By Bradley Roberts, Social Media and Content Manager at United Way of Greater Atlanta Belisa Urbina knew the well-being of her staff was her most important priority, but she had an important decision to make—she and her husband, Miguel, both. The two founded the nonprofit Ser Familia in 2001 after moving from Puerto Rico to Georgia in […]

By guest editor, Brittany Collins, Director of PAACT: Promising All Atlanta Children Thrive Parenting young children has always been stressful, but parenting in a pandemic? It’s brought a whole new level of anxiety to families coping financially, socially, and emotionally with the COVID-19 pandemic. The New York Times recently reported on several surveys showing that […]

By Bradley Roberts, Social Media and Content Manager at United Way of Greater Atlanta A man had his hours cut at work—from eight hours a day down to three—because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, his employer told him that they would have to let him go. There was only one thought on his mind, though: […]

By Erin Dreiling, marketing and communications manager, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta As the COVID-19 pandemic has caused dual economic and health crises, it has impacted one facet of well-being we don’t often talk about: mental health. While everyone in our community faces different challenges, the associated effect on mental health is an unsurprising fallout […]

How a History of Discriminatory Housing and Lending Practices Continues to Create an Uneven Playing Field By Katina Asbell, Public Policy Chair at United Way of Greater Atlanta and Associate Broker at Real Living Capital City The Atlanta moratorium on evictions, originally implemented in May to protect those under financial duress because of COVID-19, is […]

By Lauren Priest, program associate, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta As businesses and public places have begun to reopen, schools and students are still making very difficult decisions about what the fall will look like for them, facing the reality that COVID-19 will be affecting our region for at least the next few months. When […]

More than $18.425 million distributed to date; next round of applications opening September 1 By United Way of Greater Atlanta The Greater Atlanta COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund, a joint effort from Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta and United Way of Greater Atlanta, today announces the Fund’s seventh round of grants targeted to emergency financial assistance for housing-related costs. […]

Community Foundation has opened grant applications for next round of funding By Clare S. Richie, public policy specialist, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta In June, the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) announced Vote Your Voice, a partnership with the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta to invest up to $30 million through 2022 from the SPLC’s […]

By Bradley Roberts, Social Media and Content Manager at United Way of Greater Atlanta Jacob Ethel remembers the initial feeling of anger that swept over him when he first watched the video of George Floyd. He says he saw the “callousness” of the police officer who knelt on Floyd’s neck and the surrounding officers who […]

By Gigi Pedraza, guest editor, Executive Director Latino Community Fund (LCF Georgia)  It was October 2019 and my friend Josephine and I were having a conversation at “La Choloteca” a pop up party organized by Cholo Productions, a Latinx-owned small business dedicated to create inclusive, safe and accessible spaces to honor the diversity of the […]