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Meals programs running for now, future unclear
Geraldine Roper fears the federal shutdown could reach all the way to her kitchen table. Roper, a 79-year-old retiree, has received a daily lunch through the Meals on Wheels program for the last three years. Now, she wonders if those meals will stop. “It would cripple me,” said Roper, who ...
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Informed court watchers: Howard Friedman, professor of law emeritus at the University of Toledo, will focus on the U.S. Supreme Court with his discussion, “Be an Informed Court Watcher This Year,” from 10:30 a.m. to noon Thursday at the Marcus Jewish Community Center of Atlanta at Zaban Park, 5342 Tilly ...
Former surgeons general to discuss health, policy, prevention
Six former U.S. surgeons general will gather Thursday in Atlanta for a conference on health disparities in underserved and at-risk communities.Th conference, hosted by the Satcher Health Leadership Institute at the Morehouse School of Medicine, comes at a time when many Americans are signing up for new health care options ...
Shaun Casey head of faith-based initiatives to speak at Emory
Shaun Casey, head of the U.S. Department of State’s new Office of Faith-Based Community Initiatives, will lecture on “Exploring Religion and U.S. Foreign Policy: Launching the State Department’s Office of Faith-Based Community Initiatives: at 2 p.m. Oct. 4 at Emory University. The event will be held in Room 290, Psychology ...
Wounded Warrior group and families participate in Habitat for Humanity build
Forty-five veterans from the Atlanta office of the Wounded Warrior Project and their families will volunteer to build an Atlanta Habitat for Humanity home from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at 990 Dunning St. S.E. This is the first time Atlanta Habitat has partnered with an organization serving veterans.The ...
Hero dolls help Haitian women earn income
Laura Martin is up to her neck in ties.The Atlanta woman is co-founder of a nonprofit that provides jobs for low-income women, primarily in Haiti, by using recycled neckties and T-shirts to make handbags, pillows, Christmas ornaments and dolls.“We strongly felt that this was a way to have lasting change ...
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A Night of Books, Gifts and Stories, The Jane Baird Lecture. Cathedral Book Store presents three women writers — the Rev. Martha Sterne, the Rev. Barbara Brown Taylor and Dr. Beth-Sarah Wright. Special recognition will be given to Sue Tierney, bookstore manager, who is retiring at the end of the ...
Dispute between King family members surfaces in new lawsuit
On the day the world celebrated the 5oth anniversary of the March on Washington and the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech, a long-simmering conflict among his children escalated. While dozens of dignitaries, including the president and two former presidents, were praising King Wednesday, the King ...
Young philanthropist juggles book, clothing line and saving the environment
There’s no “slow” button on Maya Shea Penn. The busy teen writes a blog, runs her own nonprofit, is working on an animation series and is expanding her eco-friendly clothing and accessories line. If you haven’t uttered “whew” yet, keep reading. The 13-year-old recently learned that some girls in developing ...
Other groups rise to fill Angel Food gap
Felecca Wilson Taylor panicked when she heard that Angel Food Ministries was shutting down in 2011. The organization had for years sold discounted boxes of food to families in her church. “We had all of these people relying on these boxes every month,” said Taylor, the director of the OneHarvest ...
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