By James Paulk, ASO Annual Giving Officer On February 4, 1945, the Atlanta Music Club sponsored a concert with Henry Sopkin conducting the Atlanta Youth Symphony Orchestra at the Grady High School Auditorium. While many of the details are lost to history, it’s unlikely that the small group of dedicated women who brought it together […]
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Our 30 Year Obsession with Parks, Explained
By Rachel Maher, Park Pride For 30 years, Park Pride has engaged communities to activate the power of parks. Thirty years. The organization was founded in 1989, the year that Seinfeld premiered. Park Pride was organizing volunteer projects and beautifying Atlanta’s greenspaces when America was “getting online” in the early 90s. Park Pride was helping […]
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Providing Community And Connectedness to Combat Veteran Suicide
By Amy Tolchinsky, senior communications officer for the CDC Foundation Each year, hundreds of thousands of Americans serve their country in the U.S. military. For many, their military experience becomes a building block for personal and professional development, and a touchstone of pride long after they return to civilian life. For some others, however, post-military […]
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Now That LWCF is Permanent, It’s Time We Fund It
By John D’Andrea, Senior Vice President, External Affairs, Georgia Power Our lands and waters are more than just our country’s beautiful natural features. They are the very foundation of our security, way of life and all life itself. That is why in 1964, Congress established the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), which balances the […]
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Metro ATL Adds 72,500 People in Past Year. What Does this Growth Mean?
By Junior Knox It’s probably not shocking to hear that metro Atlanta is adding more people. Just take a look at all the construction cranes dotting the skyline, or the skyrocketing rents, for that matter. What might come as a surprise is how the metro is growing, and where. The 10-county metro area added another […]
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Something Over Something Else: Romare Bearden’s “Profile” Series High Museum of Art, September 14, 2019 – February 2, 2020
by Stephanie Heydt, Margaret and Terry Stent Curator of American Art, High Museum of Art In 1977, the New Yorker published a feature-length biography on the artist Romare Bearden (1911 – 1988) by Calvin Tomkins in the magazine’s “Profiles” section. This biographical essay, “Putting Something over Something Else,” was titled after Bearden’s own words describing the process of making art: “I really think the art […]
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State Farm connects students with community causes
By Mindy Kao, program associate, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Do you remember how you spent your summers while you were in college? During my college summers, I found myself making extra cash slinging ice cream at the Bruster’s in my hometown of Canton, Georgia and later assembling banh mi sandwiches at We Suki Suki […]
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MARTA holds public hearing on proposed bus service changes
By MARTA The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) will hold a public hearing on proposed bus service modifications on Monday, September 16 at the DeKalb County Public Library, located at 215 Sycamore Street in Decatur. The following routes will be discussed: MARTA representatives will be on hand for a community exchange session beginning at […]
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A Better Tree Protection Ordinance for Atlanta
By Judy Yi, Director of Outreach, Trees Atlanta Since early 2018, the City of Atlanta’s tree protection ordinance has been under review for a rewrite by the Department of City Planning as part of its larger Urban Ecology Framework (UEF) initiative. On August 22nd, over 80 attendees filled the City Council chambers for the latest […]
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Curator Michael Rooks on Highlighting Atlanta Artists’ Perspectives on Immigration and Identity
By Eva Berlin, High Museum of Art, Digital Content Specialist Video by Ashley Bartholomew, High Museum of Art, Media Production Specialist In the High Museum of Art’s newest Curator Close-Up video, you’ll meet Michael Rooks, the Museum’s Wieland Family Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art. Hear from Rooks as he discusses his work with Atlanta artists over the years and […]
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YMCA Leadership & Learning Center is Focused on Creating and Delivering Innovative Research-based Programming to Westside Residents
Introduction by John Ahmann, President and CEO of Westside Future Fund This week’s guest columnist is Lauren Koontz, President & CEO of the Metro Atlanta YMCA. Her column is about an incredible new asset in Vine City, the YMCA’s new Leadership and Learning Center. In explaining the role of the Westside Future Fund (WFF), I […]
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United Way Partners with Labor Families to Help Union Families in Need
For more than 75 years, United Way has partnered with the American Federation of Labor and National Congress of Industrial Organizations to help unionized employees in times of emergency. The first formal agreement encouraged labor representation on United Way — formerly Community Chest — boards and councils. United Way and the AFL-CIO agreed to collaborative […]
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Reflections on “Women’s Equality Day”
By John Hope Bryant This week began with “Women’s Equality Day”. It’s a day that the nation reflects on the certification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920, granting women the right to vote. Despite the significance of this momentous day nearly 100 years ago, and the positive progress that’s happened afterward, […]
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It’s Not My Turn
By Anita Ward, President Operation HOPE This isn’t my week to write for Saporta. It’s not my turn. But isn’t it time for women to stop waiting their turn? Today is the anniversary of Women’s Equality Day, and if Alice Paul and Carrie Chapman Catt had waited their turns then women would never have […]
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Task Force Informatics Helps Build Comprehensive Profile of Patients with Inherited Metabolic Disorders in Georgia
By Task Force for Global Health One of its kind initiative in state aims to better understand the diseases and treatment outcomes When Bentley Vining was born, he was diagnosed with a rare inherited disorder that required him to be on a lifelong special diet. His mother, Courtney, submitted a claim for the medical formulas […]
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Create Locally, Market Globally
by Mark Gresham, founder of EarRelevant I am a creative professional and Atlanta native. At 63 years of age, I have seen a lot of changes in both the city’s arts community and its business community over that time, and participated as a composer, a music journalist, a publisher and a handful of other related […]
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How Esports Is a Window to Innovation (and How I Became a Cool Dad for a Day)
By Alex Gonzalez, Chief Innovation Officer, Metro Atlanta Chamber Your kids are sometimes the best focus group. As a parent, it’s easy to forget that your kids are a great bridge to understanding the trends that are being shaped by a new generation. One Saturday this summer, I took my 14-year-old to an esports event […]
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Harry Norman partners with Community Foundation for philanthropy fund
By Elyse Hammett, vice president marketing and communications, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta My family has bought, renovated and sold a number of homes around Atlanta as our family grew and our needs changed over the years. Today, as empty nesters, we’re in the home-selling process again. The process of buying or selling a home […]
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Our kids are “At-Promise” for a better future. I know, because I am one of them
Introduction by John Ahmann, President & CEO of Westside Future Fund This week’s guest columnist is Lakeisha Walker, assistant director of youth programs for the Atlanta Police Foundation. I was honored to hear Lakeisha’s personal testimonial as part of her speaking on a panel led by the Atlanta Police Foundation team at the July 19th […]
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MARTA leadership team members recognized for achievements
By MARTA Two members of MARTA’s executive management team have been recognized as industry leaders as the Authority prepares for a time of unprecedented growth and service expansion. Marsha Anderson Bomar, assistant general manager of capital program delivery, and Frank Rucker, chief of capital programs, were recently honored for their achievements. Anderson Bomar received the […]
