02-21-2020 · InForum Series
Getting an Accurate Count
“If the Census were easy, we wouldn’t have all of y’all here at 8 in the morning,” says Polly McKinney. She acts as advocacy director for Voices for Georgia’s Children. This particular morning, she’s a participant in United Way of Greater Atlanta’s…
02-21-2020 · African-American Partnership
AAP Stories: Teenager authors children’s book thanks to AAP program
Akin participated in Raising Expectations Inc’s African-American Partnership program for the past two years — he even wrote a children’s book through the “Boys, Books and Brotherhood” initiative. Akin is currently a student at Georgia State University majoring in computer science. The teenager titled his book, “I’m…
02-20-2020 · African-American Partnership
AAP 20 Stories: Students develop a ‘joy for reading’
Atlanta CARES was given numerous opportunities to engage and recruit more mentors for young black men in South Fulton because of United Way of Greater Atlanta’s African-American Partnership. Atlanta CARES recruits mentors through partnerships with the South Fulton Arrow Leadership Council and…
02-19-2020 · African-American Partnership
#WhyWednesday: Angela Anderson
Angela Anderson of the Southern Education Foundation takes action to improve our communities as a member of United Way of Greater Atlanta African-American Partnership. Today, hear why. AAP members donate their time, skills and financial resources to build brighter…
02-18-2020
· Education
· AARP Foundation
Experience Corps
Retirees lend a hand
A crowd of students and adult volunteers bustle about at Eldridge L. Miller Elementary School in Stone Mountain. They’re exchanging some laughs as they get acquainted with one another during an ice cream social that the school is hosting. While the occasion…
