REGISTER NOW! Join United Way of Greater Atlanta’s African-American Partnership for the 8th Annual AAP Leadership Luncheon featuring special guest Omari Hardwick. Learn from national leaders from the entertainment industry as well as the global United Way network on issues impacting African-American professionals. Join United Way as they make even greater strides in improving academic […]
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Posted inSmall Business
GMSDC Unveils Theme and Focus for 2024 at Annual Meeting
For nearly 50 years, the Georgia Minority Supplier Development Council (GMSDC) has been a leading voice in pursuit of economic equity across our great state. The vision of the progressive corporate leaders who founded this organization in 1975 was for an economic landscape that was inclusive of everyone, regardless of from whence they came. For […]
Posted inPeople, Places & Parks
The Newest Trend in DIY Projects – Native Habitats
By Nikki Belmonte Did you hear? The newest trend in home gardening and DIY (do-it-yourself) projects is planting native. While native pollinator gardens and wildlife habitat gardens are not new, they have gained widespread popularity due to the combined efforts of local, state and national level organizations widely promoting them. And we are here for […]
Posted inGlobal Health & Development
Volunteers Continue to be the Heart of Organizations like MedShare
By Michele Egan, Chief Development Officer, MedShare International Every year, MedShare redirects millions of pounds of high-quality medical supplies and critical biomedical equipment to vulnerable healthcare systems in the US and around the world. In order to do this life-saving work, it requires three essential elements: funding, quality supplies & equipment, and dedicated volunteers. We […]
Posted inWorkforce Development
Goodwill’s Electrifying Efforts to Continue its Mission
Goodwill of North Georgia recently launched its Clean Tech Infrastructure Academy as part of its mission to put people to work. The academy will focus on teaching the necessary skills for maintaining electric vehicle charge stations, solar energy storage, and other clean energy technologies. Individuals who enroll in the program will be a part of […]
Posted inSecuring Atlanta's Future
My Pleasure! Chick-fil-A Donates $1M to Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta to Amplify Cultural Excellence & Innovation In Staff Onboarding Experience
By David Jernigan, President & CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta Many companies have tried, but few have truly uncovered Chick-fil-A’s secret sauce that blends personable and professional to deliver delectable customer service that is consistent at scale. And if for-profits haven’t perfected it, how then can nonprofits leverage the success of Chick-fil-A […]
Posted inPeople, Places & Parks
Registration opens for Park Pride’s Annual Parks & Greenspace Conference
By Hannah E. Jones, Park Pride Marketing & Communications Manager It’s that time of the year again! Over at Park Pride, we’re gearing up for our annual Parks & Greenspace Conference — and registration is now live! Hosted at the Atlanta Botanical Garden on Monday, March 25, the Parks & Greenspace Conference is an educational […]
Posted inHistoric Westside
Westside Future Fund’s MLK Day of Service Unites Over 1,400 Volunteers for Day of Action
Westside Future Fund had the honor of welcoming over 1,400 volunteers to over 10 sites throughout the historic Westside for our annual MLK Day of Service on January 15. Together, we worked to make a transformative impact on the community in which Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and many other Civil Rights leaders lived, learned, […]
Posted inPhilanthropy
Strengthening Georgia’s tenant protection laws
By Kristin Allin, Chelsea Arkin and Dr. Bambie Hayes-Brown, co-chairs, HouseATL Policy Working Group Progress is made when people take the initiative to fix broken systems by working together. HouseATL is a coalition of 385 civic leaders from business, finance, foundations, government, grassroots organizations, healthcare, and law committed to addressing the growing housing crisis in […]
Posted inSecuring Atlanta's Future
Collaboration in Action: The Campaign to Revitalize the Phillis Wheatley Westside YWCA
YWCA of Greater Atlanta has teamed up with key collaborators, including CHRIS 180, Families First, Morehouse School of Medicine,YMCA of Metro Atlanta, and the Westside Future Fund, following focus groups with Westside women to address their specific needs, and community leaders and funders. After more than seven years of planning, YWCA of Greater Atlanta has […]
