Intro by John Ahmann, President & CEO, Westside Future Fund This week’s guest column is by Sandra Bush, a longtime resident of the Booker T. Washington neighborhood. Earlier this year, Sandra provided the devotion for the January 18th Transform Westside Summit where she touched on her family’s rich history in the Booker T. Washington neighborhood […]
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MAP PROVIDES DISASTER HEALTH KITS FOR THE US NAVY’S HOSPITAL SHIP COMFORT
MAP International is honored to announce their support of the U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort on a medical assistance mission that departed Miami, Florida on June 18. The U.S. Navy hospital ship began deployment to South America, Central America, and the Caribbean to begin a five-month mission as a result of the humanitarian crisis created by […]
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What To Do With 65 Masterworks
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, as my decisions about how paintings and sculptures are arranged in a gallery shape how our visitors experience and understand […]
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Center for Workforce Innovation: Real Careers with Atlanta’s Leading Industries
Intro by John Ahmann, President & CEO, Westside Future Fund This week’s guest column is by Dr. Victoria Seals, President of Atlanta Technical College. Dr. Seals was our featured presenter for the June 7th Transform Westside Summit, where she shared a progress update from the 50-year old institution and the measurable impact it is having […]
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Bringing the Arts to our Nation’s Heroes
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 retailer to connect with its hometown in another meaningful way, they merged two of its Foundation’s passions (serving veterans and […]
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Helping Men Who Struggle with Life Controlling Issues Gain Spiritual Growth and Total Healing
Intro by John Ahmann, President & CEO, Westside Future Fund This week’s column is written by John Barrow, Founder of A Better Way Ministries. I met John via his attendance at the Transform Westside Summits. John has a powerful personal story of redemption and service. You can read about it in his book: A Better […]
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The Realm of Movement Research
By Lori Teague, Director of Emory Dance and Movement Studies ProgramMovement is a language that captures connections between the realm of the body and the world. It is a manifestation of how we see, relate, act, and communicate. And through our own movement, we come to know ourselves; we learn to articulate emotion, reveal curiosities, […]
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Nourishing Atlanta’s Arts and Education Community
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 classroom. On the first Tuesday in June — the first Tuesday that you are not contractually obliged to be anywhere […]
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Ad Nauseam: A Note from the Writer and Director
By Megan Leahy, writer and director for Ad NauseamIt’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, there’s also great comfort and power in sharing our experiences, and it’s been inspiring to see so many brave women of […]
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Arts Leaders Come in All Sizes
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 movie star?Well, I am definitely none of those, but I am a long-time Atlantan who does his level best to promote […]
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Supporting Housing Affordability & Pride in Our Communities
Note from by John Ahmann, President & CEO, Westside Future Fund Thank you to Charlene Crusoe-Ingram, CEO of Meals on Wheels Atlanta for providing this week’s column. Meals on Wheels began from a seed of compassion in the United Kingdom, following World War II, when many had lost their homes and ability to cook. 1954 […]
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An Art Challenge for Atlanta
by Andrew AlexanderA 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 single work of art.That’s pretty intimidating as it is, but before the students pick up one book, before they visit the […]
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Are the arts lost in translation?
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, and well-informed young man with a passion for video games and making people smile. As we approach his high school […]
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Unlocking Potential to Change Lives
Intro by John Ahmann, President & CEO of Westside Future Fund: Thank you to Kathy Colbenson, President & CEO of CHRIS 180 for this week’s column. Westside Future Fund’s partnership with CHRIS 180 is a testament to the “Power of We”. We work closely together to help increase Westside residents’ access to more affordable housing, […]
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Opera for young audiences: Inspiring the next generation of arts lovers
By: Jessica Kiger, Audience Development & Education Manager, The Atlanta OperaThere’s nothing quite like the roar of thousands of cheering teenagers, but they weren’t at a Friday night football game – instead, it was a Friday afternoon at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, where 1,600 students attended the final dress rehearsal of The Atlanta Opera’s […]
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Breaking Cyclical Poverty and Lifting Up the Westside Together
Intro by John Ahmann, President & CEO, Westside Future Fund Thanks to Stan Little, president of the SunTrust Foundation for this week’s column. I am grateful to Stan’s leadership and to the SunTrust Foundation’s deep commitment to supporting the long-term revitalization of the Historic Westside. Demonstrating the “Power of We”, the Foundation is providing critical […]
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Magical Lessons Learned in Music
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 the fundamental importance of it. In my short time as a music educator, I have witnessed many magical aspects of […]
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Art Does Make You Smart
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 encircle the Center’s midtown campus as they bring students from 150 of the 159 counties in Georgia to experience the […]
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Truly Living Well is Growing Food, People and Community
Intro by John Ahmann: Our guest columnist this week is Carol Hunter, Executive Director of Truly Living Well (TLW). I am grateful to Carol for sharing with us Truly Living Well’s impact and the organization’s innovative programs and activities in agricultural training, nutrition, education and job creation – all of which are mission-aligned with the […]
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YWCA’s 36th Annual Salute to Women of Achievement
Intro by John Ahmann Recently, I had the honor of joining the YWCA of Greater Atlanta’ Salute to Women of Achievement, the annual event celebrating women leaders throughout Georgia whose professional and civic lives embody the organization’s mission to eliminate racism and empower women. I am grateful to this great organization, and the leadership of […]
