Clark Atlanta University’s 700 graduates will be sent forth into the world by U.S. House of Representatives Assistant Minority Leader James Clyburn (D-S.C.), who will deliver this year’s commencement address at 8 a.m. Monday on campus in Panther Stadium, 735 Beckwith St., S.W.

On Sunday, the university will hold its baccalaureate service at 10 a.m. in the L. Epps Gymnasium in the Vivian W. Henderson Health and Physical Education Center, located at the corner of Atlanta Student Movement Boulevard (formerly Fair Street) and Vine Street. The speaker is the Rev. Yvette D. Massey, senior pastor at Red Oak United Methodist Church.

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Ceudy Gutierrez reads a book to her 2-year-old son, Matias, at their home in Buford, GA, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. Ceudy Gutierrez is struggling to make ends meet for herself and her three young kids following her husband’s ICE arrest earlier this fall. (Miguel Martinez/ AJC)

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