Ahmaud Arbery – “Maud” to his friends – liked to jog to clear his head. But when the 25-year-old was murdered in a racially motivated hate crime while jogging in Glynn County in 2020, Arbery’s mother, Wanda Cooper-Jones, channeled her…
The Northeast Georgia History Center works to make the past come alive with interactive, family-friendly exhibits and programming. “We don’t just throw out a bunch of dry names and dates,” says interim executive director Libba Beaucham. “We use the ‘living…
In 1978, she opened the Alexander Gallery, the first Atlanta gallery to display Southern folk art, which introduced the world to an array of vibrant, previously undiscovered…
Georgia ranked 38th in the nation for child well-being in 2020. Prevent Child Abuse (PCA) Georgia aims to head off problems before they start by strengthening families and inspiring community action. “We hope we can teach people to be the…
“Other groups are doing great work with food, housing and employment, but that’s not what we do,” says Brenda Rhodes, founder and president of Simple Needs GA, a Marietta nonprofit serving Cobb County. “We try to take care of things…
For more than 10 millennia before White settlers arrived in 1823, various groups of indigenous people occupied the land along the Ocmulgee River in Georgia. They built seven mounds and left behind at least 3 million artifacts. This year, the…
The Society of St. Vincent de Paul (SVdP) began in 1833 in Paris. Antoine Frédéric Ozanam, a student at the Sorbonne, was appalled at the poverty he saw. He and his friends decided to put their Catholic faith into hands-on…
In Memoriam: State Rep. Henry “Wayne” Howard, an Augusta Democrat who served in the statehouse since 2007, died in October. He was remembered by House Minority Leader James Beverly (D-Macon) as someone “always quick to encourage, counsel, and love. Not…
Maximus Janton was born with Costello Syndrome, a very rare condition that affects an estimated 200 to 300 people worldwide and causes developmental delays. That diagnosis, though, did not stop him from clapping along – loudly – to music and…
In the early years of the HIV/AIDS crisis, many people with the virus found themselves ostracized, with dwindling resources. Forced to make hard decisions, some went without food to give their suppers to their dog or cat. To address this…
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