Posted inHigher Education
HHS awards Emory up to $5 million to expand access, care at Emory and Grady long COVID clinics
Emory University has been awarded $1 million for up to five years to expand access and care to its multidisciplinary long COVID clinics at Emory University Hospital Midtown and Grady Memorial Hospital. A main focus of the grants, which are the first of their kind, will be on underserved, rural and minority populations that are disproportionately impacted by […]
Posted inHistoric Westside
The Future of Affordable Housing in Atlanta’s Historic Westside
Westside Future Fund (WFF) launched its Our Next Chapter campaign in August 2023 with the goal to pair philanthropic dollars with capital from its Impact Fund and the addition of public grants to complete its housing targets. This includes: We sat down with WFF’s Chief Real Estate Officer Rachel Carey to learn about the organization’s […]
Posted inHistoric Westside
The Vision for Westside Future Fund’s “Our next Chapter” Campaign
In August of 2023, Westside Future Fund launched the “Our Next Chapter” campaign with a goal to raise key philanthropic support to complete the organizations housing development targets it outline in 2017. We talked to WFF’s Chief Development Officer Rochelle Reeder about her vision for 2024 and how philanthropic partners help fuel the organization’s mission […]
Posted inSmall Business
The GMSDC Celebrates National Mentoring Month and the Crucial Role of Business Mentors
In the complex world of small business, success can be a fleeting thing. The search for that ‘single best piece of advice you can give to a new business owner’ often consumes us, as we pursue that one bolt of lightning that will propel us to the top. That quest for excellence is why the […]
Posted inSecuring Atlanta's Future
The Stark Numbers of GEEARS’ New Parent Poll: Many Georgia Families Need Support and They Need It Now
By GEEARS In November, GEEARS commissioned a poll of 400 Georgia parents with children ages birth to five. The results were striking. In the last year, according to our pollster, Hart Research Associates, eight in 10 of our respondents reported “having had difficulty affording at least one key necessity for their family, including food (which […]
Posted inSustainable Communities
Reinvestment Fund’s Limited Supermarket Access Analysis Informs Expanding Access to Affordable, Healthy Food for Georgian Families
By Michael Norton, Chief Policy Analyst at Reinvestment FundMichelle Schmitt, Senior Analyst II at Reinvestment Fund Access to healthy, fresh, affordable food is not just a matter of convenience but a cornerstone of individual and community well-being. Due to historic and systemic barriers in the United States—such as disinvestment, income inequality, transportation barriers, and food […]
Posted inWorkforce Development
Xavier Wright’s Success Story
Xavier Wright, a native of Elberton, joined the Army after completing high school. After serving in the Army, he settled in Athens in 2016 and began searching for job opportunities nearby. His search led him to South Carolina, where he believed he would find better jobs with higher wages. However, by September 2020, Xavier grew […]
Posted inPhilanthropy
Marietta high school students and teachers promote tax credit awareness
At Osborne High School in Marietta, students and teachers are very familiar with the EITC (Earned Income Tax Credit). For over 20 years, Michael Devault, teacher and Department Chair of Career, Technical, and Agricultural Education (CTAE) at Osborne, has helped hundreds of students become certified tax preparers with the purpose of utilizing their skills for […]
Posted inHistoric Westside
Finding Home on the Westside: The Story of Dr. Kimberly Huntley
When Dr. Kimberly Hundley first came to Atlanta from Los Angeles, she knew she’d found home. She recalls visiting the city many times as a child with family, with extended familial roots in the South stretching from Mississippi, but it wasn’t until her return as a young adult attending school in the Atlanta University Center […]
Posted inHigher Education
Emory’s nursing school receives federal grant to prepare nurse anesthetists for service in underserved communities
Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing has received a grant from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) to participate in its Nurse Anesthetist Traineeship Program, to prepare Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) for service in rural, urban and tribal underserved communities. Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists are highly skilled, advanced practice nurses licensed and certified to administer anesthesia […]
