From the diminishing supply of affordable units, to funding mechanisms for development and preservation, to issues of gentrification and displacement – housing affordability continues to be a central issue to achieving equity in metro Atlanta. At our last housing forum, we learned about taskforce efforts throughout the region – with a specific focus on Brookhaven, […]
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Beyond the End of the Road: Providing Health Services To Marginalized Rural Populations
By: Olusimbo Ige, MD,MS,MPH, Executive Director, Global Health Unit, Global Ministries When Jean Shailunga of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) contracted cholera, he was more fortunate than many of his neighbors in the rural community of the North Katanga Province. The change-maker for Shailunga was the 16-day cholera treatment he received at a Kizanga […]
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READY FOR MORE? MARTA WANTS TO KNOW
MARTA Riders Encouraged to Provide Feedback on Proposed More MARTA Atlanta Projects More MARTA Atlanta, a partnership between MARTA and the City of Atlanta, is blitzing the city to make a final push to engage and hear from MARTA riders regarding the More MARTA Atlanta proposed project list. On Wednesday, Aug. 22 from 2 – 6 […]
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We’re changing the philanthropy game
The world’s largest nonprofit and one of the world’s most innovative companies are teaming up to provide a new way for employees to engage in philanthropy. United Way of Greater Atlanta and Salesforce.org’s Philanthropy Cloud connects employees, customers, and partners to the causes they are most passionate about. Philanthropy Cloud makes it easy to get […]
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Georgia State Has Record Freshman Class, Increase In Academic Quality, for Fall 2018
Georgia State University has enrolled the largest freshman classes in its history this fall at the university’s downtown campus and the five campuses of Georgia State’s Perimeter College. At the Atlanta Campus, more than 4,600 first-year students enrolled at the university, an increase of 700 students compared to the fall semester of 2017. The class […]
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Metro Atlanta Chamber Announces Finalists in 2018 Atlanta E3 Awards
Awards honor metro Atlanta business leaders advancing regional economy and environment (Photo: Metro Atlanta Chamber President and CEO Hala Moddelmog speaking at the 2017 Atlanta E3 Awards. ) The Metro Atlanta Chamber (MAC) revealed the finalists for the 2018 Atlanta E3 Awards. The E3 Awards celebrate the companies, organizations and people whose work innovates at […]
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The More We, The More I Can Do
By John Ahmann, Executive Director, Westside Future Fund Last Saturday, as I visited the different booths of the At-Promise Block Party, sponsored by the Atlanta Police Department (APD), the phrase “the more we, the more I can do,” sprung into my mind. As I walked the block of Cameron Alexander, closed for the celebration, I was […]
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Getting to Zero Waste
By Pamela Henman Increasingly, consumers, corporations, and cities are waking the sleeping giant that is plastic pollution, as a recent spate of corporate and municipal bans on single use plastic items like plastic straws and bags make global headlines. According to the United Nations Environment, about 60 percent of the more than 8.3 billion tons […]
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Zika May Not Be In The News, But Its Negative Impact Continues To Be Felt
By Dr. Judy Monroe, president and CEO of the CDC Foundation For many, Zika virus has fallen off the radar since the height of the outbreak in the western hemisphere in 2015–17 as the news cycle has moved on to other challenges. But Zika virus remains front and center to the families with children born […]
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Atlanta City Council Members Host More MARTA Atlanta Community Forums
City of Atlanta Residents Urged to Learn About Proposed More MARTA Atlanta Projects, Provide Feedback Atlanta City Council members are hosting community forums to educate residents and city stakeholders about the More MARTA Atlanta program and receive feedback on the proposed project list. Public input has been central to the More MARTA Atlanta program since its […]
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Could Self-Driving Shuttles be Coming to Chamblee?
By Jim Jaquish Imagine tapping an app on your phone and just a few minutes later, a car shows up to take you wherever you want to go at an affordable price. Oh right. You can already do that. Now imagine that the vehicle pulling up to your curb has no driver. The city of […]
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Collaboration: The Philanthropic Vehicle of Choice in Connecting Passions to Missions
By Damayea Bangura Damayea “BB” Bangura served as the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta’s 2018 Summer Fellow. She is in her last year of studies at Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies studying public policy and nonprofit leadership. BB is passionate about using third sector initiatives to propel community engagement and social […]
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Collective Impact as Means to Create Change: A Cautionary Tale
By Glenn Landers Director, Health Systems, Georgia Health Policy Center Cutting poverty. Improving high school graduation rates. Reducing health disparities. Progress towards these ambitious goals can be slow, as the work towards achieving large-scale social impact is complex. Seven years ago, the publication of John Kania and Mark Kramer’s influential paper defining “collective impact,” the […]
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Volunteers Bring Tax Assistance Program to Life
More than 16,600 tax returns prepared by 658 volunteers. 24,225 volunteer hours logged at 29 sites across Greater Atlanta’s 13 county region. The Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program was a success again this year, resulting in nearly $15 million in refunds and tax preparation fees. It’s in the program’s name, so it shouldn’t be […]
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Annual Grant Program for Metro Atlanta Companies Doing Business Globally Returns
Returning for the third year in a row, the 2018 Atlanta Metro Export Challenge (Atlanta MEC), sponsored by JPMorgan Chase, kicked off at the headquarters of the LED display manufacturer, NanoLumens, on July 18. The Atlanta MEC is a dynamic grant program designed to engage metro Atlanta companies in developing and growing their international sales. […]
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MARTA and DeKalb County invite the public to review the vision for a more livable, walkable, transit‐friendly DeKalb
The Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) and DeKalb County invite residents to attend open houses this month where they can review stations plans for the I-20 East Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Strategic Plan. These plans are based on visions created at the last round of public workshops in April. The open houses are an […]
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Georgians want funding to close the Workforce Gap
By Che Watkins, The Center for Working Families There are two recent reports that I have read that I am really excited about. Job training, workforce development and access to affordable education are rapidly becoming the hottest topics for companies today. We have seen recent commentary from a number of major employers lamenting that their […]
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Who Is Your (Green) Hero?
Cox Conserves Heroes Award Celebrates Ten Years Tyrene Hodge, Senior Manager, CSR Environmental Sustainability with Cox Enterprises and George Dusenbury, Executive Director for The Trust for Public Land in Georgia Heroes don’t always wear capes. Sometimes they wear work gloves and carry shovels. Conservation heroes commit time and energy to advocating for parks and greenspaces […]
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When Medicine Isn’t Available…
Photo Above: Dr. Mark Thorson of Haiti’s Children presents Dr. Philippe Seneque with a MAP International Mission Pack. Each pack contains treatments to serve the needs of 750 people. Dr. Philippe is the only doctor serving 80,000 Haitians in 69 villages in his hometown in Pestel, Haiti. By Dale Hanson-Bourke We hardly give it a […]
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Synchronicity Theatre sets the stage for success
By Lisa Cremin, director, community advancement, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Since 1984, the Community Foundation has recognized standout nonprofit organizations with our Managing for Excellence award. Nonprofits who apply for this unique grant recognition participate in a detailed and rigorous review and site visit process that analyzes their operations, governance and programs. Awards are […]
