By: Gilberte (“Gigi”) Bastien, PhD , Assistant Professor of Psychiatry & Associate Director of Office of Global Health Equity at Morehouse School of Medicine In 2016, in the wake of the worst Ebola outbreak in recorded history, I spent nearly a year in Liberia as a Fogarty Global Health Fellow seeking to better understand the […]
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3 Ways to Imagine ATL in 2050 – and Help Shape the Region’s Long-Range Plan
By: Paul Donsky, Atlanta Regional Commission Imagine the year 2050. What do you think metro Atlanta will be like three decades from now? Will advanced technology (self-driving cars and other gizmos yet to be invented) bring solutions to age-old problems? Or will today’s challenges only grow as the years pass, leaving us in crisis? These […]
Posted inPoverty & Equity, Thought Leader, Uncategorized
Back to School…bridging the gap!
By S. Kelley Henderson, Chief Executive Officer, Action Ministries Summer 2019 is almost over for Georgia’s kids, with most returning to the classroom over the next couple of weeks. For children living in poverty, “catching up” becomes the first task for teachers. In my June 18th article entitled “Summer Slide,” the faucet analogy was used […]
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A Place to Perform grants give arts nonprofits a stage
By Lauren Jeong, program associate, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta The arts play a critical role in local economies, connecting people, amplifying child development, providing outlets for mental health and preserving culture. But unfortunately these opportunities are not spread evenly across our 23-county region. That is why the Foundation tracks arts participation and resident satisfaction […]
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Opportunity Zones: The Bigger Picture
By: John Hope Bryant, Founder, Chairman, and CEO, Operation HOPE, Inc. It is time that we begin to think differently about Qualified Opportunity Zones. Recently signed into law, they were created as a way to drive long-term investment in low-income communities, including neighborhoods in Atlanta. The way it works is two-fold. An investor gets a tax […]
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10 Atlanta Summer Events You Don’t Want to Miss
By: a SaportaReport contributor Summer is in full swing and Atlanta’s arts and culture scene (much like the temperature outdoors) continues to heat up! Don’t let the season slide by without finding the time to relax and enjoy all of the cultural fun the city has to offer. The events below can be a great […]
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Need for Support Increases in DRC Ebola Outbreak—CDC Foundation Responds
By Judy Monroe, MD, president and CEO of the CDC Foundation On Wednesday, July 17, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the Ebola outbreak in the eastern region of The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. This decision emphasizes the growing threat posed by the current outbreak in […]
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Atlanta: The City in the Saplings?
By Teri Nye, Park Designer at Park Pride (and person who draws) The City of Atlanta is in the process of rewriting its tree ordinance—this is the set of rules that protects trees on public and private land throughout the city. The task isn’t quick or easy, but it’s a necessity as the city grows […]
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Janel Martinez of ¡Representa! on Being a Magnifier for the Afro-Latina Community in Film and Media
By Cydney Rhines In a world blooming with creativity, there are some who go beyond the limit to make storytelling more compelling and authentic. Meet Janel Martinez, the award-winning creator of the Ain’t I Latina? blog, an online destination celebrating Afro-Latinas. Martinez’s platform has featured interviews with prominent Afro-Latinas, including actress Selenis Leyva and singer […]
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Serial Evictions-Preying on Georgia’s Poor
By John Berry, Chief Executive Officer, Society of St. Vincent de Paul Georgia, Member, SVdP USA National Board of Directors Any seasoned caseworker in the field for St Vincent de Paul Georgia can tell you multiple stories of working families struggling to make ends meet as their rising rents outpace their incomes. In Georgia, 52% […]
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The Wrath of Con: A Note from the Writer
by Jon Carr The joke starts with a woman asking, “Edward or Jacob?” Ringing in the punch line, her scene partner responds, “Well, one is filled with a bunch of other people’s blood and that’s got Hep-C written all over it but the other one is basically a dog so . . . I pick […]
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Exploring the Role of Sand in Georgia’s Adaptation to Climate Change
Author: Ashby Nix Worley, The Nature Conservancy When you sink your toes into the sand at a beach along Georgia’s coast, your first thought probably isn’t about climate change, hurricanes, or the coastal flooding that can result from both. It is worthwhile, however, to consider the role of sand and silt in helping coastal ecosystems […]
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Challenges-Choices-Change
Intro by John Ahmann, President & CEO, Westside Future Fund This week’s guest column is by Sandra Bush, a longtime resident of the Booker T. Washington neighborhood. Earlier this year, Sandra provided the devotion for the January 18th Transform Westside Summit where she touched on her family’s rich history in the Booker T. Washington neighborhood […]
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Ebola Lives On
By: Charles Redding Who can forget the tragic sight of the victims of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa during its peak in 2014? Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is a rare and deadly disease most commonly affecting people and nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees). The virus spreads to people through direct contact with bodily […]
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Financial Uncertainty in the Face of a Natural Disaster
By Anita Ward, President Operation HOPE As I watch Louisiana brace for another hurricane, this one named Barry, I can’t help but reflect on financial stability and preparedness. This month earthquakes rocked California, Washington, and Nevada, tornadoes pummeled the Mid-West, and the South experienced heavy flooding. According to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration […]
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Affordable Housing…have you met the new neighbor?
By S. Kelley Henderson, Chief Executive Officer, Action Ministries The topic of Affordable Housing is what might be described as “trending” of late. Numerous publications, social media platforms, and talking heads on the nightly news are parroting the obvious points. Yes…we do! This month, we are digging deeper into the reality facing so many families […]
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Book Club: The Great Believers
By Alyssa Cobbs If you’re looking for an addition to your summer reading list, here’s one to consider. In The Great Believers, author Rebecca Makkai transports the reader from Chicago in the 1980s, where a group of friends is experiencing illness and death as a result of the AIDS epidemic, to the current day in Paris, […]
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Introducing ULI Atlanta’s New Silver Award: People’s Choice for the Public Realm
By: ULI Atlanta staff What do we mean when we say, “the public realm?” That is a question the leaders at ULI Atlanta have been asked countless times since we introduced the award category, Excellence in the Public Realm, during last year’s annual awards program. As a team at ULI Atlanta, we have a unique […]
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MAP PROVIDES DISASTER HEALTH KITS FOR THE US NAVY’S HOSPITAL SHIP COMFORT
MAP International is honored to announce their support of the U.S. Navy hospital ship USNS Comfort on a medical assistance mission that departed Miami, Florida on June 18. The U.S. Navy hospital ship began deployment to South America, Central America, and the Caribbean to begin a five-month mission as a result of the humanitarian crisis created by […]
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Closing the Homeownership Gap in Metro Atlanta and Beyond
The racial wealth gap has been growing over the past five decades and has reached the point where white households hold more than ten times the wealth of black households. The homeownership gap between black and white families is 30 percent. This continued disparity in wealth is of growing concern, and notably growing as black […]
