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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 ...
‘A Celebration of Healing’ shows resilience and recovery of breast cancer survivors
Many photos Sal Brownfield saw about survivors of breast cancer seemed so clinical. He didn’t recognize “ordinary people like the lady next door, your mother or your sister.” They weren’t the people he knew who worried about getting the disease or had already been diagnosed. So Brownfield, an Atlanta artist, ...
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 ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Folk art high on Georgia Museum of Art’s wish list
The Georgia Museum of Art wants to increase its offerings of folk art and work by other self-taught artists. And the museum, at the University of Georgia, is doing so piece by piece. Folk art “is still small, but a rapidly growing presence,” said Hillary Brown, director of communications for ...
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 ...
Jason Mott’s ‘The Returned’ scores big for first-time novel
Jason Mott is the envy of many authors. The North Carolina resident’s debut novel, “The Returned,” got a starred review from Kirkus, and a TV series based on the book debuts on ABC in March 2014. Called “Resurrection,” the hour-long drama costars Omar Epps, a “House” alum, and Kurtwood Smith ...
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 ...
Ebenezer to hold ceremony to mark 50th anniversary of the March on Washington
Ebenezer Baptist Church and the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site will hold a brief bell ringing ceremony in observance of the 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Justice. A “Let Freedom Ring” ceremony will culminate with a bell-ringing event that will also occur ...
Union City shooting victims identified
Union City police have released the identities of two shooting victims, one of whom was dead at the scene, recently discovered near Highway 92. The dead woman is Christina Wellington, 30, who was found shot and lying in the middle of McClure Road off Highway 92 . The male victim ...
Ga. Department of Public Health to hold hearings on budget
The Georgia Department of Public Health and its Board of Public Health are giving residents a chance to speak out about how money is spent. The agency will seek public input as it begins to plan for state fiscal year 2014 amended and 2015 general budgets. A public budget hearing ...
Freedom Singer reflects on ‘63 march: ‘I was just happy to be in that number’
Rutha Mae Harris’ mother used to shush her because she sang so much. “She said, ‘Girl, you sing all the time,” Harris said. “You sing in your sleep.” Harris, 72, never stopped singing, and it gained her a place on the stage of history. Her rich soprano voice — that ...
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Author Susan Cottrell at St. Mark: FreedHearts blogger and author Susan Cottrell will be the guest speaker on a program from 2:30 to 5 p.m. Sunday at St. Mark United Methodist Church, 781 Peachtree St. N.E. She will speak on resolving the tension between parenting, Christianity and the lesbian, gay, ...
How to get to the March on Washington
The 50th anniversary of the historic March on Washington takes place later this month. At least 27 buses will leave Georgia, filled by civil rights groups, churches and private groups. They will join a contingent of thousands of others from other states, although organizers are not estimating attendance. A series ...
Jason Mott’s ‘The Returned’ scores big for first-time novel
Jason Mott is the envy of many authors. The North Carolina resident’s debut novel, “The Returned,” got a starred review from Kirkus, and a TV series based on the book debuts on ABC in March 2014. Called “Resurrection,” the hour-long drama is filmed locally and costars Omar Epps, a “House” ...
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