Recent data from United Way shows the power of women uniting under a common purpose. United Way’s woman leaders volunteer more and give significantly larger donations than men. Fifty-one percent of individual engagement by affinity groups comes from women and 70 percent of the money raised by affinity groups comes from women. Did you know […]
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Supporting Mothers on International Women’s Day
By Charles Redding, MedShare CEO & President On International Women’s Day, MedShare partnered with King & Spalding for a national event. Offices across the country raised funds and volunteered in support of 2 Million Mothers. Spanning 11 offices, King & Spalding’s team made 2,000 Clean Birthing Kits to serve pregnant mothers without access to traditional medical […]
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Georgia Could Become a Conservation Leader for the Rest of the Country
By Whit Fosburgh, CEO, Theodore Roosevelt Conservation Partnership Georgia is one of the most biologically diverse states in the nation, making it one of the best places in the country to hunt and fish. Hunters across Georgia – and the country – flock to the state because of its outstanding whitetail deer and quail hunting, […]
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A Revolution in Legal Services: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and the Law
By Anne Tucker Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the law are dominating legal headlines, a trend at least a year in the making. The facts and foci are different, but the message is clear: a revolution in legal services is underway. At the heart of the revolution are advancements in automated content review through AI to […]
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MARTA HOSTS RETAIL CONCESSIONS INDUSTRY DAY
Event Highlights Opportunities at Rail Stations The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) hosted a retail concessions industry day on Wednesday, March 14 from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. at its headquarters on Piedmont Road in Atlanta. The event was a chance for food, beverage, and specialty retail vendors to learn about concessions opportunities at […]
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The Carter Center, MAP International and Liberia Ministry of Health Team Up to Combat Mental Health Crisis in Liberia
The Carter Center, MAP International, and the Liberian Ministry of Health have formed a new partnership to combat a growing mental health crisis in Liberia. MAP International, is joining with The Carter Center, to provide neuropsychiatric medicines and supplies to the Liberian Ministry of Health. These medications will be distributed to hospitals, health centers, and […]
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Three Barriers to Financial Security
By Che Watkins,President and CEO The Center for Working Families Sometimes as a non-profit leader, I feel like I am playing a constant game of whack-a-mole. My mind has to change courses all day long – from staff to funders to board to partners to community to participants to stakeholders. All of those matter a […]
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Infusing philanthropy into a corporate DNA benefits our region
By Lesley Grady, senior vice president, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Lots of corporations give back to the communities they serve, but at what point does giving become transformational – moving from writing a check to becoming part of the corporate DNA? And how do companies empower not just those with the biggest salaries, but […]
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Leveraging Data To Improve the Lives Of Georgians With Sickle Cell Disease and Thalassemia
By Angie Snyder and Jane Branscomb, Georgia Health Policy Center Georgia is home to one of the nation’s largest populations of individuals with sickle cell disease, with more than 7,000 individuals living with the disease in almost every county in Georgia. While treatments have improved over the years and new ones are emerging from drug […]
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Childspring International: Transforming Children’s Lives
By: Alison Fussell, Executive Director, Childspring International There is nothing sweeter than helping a child in need, especially when you’re lucky enough to do so with such an inspiring team. With all the myriad problems going on in the world, it can sometimes feel overwhelming – making you wonder whether you can truly make a […]
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It’s that time of year again… Shoebox Project is back!
When the inaugural Shoebox Project began in 2006 with a women’s leadership group collecting 1,500 decorated shoeboxes filled with toiletries for homeless women and children, no one would have believed the amount of community support it would receive over the next twelve years. Did you know that in the last two years alone, we distributed […]
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Georgia Predicted to Add Jobs, Personal Income Growth Anticipated for 2018
The continuing stock market bull run, corporate tax law changes, and other national and international factors will continue to support growth in metro Atlanta and Georgia’s large corporate activities sector, according to the latest report from the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business. The forecast, released Feb. 28, […]
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Preparing for our electric, autonomous future
By Eric Tanenblatt Truly autonomous vehicles—that is, those not requiring drivers—will be freely navigating public roads in Georgia this year, marking the culmination of nearly two centuries of research and development of internal combustion engines and machine learning. Finally, for the first time in the history of the gasoline-powered engines, these recent developments in artificial […]
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Show Your Love For Puerto Rico And USVI While Tripling Your Donation
Photo above: Debris continues to litter many streets in Puerto Rico as this photo from late January 2018 shows. By Laura Angel, vice president for advancement for the CDC Foundation Downed power lines, destroyed buildings, stacks of debris and massive infrastructure challenges. This description may bring to mind the immediate aftermath of a natural disaster. But […]
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A strong, engaged board of directors boosts nonprofit effectiveness
By Alicia Philipp, president, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta is focused on five Impact Areas, one of these is Nonprofit Effectiveness. There are many essential characteristics of highly effective nonprofits, among those is having a strong and engaged board of directors that can guide the organization and oversee critical […]
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Georgia State’s Tax Clinic Gives Georgia’s Low-Income Taxpayers a Fresh Start
By W. Edward Afield, Director, Philip C. Cook Low-Income Taxpayer Clinic and Associate Clinical Professor of Law, Georgia State University College of Law Often overlooked in broader conversations about improving access to justice is the importance of improving access for taxpayers to a just administration of federal tax laws. Given the tax code’s complexity, and […]
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Finding volunteer opportunities just got easier!
Just last year, volunteers with United Way of Greater Atlanta dedicated more than 50,000 hours of their time to give back to the Greater Atlanta community. That’s more than 2,000 days of mentoring, reading to a child, packing summer lunches and sprucing up playgrounds. That’s pretty impressive. If you’re not already volunteering, you should join […]
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Addressing the Research Complexities of the 21st Century: The Next Generation Program
By Mary Beth Walker, Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives and Innovation It might seem unusual for a sociologist to work alongside an economist, or for a lawyer to work with public health researchers. But it’s not unusual for Georgia State University. It’s one of our great strengths. Through the Next Generation Program we are bringing […]
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Making Birth Safer for Mothers in Nigeria
By Charles Redding, MedShare CEO & President Just over a year ago, nine developing nations committed to cutting preventable maternal and neonatal deaths in half. Bangladesh, Cote d’Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Malawi, Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda are working to improve the quality of care provided to women and infants in their countries’ healthcare facilities. In our […]
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MARTA DEBUTS FREE WI-FI ON BUSES AND TRAINS
Wi-Fi Lite Allows Riders to Browse Web, Connect to Social Media The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) now has free Wi-Fi on all buses and trains. The new connection allows riders to browse the web, send e-mails, read e-books, and connect to social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. To use Wi-Fi on […]
