By John Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Operation HOPE, Inc. Starting today, Operation HOPE will officially open its first HOPE Inside office in DeKalb County. I had the pleasure of attending the grand opening ...
By John Hope Bryant This past Friday, Operation HOPE partnered with the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency Joseph Otting and his team for a Bankers Bus Tour through several neighborhoods in Atlanta. The main focus was on the proposed ...
By Claudia Einecke – Frances B. Bunzl Family Curator of European Art, High Museum of Art Among a curator’s many responsibilities, installing exhibitions is my favorite. It is the most creative aspect of my job, ...
By Courtney Blount, The Home Depot Foundation Deep-rooted culture. It is one of the many similarities between The Home Depot and its beloved hometown, Atlanta. That’s why when it came time for the home improvement ...
By Anita Ward, President Operation HOPE My parents, like many other Americans, relied primarily on Social Security for their retirement income. They were raised when the country was still reeling from the Great Depression ...
By Lori Teague, Director of Emory Dance and Movement Studies Program Movement is a language that captures connections between the realm of the body and the world. It is a manifestation of how we see, ...
By Liz Davis and Rebecca Pogue, Alliance Theatre On Behalf of the Woodruff Arts Center Educator Conference Team Imagine that you are a seventh-grade teacher, and you have just completed your fifth year in the ...
By Megan Leahy, writer and director for Ad Nauseam It’s easy to find a woman that is outraged, frustrated or upset with the way she and other women are treated. As terrible as that is, ...
by Boyd Baker, Founder of Community Arts Live and Good Gracious Show When you think of an “arts leader,” what comes to mind? Do you see a museum director, a city council member, or a ...
by Andrew Alexander A tough but beloved professor of art history gives all of her new students a difficult first assignment. They must submit, for her notoriously demanding scrutiny, an intensive research paper about a ...
by Carlton Keith Taylor, Jr. I am the eldest of two boys. My baby brother, a junior at Southwest DeKalb High School, is no longer half my size. He has grown into a respectable, observant, ...
By: Jessica Kiger, Audience Development & Education Manager, The Atlanta Opera There’s nothing quite like the roar of thousands of cheering teenagers, but they weren’t at a Friday night football game – instead, it was ...
Positive and sustained upswings in the U.S. economy are driving changes in business climates and conditions for social good. The first half of 2019 heralded a new era in financial services and delivered supportive conditions ...
by Kaitlin Gress, Manager of the Atlanta Symphony Youth Orchestra and Interim Director of Education at the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra “Ahh, music! A magic beyond all we do here!” Albus Dumbledore (and J.K. Rowling) understood ...
A new study validates arts education programming By Alvin Townley Supporters of the Woodruff Arts Center invest generously to provide arts education programming to nearly 200,000 students and children each year. Yellow school buses constantly ...
By Anita Ward, President Operation HOPE, Inc. A new era for small business emerged a few years ago and most aspiring entrepreneurs missed it. Still reeling from a decade during which the U.S. experienced a ...
Power-packed with propelling inspiration and meaningful collaborative work, 150 participants will access coaching, industry influencers, tools and resources, a business pitch, and networking. The Women’s Entrepreneurship Accelerator targets the best and brightest innovators, change agents ...
Photo above: Members of the Synchronicity Staff. From left to right – Rachel May Producing Artistic Director, Emma Calabrese Development Director, Maddie Mahood Marketing Manager, Celise Kalke Managing Director and Ashley Earles-Bennet Social Content Director. ...
HOPE Global Forums | 2019 Annual Meeting May 29 – 31 | Hyatt Regency | Atlanta, GA The 2019 HOPE Global Forum is quickly approaching. This year’s theme is A Pathway to Prosperity: Building an Inclusive ...
By Loli Lucaciu, Marketing Manager at The Woodruff Arts Center “You matter – your thoughts and feelings matter!” Iyanla Vanzant, an American inspirational speaker, lawyer and teacher, was shouting at me on my way to ...
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