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Atlanta Public Safety Groups to Join First Crime Survivors March …
WEB1 day 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 ...
Throngs of Black Students Move to Atlanta for College. What if …
WEB2 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.
Activists Protest ‘Cop City’ by Dropping Thousands of Balls During …
WEB3 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 ...
National Voter Registration Day and the Battle for Georgia’s Black ...
WEB4 days ago · Atlanta University Center HBCU students fill out voter engagement forms during the Black Youth Renaissance Tour stop on campus on National Voter Registration Day in September 2022. In 2024, voter registration organizers say young people could play a critical role in deciding races. (Chauncey Alcorn ...
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.
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 ...
City Politics Archives - Capital B News - Atlanta
WEBJun 5, 2024 · 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.
We Took a Walk Down the New Black Wall Street. Here’s What We …
WEBFeb 8, 2022 · The New Black Wall Street offers physical space for $5,000 down and $1,000 in monthly rent. “If I’m charging you $50,000 to get in and charging you $5,000 a month [for rent], it makes it more difficult for you to get stable,“ Hampton said of the rental prices at other venues. Stabilizing Black business is an important part of the project ...
Capital B Atlanta Archives - Capital B News - Atlanta
WEBMar 14, 2024 · Rashad Brown knows the race for the White House isn’t the only important election happening in Georgia right now. The 32-year-old behavioral health counselor recently asked, through our new Ask Capital B community help desk, why local elections are important since they don’t typically garner as much attention as presidential races despite playing a “vital […]