Under his leadership, the nonprofit has raised over $3 billion for hundreds of thousands of students at 37 Historically Black Colleges and Universities. By Allison Joyner Michael Lomax, president of the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), has a lot to say about why Atlantans should support their HBCUs, especially the Atlanta University Center. “The colleges […]
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Atlanta entities can play a major role to help vaccinate the world
The message is clear: Nobody is safe until all of us are safe. When it comes to vaccines to protect people from the COVID-19 virus and its variants, we will need to ta global strategy
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Atlanta Rotary gives its Legends Award to John Lewis
Georgia Congressman John Lewis received the “Legends Award” from the Rotary Club of Atlanta on Monday – a tribute that caused outgoing President David Moody to be overcome with emotion.
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Atlanta Rotary to donate up to $400,000 for summer meals
The Atlanta Community Food Bank is receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars from the Rotary Club of Atlanta to help provide 500,000 meals to families over the summer.
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Frank Skinner – ‘a giant of a human being’ – passes away
Updated: The memorial service for Frank Skinner will be held Wednesday, Nov. 21 at Peachtree Presbyterian Church, 3434 Roswell Rd. NW,, at 1 p.m.
B.. Franklin Skinner, an influential business and civic leader for decades, passed away Friday night after being taken to the hospital that morning.
Linda Glass, executive director of the Rotary Club of Atlanta, sent out an email to Rotarians on Saturday titled: “Frank Skinner is now in heaven.”
Glass added that Skinner died “peacefully with a daughter holding each hand.” She then added that Skinner “will be missed by so many of us.”
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Photo Pick: Maria Saporta receives the inaugural “Atlanta Hero Award” from Rotary International by David Saporta Luse
Maria’s son, David Saporta Luse, shared these photos from today’s Rotary Club of Atlanta meeting where they surprised Maria with the first ever “Atlanta Hero Award.” The SaportaReport team is so proud of our fearless leader! Her hard work and dedication to civic journalism sets her apart from the rest. Congratulations Maria!
