“Girls with Dreams, Become Women with Vision”
The organization that brought the ‘Million Shoe March’ to Detroit. Purposeful YOUth Detroit (PYD)
presents their Third Annual Debutante...
A new facility promoting educational programs and a safe environment for visitors and youth to play soccer and ultimate frisbee is coming to East Point. The Georgia Soccer Development Foundation (GSDF) is teaming up with the City of East Point to host a groundbreaking ceremony for the new pavilion and classroom building at the Georgia […]
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the appointment of Josh Rowan as General Manager of Renew Atlanta, a position responsible for leading the Renew Bond and TSPLOST infrastructure-improvement program for the City of Atlanta. “Josh Rowan has a wealth of experience that will serve the City of Atlanta well as we upgrade and build our public […]
Jhonnita L. Williams, a former department administrator at the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), pleaded guilty to participating in a false-invoice scheme that resulted in MARTA paying more than $520,000 for maintenance projects where no worked was actually performed. “MARTA trusted Williams to use and protect taxpayer dollars effectively and responsibly,” said U.S. Attorney […]
The City of Atlanta Council passed Resolution No. 18-R-3783 adopting a plan to transition the City of Atlanta to 100% clean energy by 2035. The City’s 100% clean energy plan provides benefits community wide, creating local jobs, reducing electricity bills, providing public health savings, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and increasing gross regional product. “The City […]
Dr. Lonnie King Jr., a leader of the Atlanta Student Movement in the 1960s, died Tuesday morning. King, who studied at Morehouse College, was one of the students who went against the university leader’s attempts to keep students from protesting. He, along with civil rights leaders such as Julian Bond, planned to following in the footsteps of […]
As the Georgia State Senate debates a bill that would put $150 million towards insecure voting machines, Fair Fight is holding a public conversation between state Senators and voters. Cybersecurity experts have already expressed serious concerns over the potential security weaknesses in these machines. The hearing will provide an opportunity for senators to hear from […]
The Atlanta City Council expressed its opposition Monday to Senate Bill 131, a measure that would place control of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport under a state created airport authority appointed by state officials to oversee operations. At the Monday full council meeting, Council member Andre Dickens introduced a resolution unanimously signed by the council that […]
The Atlanta Board of Education will take action on Monday, March 4 to rename Atlanta Public Schools’ (APS) central office building from the Center for Learning and Leadership to The Alonzo A. Crim Center for Leaning and Leadership. The renaming is in honor of Dr. Alonzo A. Crim, the school district’s first African-American Superintendent and […]
City of Atlanta officials said that they will fight a state takeover of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. The state Senate Transportation Committee late Tuesday approved a bill that would create the Georgia Major Airport Authority to control the world’s busiest airport Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms called the move “nothing short, in my opinion, of an […]
