Loneliness and social isolation were already widespread in older adults before COVID-19. We look at the reasons—and what we can do about it. By Kate Sweeney Retirement! Time to reconnect with family and friends, travel to destinations we’ve long dreamed of, and do that volunteer work we’ve been meaning to do, all while maybe sleeping […]
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A Call for Empathy: Valuing Women’s Experiences in the Workplace During the Pandemic
In honor of Women’s History Month, I want to discuss how women have been impacted by this pandemic and what we can do to help bring a different perspective and approach to equity in the workplace. We’ve heard much about how African American and Latinos are being disproportionately affected by the coronavirus pandemic, both physically […]
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Welcoming Spring and a Slow, Steady Return to Downtown
Wilma Sothern, CAP/ADID Vice President of Marketing While CAP/ADID’s work has not slowed or decreased during the pandemic, we have certainly noticed and adjusted to the absence of our usual slate of events and programs. Gone were our in-person Town Hall meetings, complete with pre-function networking and coffee. Paused were our jazz concerts and movie […]
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Investing in Women is Good Business
By Wendy Stewart, Atlanta Market President for Bank of America Women’s History Month is a celebration of the contributions and progress being made by women across the globe, and this is especially true given the past year with coronavirus-related disruptions. Balancing work and life can be challenging for mothers even in the best of times, […]
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Help Is On the Way for Georgia Families
By Mindy Binderman, Executive Director, GEEARS The American Rescue Plan of 2021, signed into law by President Biden earlier his month, includes critical and historic measures to reduce childhood poverty, support struggling families, ensure child and caregiver health and well-being, stabilize the child care industry, and expand access to child care for working families. The pandemic has taken a significant toll on American families, […]
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Nine Examples That the Transition to a Regenerative Economy is Underway
By Shane Totten, AIA, BIT Pro and Bailey Shea This is the third article in a series on the Regenerative Economy. Read Part 1 on Regenerative Design and Part 2 on the Role of Public Policy on Regenerative Practices. Perhaps you’ve heard the adage, “the journey is the destination.” It’s certainly true of the transition we must make […]
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MARTA Achieves Top Industry Status For Sustainability Commitment Program
Authority Awarded APTA Gold Status for Meeting or Exceeding Sustainability Goals in Four Key Areas MARTA has been awarded the American Public Transportation Association (APTA) Gold Level for its Sustainability Commitment Program, recognizing MARTA’s ongoing commitment to sustainability initiatives that have a positive impact on the environment and the communities it serves. The Authority’s sustainability […]
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The Carter Center, a Global Health Pioneer for 35 years, Steps into SR Lineup
The Carter Center is honored to join The Saporta Report’s Global Health Thought Leaders rotation. For readers who may not be familiar with our work, allow us to introduce ourselves. The Carter Center was founded in 1982 by former President Jimmy Carter and former First Lady Rosalynn Carter, in partnership with Emory University. The Carters […]
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Emory Unveils New Community Engagement Strategy
Throughout its history, Emory has sought to live up to the highest ideals of the word when engaging with external partners. The university’s new, centralized community engagement strategy will bring even greater coherence to this important work. “So much of Emory’s work in the city and state has been done for the right reasons and […]
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2020 State of Buckhead Survey: The Results
By Denise Starling, Executive Director of Livable Buckhead In a pandemic year when so much was unsettled in our world, asking people to share their perceptions about life in Buckhead was a risky proposition. More than once during the process of developing the 2020 State of Buckhead survey I was reminded of a golden rule […]
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The Promise of Standardized Testing: A Tool to Target Resources Toward Kids that Need Support
By Ken Zeff, Ed.D., Executive Director, Learn4Life There has been rising apprehension in Georgia about the role of standardized testing in public education. This tension burst into open conflict between policymakers debating whether these tests should be given at all this year. The US Department of Education has now decided assessments will happen this spring, […]
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A year in the virtual life of ULI Atlanta
By Daphne Bond-Godfrey, Director, ULI Atlanta No one will ever say that 2020 “zoomed by,” but as we look back at our year together, it turns out it did. In 2020, ULI Atlanta members and staff spent 1.9 million minutes – nearly 32,000 hours – across 11,000+ individual logins on Zoom meetings and social activities. […]
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Tackling Gender Disparities in Health: Q&A with Three Experts
When health practitioners and researchers look at underlying causes of poor health and well-being, they see a number of interconnected issues, from race to gender to socioeconomic status and more. For gender, the socially constructed norms and culturally defined roles, responsibilities, entitlements and rights of being female, male or other identities can shape an individual’s […]
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Historic Day for Transit Funding in Georgia
HB 511 Creates State Funding Mechanism for Ongoing Investment in Capital Transit Projects The Georgia Legislature recently took the historic step of establishing a mechanism to annually fund capital transit projects that support economic development priorities throughout the state. The Georgia Senate unanimously passed HB 511, which establishes nine Trust Funds to ensure that fees collected for […]
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Out with the old, in with the new? Not so fast…
With a mission of transforming spaces into innovation hubs and community centers, Jamestown, a global real estate investment and management company with a 37-year track record and around $12.1 billion in assets under management as of December 31, 2020, strategically focuses on growth through tech and innovation, placemaking and sustainability. — All too often, cities […]
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United Way partners with faith-based organizations in communities for COVID testing, education
By Bradley Roberts, Content Manager at United Way of Greater Atlanta Rev. Bronson Woods was planning to send 35 people to Ethiopia on behalf of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta on March 1, 2020. That date sticks out to him for obvious reasons. During that trip, the team was honored at the Royal Palace by the first […]
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With Optimism Rising, Another Look at Second Responders Helping Atlanta Recover
By Ellie Hensley, Midtown Alliance Editor and Producer After a long year of isolation and social distancing, pandemic recovery is just beginning to pick up some momentum. With the combination of spring weather and the steadily increasing availability of vaccines, it’s feeling more and more like we could be entering the late stages of this […]
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Parents Share Their Pandemic Experiences With PAACT
Since the start of the pandemic, parents and caretakers have struggled to balance the demands of working, parenting, and the education of their children. GEEARS and its initiative PAACT: Promise All Atlanta Children Thrive have worked throughout these challenging times to help families cope with the realities of raising young children. In the fall of […]
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Anti-Racism in Early Childhood Education
Blythe Keeler Robinson, President and CEO, Sheltering Arms During the month of February, Sheltering Arms kicked off our Race & Equity initiative. The year 2020 was less than ideal with one tragedy after another. There was a racial reckoning, which moved the vast majority of decent Americans to protest against institutional racism in America. When […]
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Stopping The Tsunami: Metro Atlanta Rental Relief Programs
In February, the U.S. Department of Treasury began implementing The Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) program, $25 billion to assist households that are unable to pay rent and utilities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The funds are provided directly to States. Those seeking funds must meet Federally mandated eligibility requirements. Georgia’s allocation is $710 million – $552 million […]
