-minute documentary sketch by Wes Rehberg of Wild Clearing - a media project of the Rehberg Institute
'CHATTANOOGA'S HOMELESS CHALLENGE' TRAILER
The homeless in Chattanooga, TN, finally got a voice in this 2006 57-minute documentary by Wes Rehberg, available at www.wildclearing.com -- the documentary covers the situations of homeless persons as well as interventions and opportunities for transition out of homelessness. The documentary was shown in the Community Theater at the Memorial Auditorium and at Barking Legs Theater in Chattanooga.
HARTNELL FARM DEDICATION to ST. ANDREWS CENTER in Chattanooga
Dedication of Hartnell Farm to St. Andrew's Center in Chattanooga from Wes Rehberg on Vimeo.
This is a preview video of the dedication of the Hartnell farm in Hixon, TN, by the McConnell and the Hartman families for Chattanooga's St. Andrew's Center's urban program, principally to Hispanics, to create a farm to provide for urban families and to be a learning center as well. Featured are poets Wendell Berry and Laurie Perry Vaughen, Hartnell farm family members Max McConnell and Sandra Burnett, and Rev. Michael Feely, St. Andrew's director. Filmed by Wes Rehberg.
BLOG'S NAME CHANGE TO CHATTANOOGA CHALLENGES IN MOTION
Our blog, formerly named East Lake Grace Blog, has been changed to Chattanooga Challenges in Motion to reflect a broader effort to provide film and photo and data mapped views of areas and neighborhoods considered challenged in this Tennessee city and efforts to try to meet those challenged. .
CAARA FIGHTS FOR HER CHATTANOOGA MEADOW
Caara Fritz Stoney has been resisting City of Chattanooga efforts to force her to remove native grasses from her 2-1/2 acre meadow tract in the Cedar Hill neighborhood on the city's challenged southeast area. In this video sketch, a work team of activists help her clear her land and show support as she describes her struggle. Filmed by Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing
A CHRISTMAS BRUNCH FOR THE HOMELESS AND HUNGRY
HOMELESS BRUNCH - CHATTANOOGA: More than 300 guests attended a Christmas brunch served to homeless persons at the First Baptist Church in Chattanooga TN. Guests were given opportunities to sing on stage as well as presents and Santa visits. - (iPhone photos by Wes Rehberg) Click on this link to view photos on FaceBook like the one below ...
THANKSGIVING FOR THE HOMELESS IN CHATTANOOGA - DOCUMENTARY FILM SKETCH
A multitude dedicated themselves to others in this 7-minute video of Thanksgiving homeless activism with a great outpouring at Chattanooga's Grateful Gobbler benefit 3-mile walk & at Unity in the Community's huge dinner at 1st Tennessee Pavilion - filmed by Wes Rehberg, Wild Clearing
EAST LAKE COURTS KIDS' CANNED-GOODS DRIVE FOR THOSE IN NEED
Miss Doris led Unity in the Community volunteers and East Lake Courts housing project kids on a canned-goods drive to help out "Others" - those in need ... photos below are from Miss Doris's can drive on November 14, 2009 - by Wes Rehberg - in the photos beside the kids are Eileen Rehberg and Wendy ...
*AT RISK* CHATTANOOGA NEIGHBORHOODS *DEFINITELY INCLUDE* EAST LAKE
For indications of the challenges facing the East Lake neighborhood and others in Chattanooga, you may click on this link to view a report that provides maps and tables that offer insight to how challenged neighborhoods compare. These data are available to the public by the Ochs Center for Metropolitan Studies through a report by Eileen Rehberg.
Also available are data from the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce Business Information Center, Economic Development Department, that offer demographic insights into Chattanooga areas, including East Lake neighborhood profiles. These data can be viewed by opening this link to a PDF file ...
For Tennessee Department of Education 2009 data covering East Lake Elementary School, you can visit this TDoEd web page .... be sure to open the tabs.
*EAST LAKE COURTS AFTER SCHOOL VIDEO* - 2 MINUTES
This is a 2-minute video sketch of the after-school program at the public housing East Lake Courts Community Center in the challenged Chattanooga TN East Lake neighborhood. Filmed by Wes Rehberg of Wild Clearing.
East Lake Courts community supporters
Photos are of some of the neighborhood association women and organizers who support the after-school program and other work at the East Lake Courts Community Center in Chattanooga, TN ...
Captions for all photos will be forthcoming ...
Photos: East Lake Center After School Program & Reading Center
PHOTOS ARE FROM THE EAST LAKE COURTS COMMUNITY CENTER IN CHATTANOOGA TN - ITS AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM AND GROWING READING CENTER ...
Captions to these photos are pending ... KEEP CHECKING BACK FOR UPDATES ...
Unity in the Community: Building a Chattanooga Neighborhood Reading Center
Posted is a video report of a Chattanooga TN Unity in the Community East Lake work day on March 14, 2009 involving neighborhood improvement projects. This Wild Clearing video report focuses on the gathering of the volunteers and work on a reading and learning center library for children. Filmed by Wes Rehberg.