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There’s no business like show business – arts ingenuity in the wake of COVID-19

By Alicia Philipp, president, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Edgar Degas said “art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” As I read through the list of grants announced last week from our Metropolitan Atlanta Arts Fund, we are at war with a virus we cannot see. While many nonprofits are […]

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Insights on Emergency Financial Assistance from the COVID-19 Fund

By Mindy Kao, program associate for equity, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Early last month, over the span of five days, the Greater Atlanta COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund received over 650 grant applications from nonprofits around the metro Atlanta region. These applications highlighted the stories of need among individuals, families and communities impacted by […]

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Dealing with xenophobia and racism spurred by COVID-19

By Courtney Carmichael, Community Fellow With the rapid spread of the coronavirus over the past few weeks, acts of xenophobia and racism aimed towards Chinese Americans and other Asian Americans have also been on the rise. From micro-aggressions and discriminatory business practices to verbal and physical attacks, Asian Americans are experiencing an alarming wave of […]

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How do we ensure equitable access to learning remotely without a tablet or Wi-Fi?

By Errika Moore, senior program officer, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has announced that distance learning will continue through the end of the academic year. Distance learning has become the new way of life for many students, but unfortunately not for all. For some students, the past 30 days have represented an inequitable […]