By John Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Operation HOPE, Inc. Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Treasury commemorated the legacy of the Freedman’s Savings and Trust Company with the renaming of a building—a rare occurrence on the White House campus.
Category: Thought Leadership
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Philanthropy is a family affair
By Erin Drury Boorn, senior philanthropic advisor, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta This past week the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta hosted Coventry Edwards-Pitt, author of Raised Healthy, Wealthy and Wise for our annual Center for Family Philanthropy event. This event is a chance for our donors to learn more about how they want to […]
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Cal-Culator Spikes Due to Positive News in Georgia’s Housing Industry
Last month’s Atlanta residential real estate index remained stagnant as a result of falling home sales coupled with rising home prices. This month, we’re excited to share that the Cal-Culator has risen .02 to a 7.7 triggered by positive news regarding delinquent home rates, home prices, construction spending and mortgage rates.
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Creating a LINC to like-minded professionals
According to the late, great Muhammad Ali, “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.” His words serve as a cornerstone for the reason I’m a community volunteer.
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Southeast Mortgage Unveils New Corporate Headquarters Equipped with Progressive Work-Life Balance Amenities
Georgia’s largest non-bank lender, Southeast Mortgage, has unveiled the firm’s new transformative headquarters, located at 3575 Koger Boulevard in Duluth, Georgia.
Posted inGlobal Health & Development, MAP International, Thought Leader, Uncategorized
My First Disaster
By: Kathryn Hearn They say you never forget your first disaster. For me, it occurred this summer as I was part of the team from MAP International responding to the floods in Louisiana. Louisianans are no strangers to flooding conditions, but this flooding was unprecedented. Nothing could prepare me for what we were going to […]
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Three Reasons Why Atlanta is Ripe for Exporters
By Zaheer Faruqi, Aventure AviationOver the past decade, Atlanta has climbed to 64th from 71st amongst the Top 100 United States metros for exports. In fact, export businesses can now be found in every single metro Atlanta county and more than 80 percent of Georgia’s 159 counties. As the founder of Aventure Aviation, an aircraft […]
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THE WAY IT SHOULD BE
By John Berry Last Wednesday at the 2nd Annual Poverty Forum I was honored to moderate a lunch panel on legislative and policy issues in Georgia. That panel featured Taifa Smith Butler of the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute and Kelly McCutchen of the Georgia Public Policy Foundation. As you are probably aware, these two […]
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The right tools build a stronger nonprofit
Although investing in programs is important, I am here to challenge you to consider making an investment that will strengthen an organization from within.
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Sir Richard Peto Receives CDC Foundation Hero Award
By Dr. Judy Monroe, president & CEO of the CDC Foundation Did you know that cardiovascular disease (CVD), which includes heart attack and stroke, is the leading cause of death in the world today? Eighty percent of CVD deaths are the result of heart attacks and strokes, with more than three-quarters occurring in low-and middle-income […]
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The “Sort of Hot, Sort of Not” Atlanta Housing Market
Among last month’s headlines that may have best defined the Atlanta housing market read: “Odd housing market confounds buyers, agents.”
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1,000 ‘Bank’ Branches for the Underserved
By John Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Operation HOPE, Inc. Take a look around—there are more check cashers and payday lenders in America than there are Starbucks! And, today, a person does not have to be poor and destitute to be targeted by the predatory lending sector. The ‘teetering class’—the 63% of Americans that […]
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Join CARE’s Walk in Her Shoes to Help End Poverty for Women and Girls
By Nicole Harris, CARE Media Relations Manager For more than 20 years of our 70-year history, CARE has been headquartered in Atlanta. From our bright orange building at the corner of Piedmont and Ellis St, we help provide women, girls and their families with the information, resources and skills needed to reach their full potential […]
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The four public policy questions every startup should ask–but isn’t
Almost everyone you encounter these days is nursing aspirations they might develop the “next Uber.” Now, most of these apps will fail, but a select few will fundamentally reorder the way we live.
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Beyond Books with the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance
To prepare the rising generation of nonprofit workers, the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance offers the Certified Nonprofit Professional credential, aimed at equipping students with practical experiences, skills and networks.
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A 5k on an airport runway? Yeah, it happened…
3.1 miles on a runway at the world’s largest airport. 1,985 runners from across the country lined up at dawn. And an Olympian, Mayor, United Way of Greater Atlanta’s spokeskid and our very own CEO were leading the pack.
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Five metro Atlanta companies compete for $35,000 in grants
By Patrick Adcock The 2016 Atlanta Metro Export Challenge announced their top five finalists Aug. 20 as part of the JPMorgan Chase-powered Atlanta Metro Export Plan (MEP) grant program designed to help small and medium-sized businesses begin or expand their exporting programs. Narrowed down from a pool of 14 semifinalists who had previously won $5,000 […]
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Helping Special Children Lead a Full Life
Living with a disability isn’t easy. Because I was adopted by an American family, I received excellent health care and today live a full life. But other children aren’t as fortunate.
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Greater Atlanta stepped it up this summer
Summer’s coming to a close and kids are back in school. They’re making new friends, learning new skills and growing like weeds. And to do all this, they need fuel. Like sunshine to a seedling, the food they’re getting during the school day is giving them the energy they need for their brains and bodies. […]
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Poverty and Politics
By John Berry, Chief Executive Officer, St. Vincent de Paul Georgia As we all know, unless we’ve been stranded on a desert island for the last 24 months, we are in the midst of an election campaign. The marquee race is for President of the United States; but down ballot elections from the city and […]
