Four Georgia-based nonprofits – the Georgia Center for Nonprofits (GCN), Friends of Disabled Adults and Children (FODAC), MedShare, and the Atlanta Community Tool Bank – have teamed up to establish the Nonprofit PPE Bank, filling nonprofit organizations’ critical need for personal protective equipment (PPE) free of charge. To date, the PPE Bank has gathered and […]
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Atlanta creative hosts Season 3 web series premiere at The Gathering Spot
Atlanta web series creator, Patrick Ladonis, hosted the third season premiere of his popular online show Scales, on Saturday, March 20, at The Gathering Spot. The digital series was shot last year during the pandemic. “I’m so excited that we were able to push this season out in the safest way possible,” Ladonis said. “ […]
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HBO’s ‘The Lady and the Dale’ producer Andre Gaines discusses the inclusion of transgenders in entertainment
HBO premiered its “The Lady and the Dale,” on Jan. 31, a four-part docuseries that depicts the life of Elizabeth Carmichael, a 1970’s transgender entrepreneur whose collaborative creation of the fuel-efficient three-wheeled vehicle, “The Dale,” caused controversy. Carmichael would later be accused, convicted and serve time for fraud before her death in 2004. ‘“I think […]
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Midtown Alliance announces ‘Studio Residency Program’ with commercial properties
Midtown Alliance is expanding its “Heart of the Arts” initiative with the creation of its first-ever residency program. Applications are now being accepted for year-long residencies to provide artists with dedicated spaces to work inside commercial buildings at various sites throughout the district. “We saw the first phase of Heart of the Arts bring both […]
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African American Male Wellness Agency welcomes C. David Moody, Jr. as Atlanta Honorary Chair
The African American Male Wellness Agency announced business mogul C. David Moody, Jr. as the 2021 Honorary Chair for the city of Atlanta. Moody and his wife Karla have two children and reside in Lithonia, Georgia, just outside Atlanta. “We are so excited to have David Moody as this year’s Honorary Chair,” said Keith Dobbins, […]
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Counties with large Asian, Black or Hispanic populations had higher number of Covid-19 cases, CDC says
Counties in the United States with large Black, Asian and Hispanic populations were hit harder by Covid-19 in the early months of the pandemic, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In a new study published Wednesday, CDC researchers said more than a quarter of counties with large Asian or Black populations […]
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Sidney Powell argues in new court filing that no reasonable people would believe her election fraud claims
Right-wing lawyer Sidney Powell is claiming in a new court filing that reasonable people wouldn’t have believed as fact her assertions of fraud after the 2020 presidential election. The election infrastructure company Dominion Voting Systems sued Powell for defamation after she pushed lawsuits and made appearances in conservative media on behalf of then-President Donald Trump […]
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Spa killings prompt new proposals from Georgia Democrats
Georgia Democrats have introduced a slate of legislation in response to the massage business shootings that killed eight people, including six women of Asian descent — though it’s unlikely the bills will see movement in the Republican-controlled legislature. The proposals would require a five-day waiting period for gun purchases, establish a statewide translation system for […]
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Trump endorses Shafer for reelection to Georgia GOP chair
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday endorsed David Shafer for another term as the chair of the Georgia state Republican Party, after Shafer helped stoke false claims that fraud played a role in Trump’s election loss. Shafer was elected party chair in 2019 after a failed bid for lieutenant governor. Party activists will decide whether […]
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Oregon women top Georgia 57-50, return to Sweet 16 as 6 seed
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Sedona Prince scored 22 points, Nyara Sabally took over late and sixth-seeded Oregon beat No. 3 Georgia 57-50 on Wednesday in the women’s NCAA Tournament to advance to its fourth straight Sweet 16. Sabally scored six straight points — including a putback of her own missed shot — to break open […]
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Evanston, Illinois, approves the country’s first reparations program for Black residents
Officials in the Chicago suburb of Evanston voted Monday to release the first batch of funds in a program offering reparations to Black residents whose families have felt the effects of decades of discriminatory housing practices, according to the Chicago Tribune and Evanston Now. It is the first of its kind in the country. Alderman […]
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Warmack: Claflin University not only survives, but thrives during COVID-19 disruption
I have vivid images of the Claflin University campus before the unimaginable disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The campus was teeming with unbridled optimism, buoyed by the recognition the University and the men’s basketball program had received during the 2020 CIAA Basketball Tournament in Charlotte, N.C. The men’s team had upset top-seeded Virginia State […]
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Atlanta entrepreneur Erica ‘Umi’ Clahar of Umi Feeds continues to fight to provide food to the underfed during the COVID-19 pandemic
One night in 2015 after an evening of Elevate Atlanta, Erica “Umi” Clahar, founder and executive director of Umi Feeds, realized that a few pinwheel platters were unused and decided to ask the event coordinators if she could take the platters to the homeless at Woodruff Park. Briefly hesitating, they allowed her to do so. […]
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Biden eyes $3T package for infrastructure, schools, families
Fresh off passage of the COVID-19 relief bill, President Joe Biden is assembling the next big White House priority, a sweeping $3 trillion package of investments on infrastructure and domestic needs. Biden huddled privately late Monday with Senate Democrats as Congress has already begun laying the groundwork with legislation for developing roads, hospitals and green […]
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Jamie Foxx to play Mike Tyson in boxer’s take on his life
Mike Tyson is getting in the TV drama ring against himself. On the heels of Hulu’s announcement of a Tyson miniseries to be made without his involvement, the boxing great said he’s producing a limited series starring Jamie Foxx. Filmmaker Martin Scorsese and Foxx also are among the producers. “I have been looking to tell […]