After 10 years of agonizing and reflecting over his incredible life, Tom Johnson has written his autobiography. Titled “Driven: A Life in Public Service and Journalism from LBJ to CNN,” the book details the ups and downs of his 84 years. “Driven” covers Johnson’s life — as a cub reporter for the Macon Telegraph, as […]
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Rabbi Alvin Sugarman: ‘Be thou a blessing to every life you touch’
Walking into Atlanta’s historic synagogue, the Temple, on Sunday felt like entering a Looney Tunes episode. An illuminated sign flashed: “That’s all folks!” Those were the parting words Rabbi Alvin Marx Sugarman wanted to share with the world. Sugarman, who served as the senior rabbi of the Temple from 1974 to 2008, died Jan. 17 […]
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Ted Turner’s dedication to world peace and saving the earth as critical now as ever
Ted Turner is turning 86 on Nov. 19, and a party was held at the Atlanta History Center exactly one week before his big day. On a big video screen in the auditorium, Turner was beamed in from his downtown Atlanta residence flanked by his daughters, Laura Turner Seydel and Jennie Turner Garlington, along with […]
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William Cope Moyers — saving lives by facing his own addictions
It was exactly 30 years ago this week when the family of William Cope Moyers found him in a crack house on Boulevard near the corner of Ponce de Leon Avenue.
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2023 National Philanthropy Day luncheon: ‘We are about building community’
Philanthropic giving is celebrated every year at the National Philanthropy Day luncheon. The 2023 event took place Nov. 2 at the Georgia Aquarium.
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Atlanta leaders reviving Commerce Club board with Michael Russell at the helm
For decades, the Commerce Club served as a focal point for Atlanta’s business and civic leaders seeking to guide the city through changing racial and economic challenges.
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Brad Currey (1930-2022): an Atlanta leader like no other
Brad Currey, a great Atlanta leader for more than six decades, died on Thursday evening at the age of 91.
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Emory, Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation form ‘Addiction Alliance’
Emory University and the Hazelden Betty Ford Foundation have agreed to collaborate on an initiative to serve Georgians with addiction issues.
More than 150 Atlanta leaders attended a dinner at the Cherokee Town Club Wednesday night to learn more about the proposed collaboration and explore the next steps needed to create a comprehensive center to treat people suffering from addiction.
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Column: Civic Atlanta: Woodruff Arts Center gets $5.1 million grant to extend free arts programs
As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Dec. 15, 2017
The Woodruff Arts Center will be able to continue its Family Fun programming over the next three years thanks to a new philanthropic grant.
The Lettie Pate Evans Foundation, which is part of the Robert W. Woodruff family of foundations, has awarded the Woodruff Arts Center an extension grant of $5.1 million to allow Family Fun to continue – offering free access to music, visual arts and theater for another three years.
