Inspire Atlanta

We recognize a big part of our journalistic mission is to shine a spotlight on wrongdoings and to hold our public officials accountable. But we also understand the importance of celebrating our region’s moments, milestones and people. That’s exactly what we hope to accomplish with Inspire Atlanta. Each week, Inspire Atlanta will profile a person that makes metro Atlanta a better place in which to live. Of course, we can’t do this alone: We need your help in finding extraordinary people and identifying inspiring stories across our region. Know someone who inspires you or makes metro Atlanta a better place for others? Email us at InspireAtlanta@ajc.com.
Lovett School gets ‘historic’ $30 million gift from Rollins family

Lovett School gets ‘historic’ $30 million gift from Rollins family

The gift honors the oldest child of Randall and Peggy Rollins, who died in 1970.

Louis Squires opened the Magnolia Room eight years ago after purchasing the equipment from the now-closed S&S Cafeteria on Chamblee Tucker Road. (Phil Skinner for the AJC)

Magnolia Room: How one man saved a Southern tradition

When S&S Cafeteria closed, longtime patron Louis Squires took all its furnishings – including its famous serving line – and opened a new restaurant in Tucker.

Sisters teachers Kristy Reese and Kimberly Gibbs

Full circle: Sisters who were APS students now serve as APS principals

Sisters Kristy Reese and Kimberly Gibbs spent 12 years in Atlanta Public Schools and now educate others in the same system as school principals.

GEORGIA TREE FESTIVAL 2024

Georgia Festival of Trees shines light on human trafficking

We Create Tech
AJC HER+STORY

Why this nonprofit leader says more people should consider careers in tech

Mark Moczarski

Cumming family hopeful as man awakens from coma in Bali, flown back home

Rufus N. Darkortey and his wife, Joan Curran Darkortey, attended the 10th annual International Life Changers Awards & Fundraising Gala at the Marriott Gateway Hotel Atlanta. They are founders of a small nonprofit that has raised more than $300,000 to help people in their home country, Liberia. (Phil Skinner for the AJC)

Ordinary people work toward extraordinary change

KING AND SPALDING

Community support at heart of Atlanta law firm’s 140-year success

KIPP Atlanta teachers host literacy clinics in Kenya

KIPP Atlanta teachers give gift of reading to Kenyans

Trey Smith and Jake Jeffries

‘Pure happiness’: Roswell QB passes homecoming king honors to team assistant

Ocean Gorecki works out at the Swim Atlanta location in Lawrenceville. (Ben Gray/For the AJC)

Mind over matter

Atlanta Ballet opens doors for young dancers

Atlanta Ballet opens doors for young dancers

Keith Hooper
INSPIRE ATLANTA

Woodstock teacher’s classroom heart attack changed his life