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Inspire Atlanta: Uplifting stories we share with you

Dr. Bobby Gueh speaks to students at a summer retreat for Brothers Making Moves Enrichment Academy. Courtesy of Dr. Bobby Gueh

Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Bobby Gueh

Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Bobby Gueh

Dr. Bobby Gueh speaks to students at a summer retreat for Brothers Making Moves Enrichment Academy. Courtesy of Dr. Bobby Gueh
Dec 17, 2023

Our annual Everyday Heroes project is part of a special installment of Inspire Atlanta — an initiative that we began back in 2019 to profile remarkable Georgians and to share their uplifting feats and their selfless acts.

While we recognize that a big part of our journalistic mission is to shine a spotlight on wrongdoings and to hold our public officials accountable, we also understand the importance of celebrating those who bring out the best in all of us.

For more inspiration beyond the Everyday Heroes, here are some of the recent stories from our Inspire Atlanta coverage. Tap or click here.

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 AJC-InspireAtlanta@ajc.com.

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The AJC, The Atlanta Press Club, the Association of Health Care Journalists and SPJ Georgia present Bending Without Breaking at the AJC offices in Atlanta on Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. (Ben Gray for the AJC)

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Hire Heroes USA takes anxiety out of job search for service members re-entering civilian life.

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The renovation of Jekyll Island's Great Dunes golf course includes nine holes designed by Walter Travis in the 1920s for the members of the Jekyll Island Club. Several holes that were part of the original layout where located along the beach and were bulldozed in the 1950s.(Photo by Austin Kaseman)

Credit: Photo by Austin Kaseman

Gilded Age tycoons built Jekyll’s doomed golf course. It’s been resurrected.

Jekyll Island's historic golf course, Great Dunes, was designed by Walter Travis in the Gilded Age. It reopens Nov. 1 on Georgia's coast after a painstaking restoration.

Embattled Fulton judge sued over woman’s ‘illegal’ jailing

While facing possible removal from the bench, Fulton County Superior Court Judge Shermela Williams has been sued by a young woman she jailed during a divorce hearing.

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A miserable loss leaves even less reason to believe in Falcons, Morris

Falcons coach Raheem Morris was accountable for the team's failures after a 34-10 loss to Miami, but that isn't enough if this team wants to make the postseason.