By Amy Tolchinsky, senior communications officer for the CDC Foundation Imagine living in extremely close quarters with your neighbors, a diet that offers poor nutrition, decreased immunity to diseases and lack of health services. This is what life is like for nearly 277,000 refugees in the Bidi Bidi camp in Uganda—currently the world’s largest refugee […]
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Homeless veteran rates in Atlanta have dropped by 70 percent, but we still have more to do…
Earlier this month, the United States Interagency Council on Homelessness (USICH) and Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) officially confirmed that the City of Atlanta has met the federal benchmarks and criteria for ending veteran homelessness. This means that we have all the components of a responsive system in place to end veteran homelessness. […]
Posted inGlobal Health & Development, Thought Leader, Uncategorized
Give Thanks by Giving Back
By Charles Redding “Help needs to get into people’s hands now. Not tomorrow, not later. Now.” Yulín Cruz, Mayor of San Juan A few weeks ago, the Mayor of San Juan begged for assistance after reporting that two people had died in the hospital because there was no power. Since then, we’ve gotten reports of […]
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National Philanthropy Day celebrates giving in Atlanta
By Jamie Tobias, gift planning officer, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta On November 9, the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) celebrated their 34th annual National Philanthropy Day, Georgia’s oldest and largest celebration of giving. A sell-out crowd of more than 1,000 people gathered to shine a light on the power of philanthropy in our region. […]
Posted inLaw & Public Policy, Thought Leader, Uncategorized
As Atlanta’s skyline grows, so does city’s affordable housing crisis
By Steven Labovitz The cityscape, culture, and even color of our bustling city in the forest is changing faster these days than most people’s socks. Everywhere in Atlanta massive, new structures are going up as older, crumbling ones are razed. What was once a blighted factory on the east side is now trendy loft space […]
Posted inPeople, Places & Parks, Thought Leader, Uncategorized
Pursuing Resiliency on a Regional Scale
By George Dusenbury, Trust for Public Land A couple of weeks ago, I had the privilege of attending the release of the City of Atlanta’s Resiliency Strategy. The City is to be congratulated for being named one of the world’s 100 Resilient Cities, and for having Otis Rolley of the Rockefeller Foundation calling Atlanta’s Resiliency […]
Posted inThought Leader, Transit
Attention MARTA riders, if you commute in from the Eastside of Atlanta, your commute will be affected by the upcoming Georgia Dome implosion. For safety reasons, MARTA is suspending all rail service west of Five Points after normal operations at 1:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 20. A portion of MARTA’s train tunnels lay almost directly under the implosion […]
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Nonprofits stand to lose billions as a result of federal tax reform. Take action!
Congress is currently working to enact a sweeping federal tax reform package before Christmas this year. And charities stand to be among the losers of the reform package. Both the House and Senate versions of tax reform incorporate proposals to double the standard deduction. While this may benefit some low and middle-income taxpayers, it would […]
Posted inHigher Education, Thought Leader, Uncategorized
Leaders, Beware the Pitfalls From the “Gift” of Feedback
By Nathan Bennett Chances are you have heard the expression, “Feedback is a gift.” The cliché is a salve against the sting of criticism, but what it more assuredly does is make giving bad news easier for the leader. Two lessons from extending the metaphor of feedback as a gift are worth consideration. The first […]
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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 […]
Posted inGlobal Health & Development, Thought Leader, Uncategorized
Why the United States Must Sustain Global Health Investments
By: Loyce Pace, Global Health Council & Maria Thacker, Georgia Global Health Alliance Global health organizations work around the world to ensure healthier lives for all people. Continued robust funding for global health is critical to reaching the finish line on bold global health initiatives to which countries around the world have committed resources and […]
Posted inSustainable Communities, Thought Leader, Uncategorized
Fifteen Projects Awarded at EarthCraft’s Annual Celebration of Excellence
By Dayna Thompson, SouthfaceOn Thursday, October 19, Southface welcomed attendees for EarthCraft’s annual Celebration of Excellence. The Celebration recognizes projects, teams, builders, contractors and organizations that have excelled in their commitment to the EarthCraft program. A leader in sustainable building practices, EarthCraft delivers high performance and improved comfort to families, tenants and business owners across […]
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Ideas Challenge winners aim to boost voter turnout
By Jeff Romig Earlier this year, the Center for Civic Innovation and Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta partnered on the Ideas Challenge, an effort to generate and fund ideas to boost voter turnout for local elections. Romig is the founder of Five Points Civic Strategies and served as a coach for this year’s Ideas Challenge […]
Posted inHigher Education, Thought Leader, Uncategorized
Closing the Financial Gap: Georgia State’s Innovative SunTrust Student Financial Management Center
Thanks to an innovative student financial center, Georgia State is closing financial gaps that can mean the difference between graduation and dropping out of college. By Jeremy Craig, Georgia State University For Kennedy Oglesby, $2,300 could have stood in the way of graduating this fall. That amount of money might seem small compared to tuition […]
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Driverless cars are the future, but Ga. law could delay it
By Eric Tanenblatt Editor’s Note: This commentary originally ran in the Atlanta-Journal Constitution Those of us who called Atlanta home in 1990 — when the world’s great cities openly mocked our bid to host the Centennial Olympic Games as a threadbare offering from a ramshackle town — recognize a similar stirring across our city today. Then […]
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This Season, Give Back to Get in the Holiday Spirit
Every holiday season brings with it a certain level of excitement and anticipation. Holiday shoppers raid department stores for incredible blockbuster deals. Children rip away at meticulously crafted wrapping paper. Families gather around dinner tables to spend quality time with loved ones. All around, there are examples and reminders of the undeniable energy that fills […]
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Countdown To History: World Polio Day
By Emily Webb, manager of stewardship for the CDC Foundation A dozen cases of wild polio virus have been reported globally in 2017. Of course, one case of polio is one case too many when you are on a course to eradicate this devastating disease worldwide. What a staggering thought. It’s difficult for us to […]
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Georgia State University Opens Groundbreaking New Legal Analytics Lab
By Charlotte S. Alexander, Associate Professor of Legal Studies and Director, Legal Analytics Lab If the job of a lawyer were reduced to its essential tasks, analyzing text and making predictions would be high on the list. For example, what proposed contract terms are problematic? How might a judge rule, given legal precedent and the […]
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Six Ways to Stay Involved During a Tiring Disaster Season
By Charles Redding Days before the California wildfires began, NPR wrote a piece titled “What The Pileup Of U.S. Disasters Means For The World.” It discussed donor fatigue and the difficulties many aid organizations face in the wake of multiple disasters. Fewer and fewer funds are raised as each new piece of bad news comes in. […]
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Improved education outcomes can make the grade in our region
By Lesley Grady, senior vice president, community, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta In 2016, the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta launched Impact Areas with measurable objectives as a way to focus our financial, partnership and advocacy investments in the Atlanta region, backed by a dashboard that captures baseline values and reveals those, transparently, to our […]
