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The Road to Turning 500 Acres Into a Black City - Capital B News
WEBJun 15, 2022 · From left, Laura Riley-Cooper and Renee Walters, with their friend Ashley Scott (not pictured), found a barren 97-acre plot of Georgia land that they envision turning into a modern Black settlement community.
Activists Protest ‘Cop City’ by Dropping Thousands of Balls During …
WEB6 days ago · Atlanta residents opposed to the public safety training center being built in South River Forest — known as “Cop City” — protested its construction by dropping 116,000 ping pong balls during a City Council meeting on Monday.. Each ball was meant to symbolize one signature that organizers said they gathered for a petition to hold a ballot referendum to allow Atlantans to vote on the ...
Atlanta Public Safety Groups to Join First Crime Survivors March …
WEB4 days ago · A path to healing. Georgia’s capital city has one trauma recovery center at Grady Memorial Hospital, which is the city’s only Level 1 trauma hospital since the Atlanta Medical Center closed in 2022.Thomas said this is insufficient for a city of Atlanta’s population, especially considering the racial gap in support for domestic violence and sexual assault, which he said women of color don ...
Four Challengers Look to Unseat College Park Mayor - Capital B …
WEBNov 6, 2023 · Below is a breakdown of all the candidates in the race and what they plan to do if elected. Bianca Motley Broom. Motley Broom says confronting the COVID-19 pandemic and mastering the complexities of municipal operations in College Park were her biggest challenges after defeating former Mayor Jack Longino in their runoff election in December 2019.. Gov. Brian Kemp later selected her to serve on ...
What Kamala Harris’ Economic Plan Could Mean for Black Atlanta ...
WEBSep 2, 2024 · Wilson said Harris’ plan to offer $25,000 on a house down payment for first-time buyers could be a tactic used to help bridge the gap in homeownership between Black and white Americans. “That down payment is often a major barrier for a number of first-time Black homeowners, because there is less generational wealth and they are less likely ...
Throngs of Black Students Move to Atlanta for College. What if …
WEB5 days ago · Some of the roughly 41 million young people across the nation who became eligible to vote this year live in Georgia, where the last presidential election was decided by less than 12,000 votes. Many college students like Scott come from partisan red or blue states where their votes won’t have as much influence in the presidential election as they likely will here in Georgia.
Homelessness, Housing, and Inequality Dominate Dickens’ Speech
WEBMar 25, 2024 · Mayor Andre Dickens highlighted his administration’s efforts to address Atlanta’s affordable housing and homelessness crises in his annual State of the City address Monday morning. Dickens told attendees inside Midtown’s Woodruff Arts Center that his administration is well on its way toward creating 20,000 affordable housing units by …
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WEBJun 28, 2024 · by Chauncey Alcorn February 16, 2024. Dozens of Black clergy members participated in an interfaith luncheon on Thursday in the basement of First Iconium Baptist Church in East Atlanta. In attendance were faith leaders from various Christian denominations, as well as Muslims. Notably, there was scant representation of the third Abrahamic religion.
What to Know About Atlanta’s City Budget - Capital B News
WEBApr 25, 2023 · It contained added funding for Atlanta Police to hire more officers, pay increases for firefighters, and wage increases for frontline city workers such as corrections officers, 311 agents, and Department of Transportation employees. This year’s budget is expected to come in just shy of $800 million, according to council member Alex Wan, chair ...
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