A voice for positive community change.
It’s back to school time, and while students were off for summer break, we were hard at work collaborating with other community foundations across the state to discuss access to higher education for more learners. It is estimated that by 2020 65% of jobs in our state will require a …
Since 2010, Asian Americans Advancing Justice – Atlanta (AAAJ-A) has worked to protect and defend the civil rights of Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AANHPIs) in Georgia and the Southeast through public policy, legal services, civic engagement, community organizing and leadership development. AAAJ-A is the first legal and …
By Damayea Bangura Damayea “BB” Bangura served as the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta’s 2018 Summer Fellow. She is in her last year of studies at Georgia State University’s Andrew Young School of Policy Studies studying public policy and nonprofit leadership. BB is passionate about using third sector initiatives to …
The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta sent the following letter to the New York Times’ business writer David Gelles, in response to his August 3, 2018 article, “How Tech Billionaires Hack the Taxes with a Philanthropic Loophole.” — David, Let us set the record straight. At a time when charitable …
By Ali Gant, gift planning officer So often, we focus on WHAT and HOW we do things while ignoring the WHY. This applies to business, philanthropy, our personal lives and beyond. A couple of years ago, I started hearing more and more colleagues and speakers asserting, “Let’s start with why.” …
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