By Francesca “Checka Cee” Rodriguez- Williams, marketing and communication specialist, Inspiredu Inspiredu’s mission is to help underserved youth develop the skills needed for education and career success through technology‐based learning tools and engagement activities with their families, communities and schools in Georgia.    We focus on the barriers in schools that inhibit student learning due to […]

By Natallie Keiser, executive director, HouseATL By now, everyone has heard about, or personally experienced, Atlanta’s housing affordability crisis. While it’s always important to define a problem, continuously repeating dire statistics and stories can be an energy drain. We also have to look at our assets – what do we have to work with to […]

By Denise Townsend, Regional Director at United Way of Greater Atlanta The United Way Gwinnett Advisory Board recently held its fourth biennial Spark Prize competition. This competition is an opportunity for innovative 501c3 nonprofit organizations, especially smaller ones, to compete for a grant prize to fund a program that directly impacts the Gwinnett citizens within […]

By Josh Dukelow, gift planning officer When we picture “wealth,” we often imagine stacks of cash, stock portfolios and real estate. In fact, more than half of the liquid assets of high net-worth individuals are held in IRAs (individual retirement accounts). But not everyone has equal access to these types of investments.  People of color […]

By Aaliyah Strong, founder, Tyme to Thrive Tyme to Thrive Beyond Grief was founded in April of this year, after I witnessed the murder of my fiancé, Tyshon Ross on February 2. Tyshon and I worked together, and I never imagined our typical commute to work would’ve been our last. Tyshon was a security guard […]

By Troy Parker, Associate Director of Corporate Relations at United Way of Greater Atlanta In Atlanta, we are PROUD to have one of the largest and oldest Pride celebrations—fitting for the city that “influences everything.” Our annual Atlanta Pride celebration began in 1971 and continues today every October, near National Coming Out Day, as a […]

By Kamore Campbell, College AIM Collegian and American University, Class of 2024 and Sam Aleinikoff, founder and executive director, College AIM I grew up on the eastside of Atlanta, where I attended local public schools. College was always my goal, so in 11th grade I began a dual enrollment program to work towards my first […]

United Way of Greater Atlanta is proud to partner with The Atlanta Falcons for Yards for Youth, a fundraising campaign giving children and their families the tools they need for a successful future.   Did you know that nearly 500,000 children live in communities lacking equitable opportunities, sufficient resources and social supports to reach their full […]

By Jennifer Henn, executive director; Jennifer Bartl, LMFT, CEO; and Jennifer Greenlee, LCSW, chief program officer, COR COR — not an acronym but a way of life. The root word of courage is cor, the Latin word for heart. And our work is guided by our courageous hearts. COR was started in 2019 by three […]

By Katrina DeBerry, senior program officer and Lauren Thomas Priest, program officer, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta Through TogetherATL, its strategic framework to make our region more equitable, the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta has made a $300,000 grant to the Georgia Resilience and Opportunity (GRO) Fund to support its In Her Hands program in […]