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03-06-2020 · Education · African-American Partnership
African-American Partnership hosts fifth-annual Leadership Luncheon
“We all have a challenge right now to build up the next generation,” said 11x NBA All-Star and 2x NBA Champion Chris Bosh. “Take on that challenge – especially when it’s hard.” Bosh, alongside actor and budding filmmaker Kofi Siriboe, joined African-American…

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…

12-18-2019 · Education · Learning Spaces
Kids in Clayton get books, bears and visit with United Way spokeskid
You wouldn’t expect to see 125 bears in one day, but stranger things have happened. Four days a week, children in Clayton County head to different library branches across their community, and each Thursday they go to the library headquarters on Battle…

09-10-2019 · Education
Clayton talks progress, bright future in conversation with United Way and public officials
Superintendent of Clayton County Public Schools Dr. Morcease Beasley walked to the stage of the Clayton County Performing Arts Center on the morning of Aug. 14 to celebrate the improvements he’s seen his students and community make over the past few years.…

08-26-2019 · Education · College Bound
United Way’s College Bound program assists students, parents apply for student aid
United Way of Greater Atlanta has launched a new program aimed at helping students in select high schools apply for college funding by completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid [FAFSA] form. United Way hosted a pilot event for the program,…