By Joseph Bresee, MD, Director of the Partnership for Influenza Vaccine Introduction at The Task Force for Global Health. The development of a universal influenza vaccine has long been a public health goal, but it has thus far proven elusive. The April announcement of a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Page Family (Larry Page, […]
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Giving a Lyft to Those in Need
Did you know that just last year, United Way’s 2-1-1 network – contact centers across the country connecting families with the community-based resources they need to thrive – received more than 250,000 transportation requests nationwide? And that 20 percent of those requests couldn’t be met with existing resources? That’s why United Way of Greater Atlanta’s […]
Posted inHigher Education, Thought Leader, Uncategorized
The Rise in Single Family Rental Homes in the Sunbelt Metropolis has Implications for Fair Housing
By Dan Immergluck In the wake of the U.S. foreclosure crisis, there has been a large increase – on the order of 50 percent – in single-family rental homes, or SFRs, across the country. As millions of families lost their homes to foreclosure, many of those homes were eventually purchased by investors – small and […]
Posted inThought Leader, Transit
MARTA REDUCES DEBT COST AND VARIABLE RATE EXPOSURE
Authority Reduces Variable Rate Debt by Almost $60 Million The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) Board of Directors voted to approve a refunding of $176.8 million of variable rate bonds replaced with fixed rate bonds and a new issue of $117.5 million of variable rate debt. MARTA General Manager & CEO Jeffrey Parker announced, […]
Posted inMetro Business, Thought Leader
Report Reveals Georgia Tech’s Strength in Diverse Engineering Talent
The American Society for Engineering Education recently compiled the latest Engineering by the Numbers report, recapping data for 2016-2017. The report reveals the continued strengths of Georgia Tech in producing diverse, skilled engineering talent. Many positive rankings were updated. Notably, Georgia Tech rose to number one for bachelor’s degrees in engineering awarded to African Americans, […]
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Ebola Outbreak Response in DRC Demonstrates Importance of Global Health Security
By Judy Monroe, MD, president and CEO of the CDC Foundation We recently marked the second month since the beginning of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). While this latest outbreak has been alarming, recent news coming out of DRC is encouraging. Importantly, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently reported that […]
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Advocacy In Action
By: Melissa Redmon, Public & Political Affairs Committee Chair, Junior League of Atlanta The Junior League of Atlanta Inc.’s Political and Public Affairs Committee (PAC) is tasked with keeping our membership informed on issues affecting our community impact focus areas of Commercial Sexual Exploitation/Human Trafficking, Early Childhood Education, and Generational Poverty; while also encouraging our […]
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YMCA of Metro Atlanta exemplifies excellence
By Lisa Cremin, director, community advancement, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Since 1984, the Community Foundation has recognized standout nonprofit organizations with our Managing for Excellence award. Nonprofits who apply for this unique grant recognition participate in a detailed and rigorous review and site visit process that analyzes their operations, governance and programs according to […]
Posted inThought Leader, Transit
MARTA GENERAL MANAGER AND POLICE CHIEF TAKE INAUGURAL ATLANTA STREETCAR RIDE
Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) General Manager & CEO Jeffrey A. Parker and Chief of Police Wanda Y. Dunham took an inaugural ride on the Atlanta Streetcar after the Authority assumed operations this month. Mr. Parker and Chief Dunham spoke with those onboard, including members of a group from Denver who were using the streetcar […]
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“Black Nerd” by Jon Carr: A play that draws on the unexplored Black Experience
By Jon CarrOne of the goals of Dad’s Garage is to produce new work that you would never see anywhere else. I’ve been an improviser at Dad’s Garage for more than a decade, and the marketing director for four years—and what I love about working here is our company’s commitment to producing the work we […]
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Focusing Resources to Help Struggling Communities Thrive
When it comes to child well-being, Atlanta is failing. United Way created the Child-Well Being Index, composed of child, family and community measures, to track the progress and effectiveness of the Child Well-Being Movement. These scores, reflected in interactive maps and organized by zip code, illustrate the significant disparity across the region. Fueling a Movement […]
Posted inGlobal Health & Development, Thought Leader, Uncategorized
20 Years, 20 Million Patients
By Charles Redding, MedShare CEO & President MedShare is celebrating our 20th anniversary this year and, fittingly, we just reached our 20 millionth patient! The dedication and generosity of our donors, volunteers, staff, and global advocates made this momentous achievement possible. We want to thank all those who support our organization and encourage others to get […]
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Building on Communities’ Strengths to Achieve Better Health and Well-Being in Rural Georgia
By Tanisa Foxworth Adimu About 60 million people living in the United States live in rural communities, with nearly 1.8 million living in rural Georgia, according to the 2010 census. Rural America is not monolithic and includes a wide variety of locales, from densely populated small towns to neighborhoods on the border of urban areas […]
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Why Clarkston, Georgia Has Made Parks a Priority, and What Other Communities Can Learn from this Small City
By Ted Terry, Mayor of Clarkston, Georgia and George Dusenbury, The Trust for Public Land’s Executive Director in Georgia Tucked between Stone Mountain and Decatur lies the tiny community of Clarkston. Thirteen thousand people from more than 40 countries live inside this 1.4 square mile city, making it the country’s most ethnically diverse city and […]
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Generous families power philanthropy in Atlanta
By Erin Drury Boorn, senior philanthropic officer, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Atlanta has many generous families who are committed to giving back to their community, and some of those use a private family foundation as a way to direct their giving. I am fortunate to work with one of those families through the Community […]
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MARTA TO MAINTAIN $1 ATLANTA STREETCAR FARE POLICY
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) will maintain the $1 fare to ride the Atlanta Streetcar. MARTA assumed ownership and day-to-day operations of the streetcar on Sunday, July 1. The four-car light rail system will be part of MARTA’s new Office of Light Rail Operations. This office will handle daily operations, maintenance, and technical […]
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Georgia Charter School Students Are More Likely To Graduate High School, Enroll and Persist In College, Study Finds
Attending a Georgia start-up charter high school increases the likelihood of graduation, and those students are more likely to enroll and persist in college, according to a recent study by Georgia State University’s Center for State and Local Finance. Researchers Peter Bluestone and Nicholas Warner used Georgia’s Academic and Workforce Analysis and Research Data System, or GA AWARDS, information to analyze whether […]
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Global Elimination of Tuberculosis: How close are we?
By: Christopher C. Whalen, Director of Global Health Institute, Ernest Corn Professor of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Georgia In the US, we do not often consider tuberculosis as a major public health problem. It is, indeed, true that rates of tuberculosis are at historic lows in the country, and the […]
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Exploring Metro Atlanta’s High-Productivity Information Sector
By Tom Cunningham, chief economist, Metro Atlanta Chamber As part of a project characterizing Atlanta’s economy, I spent some time comparing the metro region to the rest of the nation. I did that by looking at relative concentrations in the local economy compared to that of the nation. In general, Atlanta’s economy is a good […]
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MARTA HELPS BRING CHILDREN’S BOOK TO LIFE
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) recently partnered with Page Turners Make Great Learners to provide an interactive reading experience for kindergarten students. Author and Newbery Award winner, Matt de la Pena, traveled from his hometown of Brooklyn, New York to Atlanta to narrate his book, Last Stop on Market Street. The story takes place […]
