By Dan Williams, program officer, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Recently, while riding MARTA to work, I sat across from a woman appearing to experience mental illness. The sound of her shrill laugh permeated the train car as she raised her arms wildly in the air. Her wide-open, ragged roller bag, obviously too difficult to […]
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Why every CEO should care about cybersecurity
Photo: Metro Atlanta Chamber President and CEO Hala Moddelmog speaking at Choose ATL’s After 5 intern program focused on giving young workers a glimpse into Atlanta’s culture. By Hala Moddelmog, president and CEO, Metro Atlanta Chamber As the recent string of high-profile hacks of major U.S. companies from the past five years attests, it’s not […]
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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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The Power of “We” Part 5
The Atlanta BeltLine Partnership is promoting solutions to Atlanta’s affordable housing needs via a series of articles from our public, private, philanthropic, nonprofit, and community partners who – through “The Power of We” – can help define a coordinated set of policies, programs, and resources that build and preserve affordable living opportunities for all. Recently, Enterprise Community Partners discussed the […]
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Increasing Opportunities for Children and Families in Southwest Atlanta
The Annie E. Casey Foundation We have a saying around the Annie E. Casey Foundation that kids do well when their families do well, and families do well when they live in supportive neighborhoods with strong community-based services, good jobs, affordable homes and high-quality schools. But for too many children in Atlanta, particularly children of […]
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7 ways CDC is keeping us safe from deadly diseases
The threat is real: defunding CDC puts us all in danger, in every country of the globe By: Courtney Carson, MA, Policy and Advocacy Officer, GHTC & Brandon Ball, Policy & Advocacy Officer, PATH Photo: Dr. Stephen Redd gives a tour of CDC’s Emergency Operations Center, which serves as a command center for monitoring and […]
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Making nonprofits stronger makes stronger impact
By Lita Pardi, director, resource deployment, 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. As a starting point for future trend analysis, we created an Impact Area dashboard that captures […]
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American Board Of Obstetrics And Gynecology Honors Dr. Larry Gilstrap III
By Amy Macklin, senior advancement officer for the CDC Foundation To honor Dr. Larry C. Gilstrap III’s legacy as executive director of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG) and in recognition of his profound impact on the health of women and children whose care he has influenced, ABOG has made a generous gift […]
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Unite for Hurricane Harvey Relief
It is in times of need that we discover the full impact of a community United. As Hurricane Harvey wreaks havoc on homes and communities across Southeastern Texas and Southwestern Louisiana, families need our help more than ever as they face devastating losses from historic flooding. Ready to take action? United Way of Greater Atlanta […]
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Mudslides in Sierra Leone
by Charles Redding, CEO and President of MedShare During the Ebola crisis in West Africa in 2014, MedShare sent more than $2.4 million worth of medical aid to Sierra Leone. Healthcare professionals in the country were fighting for the lives of their patients without the tools they needed to save them – until medical donations through […]
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What Nature Gives, What Nature Needs
Over the next several months, The Nature Conservancy will share our thoughts on the critical need for adequate, reliable funding for land and water conservation in Georgia. We hope the ideas we present will inform the dialogue about why investments to create and maintain parks, green spaces and conservation lands are critical for economic success and […]
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Economic Forecast: Georgia’s Job Growth Expected to Moderate
By Rajeev Dhawan, Zwerner Chair of Economic Forecasting and director of the Economic Forecasting Center at Georgia State University’s J. Mack Robinson College of Business A strong dollar, trading partner growth woes and factors beyond American borders will continue to have a moderating impact on Georgia’s manufacturing and corporate sector gains. In the first half […]
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Taking Care of Atlanta’s Historic Westside
One of the things I love about Atlanta is that we are a city of neighborhoods, each with its own unique history, character and charm. The neighborhoods nestled on the Westside of Atlanta—English Avenue, Vine City, Ashview Heights and Atlanta University Center—hold special historical significance for our city. These neighborhoods served as the incubator for […]
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Metro Atlanta Chamber’s Top 10 Atlanta & Georgia Rankings 2017
Metro Atlanta is making economic strides on a global scale, driving results across the industry sectors that are leading tomorrow’s innovation. Recent rankings have continued to reflect Atlanta’s position as an international competitor in fields ranging from cybersecurity, health IT, FinTech, IoT, and supply chain. Georgia and Atlanta’s rich culture is also reflected with our strong contributions […]
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The Incalculable Value of a Public Research Institution
By James Weyhenmeyer The first day of a new school year is marked by excitement and expectation, and today thousands of new and returning students are buzzing through Georgia State University’s campuses from downtown Atlanta, to Decatur and Dunwoody. Yet Georgia State is not just a place where the next generation of nurses, teachers, artists […]
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Educated Workforce Council talks early education and talent pipelines
This article is part of a continuing series of posts on the Metro Atlanta Chamber’s council groups. Learn more about the Chamber’s work by exploring these leadership councils and the impact they have on the metro region. The Metro Atlanta Chamber’s Educated Workforce Council met this month to discuss recent developments and activations in education […]
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Haiti Disease Detectives Join Fight Against Zika
By Dr. Dionisio Herrera Guibert, Director of TEPHINET I recently attended a graduation ceremony in Haiti for 25 field epidemiologists who completed a training program in detecting and responding to Zika outbreaks in their communities. It was an honor to participate in this ceremony along with Dr. Patrick O’Carroll who leads our health systems strengthening […]
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A back-to-school plan for family philanthropy
By Louise Mulherin, PR manager, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta When I was growing up, back-to-school time meant a new start and fresh new school supplies. It also meant the end of unscheduled days on the beach or fishing with my family, and getting back into the routine of alarm clocks, a school uniform and […]
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Together With CDC And You, Our Impact Is Greater
By Judy Monroe, MD, president and CEO for the CDC Foundation Does your brand reflect who you are? Amazon CEO and Founder Jeff Bezos has said, “Your brand is what people say about you when you’re not in the room.” That’s interesting to think about. What would people say about you or your organization when […]
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ARC’s ConnectATL Summit to Help Region Prepare for Future of Mobility
It seems like science fiction: Self-driving vehicles that can be summoned on demand; smart traffic signals that monitor and optimize traffic flow; connected cars that “talk” to each other and avoid collisions. But technology is advancing quickly, and experts say this future may actually be close at hand. It promises to fundamentally transform our region […]
