By: DePriest Waddy, CEO of Families First Quote from Anne Frank…”Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because regret is stronger than gratitude.” One of my mentees, a young, successful IT junior executive, whom I’ve known since he was 17 years old and at the time making $8.00 an hour in a retail […]
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Celebrating the impact volunteers have on nonprofits in our region
By Felix Rodriguez, program associate, strong families, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta 2020 was an incredibly hard year for a number of very obvious and very difficult reasons, and there were times when it seemed hard to find a glimmer of hope. Through these difficult times though, people have stepped up to support one another, […]
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The Push for “Buckhead City”
By Jim Durrett, President of Buckhead Coalition and Executive Director of Buckhead Community Improvement District By now you have heard about an effort among some in Buckhead to divorce from the City of Atlanta and incorporate as its own city within Fulton County. This is not the first time that the idea has been pursued, […]
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YWCA Salutes Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice
Since 1984, YWCA of Greater Atlanta has recognized the amazing accomplishments of women in Atlanta at our annual Salute To Women of Achievement event. Over the course of the past 37 years, we paid homage to women who broke glass ceilings, who support this community in countless ways and who align with our mission to […]
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Operation HOPE Adds Experian North America CEO Craig Boundy to Global Board of Advisors
Operation HOPE today announced that Craig Boundy, Chief Executive Officer of Experian North America, has joined the HOPE Global Board of Advisors. Boundy leads Experian’s North American business lines, and plays a key role in driving the company’s commitment to helping marginalized communities get fair and affordable access to lending. In October 2019, Boundy led Experian to join Operation […]
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Global Health Security: The Fight Against Malaria Must Continue
By Maria Thacker Goethe, MPH, CEO, Center for Global Health Innovation On April 25, the world recognizes World Malaria Day because it remains a leading cause of preventable illness and death around the world. Despite being eliminated from the U.S. decades ago, malaria continues to affect American lives. Malaria in the U.S. – 2017 with […]
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MARTA Board Authorizes Contract for BeltLine Transit Engineering Study; Takes Step Forward in Bringing Transit to Atlanta BeltLine
Comprehensive Review of Alignment and Environmental Data, Addressing Connectivity Gaps Necessary Next Steps in Realizing Transit on the BeltLine The MARTA Board of Directors took a major step toward bringing transit to the Atlanta BeltLine with the authorization of a contract for a comprehensive engineering analysis for light rail around the BeltLine that connects into […]
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Dentons Dialogue: Politics in America – 100 Days into the Biden Administration
Date and time: Start: April 30, 2021, 3:00 PM EST End: April 30, 2021, 4:00 PM EST Location: Via Zoom Dentons’ Public Policy practice is excited to invite you and your colleagues to our upcoming segment of Dentons Dialogue. As we reach the 100th day of the Biden administration, our experienced bipartisan political leaders will mark this milestone by […]
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Housing: A Platform for Equity
By Meaghan Shannon-Vlkovic, VP & Market Leader, Enterprise Community Partners The average life expectancy for a person in the Margaret Mitchell area of Buckhead is 25 years longer than that of someone in Bankhead on Atlanta’s west side, less than 10 miles away. Many factors contribute to that statistic, but chief among them is the […]
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The Power of Strengthening Your Child’s Mental Health Due to the Pandemic
Edward M. Valentin, Ph.D., LCSW, Families First Director of Clinical Services With April being National Counseling Month, this year more than ever, attention needs to be drawn to the need for accessibility to counseling and therapy for everyone and to remove any stigmas some might associate with the need for assistance with mental health. Outside of […]
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When it comes to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion work, A LOT matters…
By David Jernigan, President & CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta For many companies and organizations, the past year has provoked critical conversations around diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and inspired many to take necessary steps to address systemic racism. While the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta (BGCMA) has been advocating […]
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Remembering Henry Aaron on the Anniversary of His 715th Homer
By A.J. Robinson The news of Henry Aaron’s passing in January hit me like a hard foul ball into the stands along the first base line. Like so many boomers of the 50’s and 60’s living in the South, I grew up listening to the Braves on the radio. Back then, the “Hammer” was the […]
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My Contagious Conversation with CDC Director Dr. Rochelle P. Walensky
By Judy Monroe, MD In a special episode of the CDC Foundation’s podcast, Contagious Conversations, I spoke with Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, the 19th director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In this interview, Dr. Walensky discusses the career path that led to her new role as CDC director, her experience […]
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Closing the Gap: 2,000 affordable housing units by 2025
Last year Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc. (ANDP) launched an unprecedented project to develop or preserve 2,000 affordable apartment units and single-family homes by 2025. The organization’s project is part of its commitment to closing the homeownership and wealth gap, as well as addressing rental affordability in metro Atlanta. With less than a year of […]
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MARTA Partners with State of Georgia & Delta to Provide Transportation to Largest State Run COVID-19 Vaccination Site
MARTA is partnering with the state of Georgia and Delta Air Lines to provide direct transportation from College Park rail station to the largest state run COVID-19 vaccination site at the Delta Flight Museum, located at the airline’s general offices near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. “We have enjoyed a long partnership with Delta that has […]
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Resilience and Equity
By DePriest Waddy, Families First CEO The challenges of the last year have impacted all of us. From social injustices to racial inequality and COVID, our communities are suffering. We have also seen great acts of heroism with our front-line workers who have continued to serve our communities. A common thread that has emerged is […]
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Urban Land Institute Announces New Chair-Elect of ULI Atlanta
RangeWater Co-Founder Marc Pollack Begins Two-Year Term Leading the District Council Urban Land Institute (ULI) leader Marc Pollack, co-founder of RangeWater Real Estate – formerly, Pollack Shores Real Estate Group, has been selected as the new Chair-elect of ULI Atlanta, a vital role for delivering the Institute’s mission in the Atlanta metropolitan region, where it […]
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Safety Takes All of Us
By Marcus Neville, Director of Public Safety and Operations, Midtown Alliance When the Midtown Improvement District was formed 21 years ago, the first imperative was for people to feel safe. At the time, Midtown was pretty disinvested, vice and prostitution were active and not a lot of positive things were happening after dark. We stood […]
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Ensuring that formerly incarcerated women of color have a voice
By Erin Dreiling, marketing and communications manager, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Marilynn Winn thinks big. When she created a nonprofit organization in 2012, she knew the name had to have scale and Women on the Rise was born. Winn has devoted herself to ensuring that formerly incarcerated women of color have a voice. In […]
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MARTA to Restore Bus Routes Suspended Due to COVID-19
Air Filtration System on Buses, Federal Mask Requirement Allow for Return of Routes MARTA will restore 58 previously suspended bus routes on Saturday, April 24, after completing the installation of state-of-the-art air filtration and purification systems on all buses and receiving support from the federal government to enforce mask wearing. MARTA suspended 70 of its […]
