Arts Education plays a central role in almost every arts organization’s mission. That is certainly true at the Alliance Theatre, where Chris Moses serves as the Dan Reardon Director of Education / Associate Artistic Director for the theatre. We asked Chris to update us on some of the most recent developments in arts education at […]
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HARD WORK TAKES MANY HANDS
By George Dusenbury, Georgia State Director, The Trust for Public Land 2017 was a bit of a transitional year for The Trust for Public Land in Georgia. We spent a lot of time renewing ties with old acquaintances and building ties with new ones. As an organization, we have big dreams, and we know that […]
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The Dangers of Counterfeit Medicine
Photo Above: MAP International Board Chair Phil Mazzilli and MAP CEO Steve Stirling recently visited hospitals and clinics in Haiti to survey how medicines and health supplies were being used to help Haitians. Imagine your child is sick but the closest clinic is days away. That is the unfortunate situation for many people in developing […]
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Atlanta: A Growing Dance City…but How to Sustain?
By Angela Harris, Executive Artistic Director, Dance Canvas, Inc.This is an exciting time for dance in metro Atlanta! 2017 allowed Atlanta to witness new dance companies kicking off inaugural seasons, major dance organizations making leadership and location changes, long-standing dance companies celebrating milestone anniversaries, colleges creating new dance departments and growing new dance partnerships, and dance public […]
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Regional Arts Leadership: An Investment Worth the Price
By Doug Hooker, Executive Director of the Atlanta Regional CommissionArts and culture are both an important asset and a critical sector for metro Atlanta. For one, as a region we certainly benefit from the economic impact of both commercial and nonprofit arts. The nonprofit arts sector alone has a $719 million annual financial impact and […]
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The Importance of Vision
“Where there is no vision, the people perish.” Proverbs 29:18 By Michael Halicki, Park Pride’s Executive Director People often think of nonprofits as mission driven organizations. While mission is vital to defining what an organization does, it is the vision that defines what you aim to achieve. In these uncertain times, it is vision, not mission, […]
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Welcome to the Stage
By Doug Shipman, President and CEO of The Woodruff Arts Center Welcome to the Arts Community! That phrase can be applied in many different ways: it’s a welcome that has been extended to me many times over the past few months since I became CEO of The Woodruff Arts Center. A hearty welcome should certainly […]
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What Do Charity Watchdog Ratings Really Mean?
Thanksgiving and Giving Tuesday traditionally signals the kick-off of year-end giving season for non-profits. For many organizations, a third or more of their annual giving is received during this time. In fact, nearly 12 percent of all donations to charities occur in the last three days of the year. With 1.8 million non-profits raising their hand during […]
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Welcome to our newest Thought Leader the Woodruff Arts Center
SaportaReport’s Thought Leadership columns are a forum where experts host discussions about current and trending topics in their respective fields. Our newest partner at The Woodruff Arts Center will curate posts by local artists and art organizations under the header “Arts & Culture.” Check back each Tuesday for new content. We look forward to sharing this […]
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The Future of Atlanta is Green
Since the Mayoral Forum on Greenspace, many of the candidates responded to a questionnaire with questions related to greenspace policy and what the future of Atlanta’s parks, trees, trails, and watersheds would look like under their respective administration. Read the candidates’ responses on Park Pride’s website, and vote for the greener good! Below is a column […]
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Georgia-based MAP International Recognized For Excellence
A commitment to accountability and transparency has paid off for Georgia-based MAP International (www.map.org) as the organization has earned Charity Navigator’s perfect score of “100” and its fifth consecutive four-star rating. “Charity Navigator is a trusted source used by donors who want to ensure their gifts are being used as efficiently as possible,” said Steve Stirling, […]
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Responding to disasters on many fronts
Before there was Irma, there was Harvey. Before Harvey, there was an unnamed disaster in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Though you might not have seen it on cable news, Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, experienced unrelenting rains only a few days before Harvey made landfall in Texas. Nearly 1,000 people perished and thousands more […]
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9 Ways You Can Save a Tree
By Judy Yi, Director of Education, Trees Atlanta Why not 10 ways? Why not save a whole forest? We offer 9 simple ways you can save a tree as a reminder that protecting our urban forest does not have to be a perfect or complex solution. It just takes you and me doing what we […]
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CLIMATE CHANGE, PARIS ACCORD, AND ATLANTA’S TREES
By Joe Thomas, Donor and Public Relations Coordinator, Trees Atlanta In the wake of the federal government’s withdrawal from the Paris Accord—the historic worldwide agreement addressing climate change signed by then-President Obama — we have to get serious about the climate crisis at the local level. Now is the time for states, municipalities, and neighborhoods […]
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Gates Foundation and Rotary International Accept First Bill Foege Global Health Awards
Photo Above: Bob Hope, Founder Hope-Beckham, Dr. Bill Foege, Steve Stirling, MAP International, Jeff Rosensweig, Director of the Global Perspectives Program at Goizueta Business School of Emory University, Ambassador Andrew Young, and John Germ, President, Rotary International More than 400 leaders and advocates came together Sunday evening, June 11, in Atlanta to recognize the accomplishments […]
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Launching a Second Century of Service
By Rebekah Henry Murphy, 2017-2018 President of the Junior League of Atlanta For our entire history, The Junior League of Atlanta (JLA) has played a major role in bringing about many of the services and social reforms that our community has needed – from providing free school books and lunches in the Atlanta Public School […]
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Green Return: How Investing in Trees Benefits Atlanta
By Dave Simpson What if Trees Atlanta gave a gift valued at $10 Billion to the people of Atlanta? By at least one measurement, we’ve done just that. A single street tree can provide over $90,000 of direct benefits over the course of its lifetime (Burden, 2006), and Trees Atlanta has planted and distributed over […]
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Hunger Never Takes a Break!
Why Child Nutrition Programs are Important Many parents are looking forward to the end of the school year and the memories they’ll make with their children this summer. But parents of the one in four Georgia children who face food insecurity see the upcoming break in classes through a different lens—the end of the school […]
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100 Years of Service Celebrated with $1 Million to Atlanta Nonprofits
The Junior League of Atlanta Celebrates Centennial Anniversary with Grant Donation to Area Organizations To celebrate 100 years of service to the Atlanta community, The Junior League of Atlanta, Inc (JLA) announced today three Centennial Grants to local nonprofits totaling $1 million and targeted to assist residents struggling through food insecurity, generational poverty and the […]
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DARE to Dream Big: Break Free of Your Comfort Zone to Reach Your Full Potential
As humans, we naturally gravitate to our comfort zone. But, it is the most dangerous place we can live. If you stay inside your comfort zone, you will never stretch yourself and do what is necessary to reach your full potential and impact.
