Earlier this year, GEEARS hosted Georgia’s fourth annual Strolling Thunder. In partnership with ZERO TO THREE, this special event brought together infants, toddlers, and their families to urge policymakers to make the needs of Georgia’s youngest learners a statewide priority—for stronger families, vibrant communities, and a prosperous state. Please watch our video to learn more […]

Like nearly everyone in our Atlanta community, YWCA of Greater Atlanta closed its doors last March when we were made aware that we were in a global pandemic. As an agency that has been in Atlanta since 1902, serving women and children through various programs, we were stunned and unsure of how we could continue […]

By David Jernigan, President & CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta  Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta, like so many other youth service organizations in the country, continues to fill the gap for kids and families in this unprecedented, ever-changing climate. Our job as […]

Blythe Keeler Robinson, President and CEO, Sheltering Arms As an early childhood education provider, more than half of Sheltering Arms families we serve live at or below the federal poverty level. One thing we know is that children who grow up in low-income households face many challenges that others don’t. They are more likely to […]

By Mindy Binderman, Executive Director, GEEARS Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, few workers have been as essential as Georgia’s early education professionals. They have been on the front lines, working tirelessly to teach, love, and care for our youngest learners and allowing their parents to work. These early childhood educators deserve our recognition […]

By Ken Zeff, Ed.D., Executive Director, Learn4Life We all share a lengthy list of grievances against the past year, especially its impact on our children. Articulating these challenges can be overwhelming, but now is not the time to give up on hope, but rather to be energized by the bright spots of success that exist […]

Blythe Keeler Robinson, President and CEO, Sheltering Arms The year 2020 caused many disruptions in different areas of our lives, including education. The way we teach, the way children learn, the way we go about our everyday lives has forever changed. Now, we’re in the new year, and as an early childhood education provider, Sheltering […]

By Brittany Collins, Director of PAACT: Promise All Atlanta Children Thrive and Mindy Binderman, Executive Director of GEEARS: Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students As we enter 2021, one cannot help but reflect on what a tumultuous year 2020 has been, and how it has forced us to reimagine traditional ways of thinking and doing. GEEARS launched the PAACT initiative last year, and despite all of us […]

By Frank Brown  This has been a year of radical transparency and recognition – of the shortcomings of our democratic system, of the widening gap between the haves and the have-nots, and of the importance of philanthropy and not-for-profits to serve the community.  Over the past 11 months, we’ve written about the work of Communities […]

By Blythe Keeler Robinson, President and CEO, Sheltering Arms As we prepare to close out this unprecedented year, there’s no argument that the pandemic has presented challenges no one could have ever expected. The impact to the economy and key industries, like healthcare and education, has called for major shifts unlike anything else we’ve experienced […]