Did you know that United Way of Greater Atlanta’s Volunteer Involvement Program (VIP) provides effective board governance training for professionals across the region? Over the past 25 years, the program has trained more than 2,200 graduates and connected them to nonprofit organizations. To celebrate this important milestone, VIP is hosting an anniversary a gala on Saturday, […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Howard Shook
Atlanta City Councilman Howard Shook was first elected in 2001. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for District 7? A: Traffic congestion. Well I represent Buckhead. Kind of, “enough said.” I don’t know if you’re fated to have to go through there. Let me put it this way, [Councilwoman] Yolanda Adrean and I, […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Rebecca King
Atlanta City Council would be Rebecca King’s first elected office. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for District 7? A: For our district, it is development … development that impedes quality of life and first responders’ response time. These seem to be tough things with infrastructure. Basic infrastructure is our issue here as […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Kirk Rich
Atlanta City Council would be commercial real estate broker Kirk Rich’s first elected office. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for the district? A: For the district, transportation. We have many transportation issues from gridlock to speeding through neighborhoods where kids play and people try to bike and walk, to massive amounts of […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Jennifer Ide
Atlanta City Council would be attorney and entrepreneur Jennifer Ide’s first elected office. She spoke to Saporta Report via email. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for your district specifically? A: The No. 1 issue I hear about from residents of District 6 is traffic congestion, in particular the impact that commercial development […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Darrion Fletcher
Darrion Fletcher did not reply to requests to participate in this Q and A. Candidate website Back to Atlanta City Council District 3 candidate profiles
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Ricky Brown
Atlanta City Council would be the first elected office for candidate Ricky Brown. He spoke to Saporta Report via email. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for District 3 specifically? A: Safety, employment and equality. Q: What could you do as a Council member about that? A: Work closely with: the city, all […]
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Atlanta City Council Candidate Q and A: Ivory Lee Young Jr.
Some comments have been edited or condensed for brevity and clarity. Ivory Lee Young Jr. was first elected to City Council for District 3 in 2001. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for District 3 specifically? A: Balanced growth and development. Every demographic, every census tract is different. Every neighborhood has different needs. […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Greg Clay
Some comments have been edited or condensed for brevity and clarity. Atlanta City Council would be the first elected office for candidate Greg Clay. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for your district specifically? A: I think equity is one of the ones that rises to the top of my list. When you […]
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Worldwide Disaster Relief: Together We Can Make a Difference
Monsoon flooding, catastrophic mudslides, multiple consecutive hurricanes, and record-breaking earthquakes. It seems like unprecedented natural disasters have been happening every day over the past few weeks. But what we’ve also found in that time is that incredible generosity and human kindness happen every day too. I continue to be in awe of humanity and the […]
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What the closing of Atlanta’s largest shelter means for our homeless population
By Dan Williams, program officer, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Recently, while riding MARTA to work, I sat across from a woman appearing to experience mental illness. The sound of her shrill laugh permeated the train car as she raised her arms wildly in the air. Her wide-open, ragged roller bag, obviously too difficult to […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Liliana Bakhtiari
Atlanta City Council would be Liliani Bakhtiari’s first elected office. She spoke to Saporta Report via email. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for your district specifically? My biggest concern is the lack of proactive leadership in my district. Instead of waiting for living conditions to become bad enough for residents to come […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Natalyn Archibong
Attorney Natalyn Archibong was first elected to Atlanta City Council in 2001. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern about your district? A: I would say that looking at my inbox, the meetings that I’ve attended all across the district, delivery of city services is the universal concern … be it the condition of […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate profiles: District 2
Parts of Atlanta from Downtown to Little Five Points are going to get a new City Council member in an election this year that’s attracted more than $200,000 in donations, and talk about affordability, homelessness, taxes and planning.
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Stephon Ferguson
Stephon Ferguson is a communications professional who is also known for evocative recreations of the speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Atlanta City Council would be his first elected office. He spoke to Saporta Report via email. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for your district specifically? A: Homelessness. Whatever affects one […]
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At large Atlanta City Council race attracts high-profile support
The race for Atlanta City Council between incumbent Michael Julian Bond and challenger Courtney English has attracted thousands of dollars in donations and now some well-known supporters.
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Zelda Jackson
Some comments have been edited for brevity and clarity. Zelda Jackson is a resident of Downtown and has worked for elected officials at several levels of government. Atlanta City Council would be her first elected office. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for the district? A: I think my No. 1 concern would […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Amir Farokhi
Some comments have been edited for brevity and clarity. Amir Farokhi has been a lawyer and worked for nonprofits. Atlanta City Council would be his first elected office. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for the district specifically? A: … The district itself is fairly diverse in neighborhoods and needs. I think there […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Nick Mulkey
Some comments have been edited for brevity and clarity. Nick Mulkey, a Downtown resident, is a former staffer at the city’s economic development agency. Atlanta City Council would be his first elected office. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for your district specifically? A: Specifically for my district, it would have to be […]
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Atlanta City Council candidate Q and A: Lauren Welsh
Some comments have been edited for brevity and clarity. Lauren Welsh works in marketing and communications for nonprofits. Atlanta City Council would be her first elected office. Campaign website Q: What’s your No. 1 concern for the district specifically? A: Development without community voice and community input. We’re supposed to double in population in 20 […]
