Atlanta. We used to stand for something.
When other cities in the South were being torn apart by hatred and racism, Atlanta emerged as a city of tolerance, pragmatism and good will.
The willingness of the community’s leaders to gracefully change from a segregated city to an integrated city helped give Atlanta an aura of progress and patience — a reputation that served it well as it grew from a small Southern town to a metropolis.
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By Guest Columnist DANIEL BACKHAUS, chief marketing officee of Atlanta-based PodPonics
When it comes to food in America, we face a Dickensian dichotomy. Parts of our population enjoy abundance and an unprecedented variety of food choices, while others live in so-called food deserts with no easy access to fresh, wholesome food at all.
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Milton Little Jr. was working for a nonprofit education and social policy research organization in New York City in 1989, when his outreach to the disadvantaged suddenly got up close and personal.
“I felt I was doing a good job of giving back because of my profession,” he said in our accompanying video. “She decided she was going to crawl in my lap, she put her arms around me and kissed me on my cheek and told me to ‘keep reading.’ ”
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A primo example of the variety-pack approach to summer block-busters, “The Avengers” lumps together a half-dozen super-heroes, in much the same way cereal companies stack grocery shelves with snack-packs of Sugar Pops, Special K, Cheerios, Coco Puffs, Raisin Bran and Fruit Loops.
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By Maria Saporta and Amy Wenk
Friday, May 11, 2012
The proposed College Football Hall of Fame is now in full restart mode with definitive plans to open the attraction by the end of 2014.
The project is receiving renewed commitment and support among its various partners and sponsors following a change in leadership late last year.
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By Maria Saporta
The “Screen on the Green” will go dark this year.
Yvette Bowden, president and CEO of the Piedmont Park Conservancy, wrote in an email that the park will not be hosting the film series in 2012.
The outdoor “Screen on the Green” was almost canceled in 2011 because Piedmont Park had not been able to secure a lead sponsor for the event. Then a few weeks later, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed held a press conference to announce that there would be a 2011 season after all — thanks to sponsorships from Delta Air Lines and Georgia Natural Gas.
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A spay and neuter program for animals whose future offspring may otherwise be destined for DeKalb County’s troubled animal shelter will be the beneficiary of a bowling fundraiser scheduled for Sunday afternoon in Stone Mountain.
Proceeds of the event will go toward a sterilization program in a county where more than 5,000 animals a year are euthanized, according to a report issued in February by a county task force.
DeKalb’s a kill rate was about 60 percent of the 8,500 animals handled annually at the county’s shelter, according to the report. DeKalb’s rate is higher than reported in Cobb, Fulton and Gwinnett counties, although those counties handle fewer animals.
A few years ago, Emory’s Michael C. Carlos Museum hosted a fascinating exhibit based on the papyrus legal records of a family which lived in Egypt in the 5th Century BC.
As a testament to the lasting lessons such archaeological treasures can transmit, it came to mind last week when Barack Obama became the first sitting U.S. president to endorse same-sex marriage.
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(Michelle is on vacation, so this column is a hold-over from last week)
Rochelle Bozman wasn’t a traditional mom, or traditional single mom. But she knew she didn’t need to be.
Ten years ago, Bozman sought to adopt a kid who was hard to place. She prepared a room for an African-American boy aged 7 to 10. But a social worker called one day asking if she could come to Grady Memorial Hospital right away to pick up a newborn.
Before she lost her struggle with ovarian cancer, Bozman raised her son with a singular toughness, and in the end arranged a new family for him.
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