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(APN) NORCROSS — US Rep. Luis Gutierrez (D-IL) visited Norcross this weekend, joining about 3,000 concerned individuals and activists at a rally and prayer vigil, to highlight the need for immigration reform that is sensitive to the fact that families with children are being impacted. Gutierrez, who is Puerto Rican by heritage, also discussed the issue of immigration policy with […]

(APN) ATLANTA — WonderRoot Community Arts Center is a fairly new resource for artists and activists in Atlanta, located on Memorial Drive near Moreland Avenue, between East Atlanta and Little Five Points. The organization’s stated mission is to bridge the gap between art and social change. Opened to the public in May 2008, it currently has about 200 members. Founded […]

(APN) ATLANTA–Campus Progress held their first Southern Regional Conference at Morehouse College from February 06 to 08, 2009. The conference included a journalism track and an activism track. Activist workshops included such topics as using the media, getting elected, retaining members, and forming alliances. The separate section on journalism centered on progressive journalism. Amy Goodman of Democracy Now, a syndicated […]

This article contains additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale, News Editor (APN) ATLANTA — On Saturday, January 03, 2009, Morris Brown College held their second fundraiser in two weeks in order to pay a water bill to the City of Atlanta. The City of Atlanta has stepped up its aggressive collection of water bills across the city in recent weeks, with […]

(APN) FOREST PARK — Rev. Sylvia Carroll of the First Iconium Baptist Church, a left-leaning institution in Atlanta, is celebrating the one year anniversary of a separate spin-off church she has started in Forest Park, Georgia, south of Atlanta. The First Iconium has produced nine ministers with their own small congregations in Atlanta, all with a community mission, Rev. Timothy […]

(APN) BUCKHEAD — The Fulton County Taxpayers Foundation (FCTF), formed in 1992 with 3000 members, has as its agenda the secession from the City of Atlanta and formation of an independent City of Buckhead. The group feels the residents of Buckhead pay too much in taxes for too few services and could do a better job with their own city. […]

(APN) MARIETTA — On October 14, 2008, about 20 protesters representing many humanitarian organizations gathered to protest a jail in Cobb County, Georgia, which houses illegal immigrants who have been arrested under Section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1996. This provision allows local police to do immigration law enforcement if they are trained and work under the […]

This article contains additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale, News Editor (APN) ATLANTA — On September 8, 2008, Judge Michael Johnson heard the case filed in 2006 by Voters Organized for Trusted Election Results in Georgia (VoterGA) challenging the State of Georgia on the use of electronic voting machines in Superior Court of Fulton County. VoterGA lost the case. VoterGA in […]

(APN) ATLANTA — On May 23rd 2008 the Democratic Party filed a lawsuit against the State of Georgia in Superior Court of Fulton County for requiring a photo ID in order to vote. In a parallel case, the party is suing in State court as well, based on the Georgia Constitution. While the Court declined to issue an emergency injunction […]

(APN) ATLANTA — On June 30, 2008, Fulton County Superior Court denied Greenleaf Energy Associates LLC a permit to build a coal burning power plant in Early County, Georgia, on the Florida border. Early County has almost twice as many Black residents than the average county in Georgia, and almost twice as many residents below the federal poverty line, according […]

This article contains additional reporting by Matthew Cardinale, News Editor (APN) ATLANTA — Some civil rights leaders are criticizing the historic Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) for the organization’s recent partnership with, and public defense of, CompuCredit, an Atlanta-based credit card servicer which charges exorbitant fees to consumers with poor credit. Several corporations are listed as platinum supporters on the […]

This article first appeared on the Inter-Press Service at: http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42790 LAKE LANIER ISLANDS, Jun 13 (IPS) – Native Americans and others completed a 10-day “Walk for the Water” this week along the Chattahoochee River, which some estimates say will dry up completely by 2025 due to pressure from the rapidly growing city of Atlanta. “We have a problem with water,” […]

(APN) LAKE LANIER ISLANDS — Native Americans and others are about half-way through their journey along the Chattahoochee River, to walk and give thanks to the river. Walk For the Water is part of a movement conceived of by Robertjohn Knapp in 1988 to raise awareness of humanity to care for the environment. The Walk began in north Georgia on […]