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Atlantans Had Productive White House Visit for LEAD Symposium

July 26, 2015 GLORIA TATUM

(APN) ATLANTA — On July 02 and 03, 2015, police officers, prosecutors, elected officials, community leaders and healthcare professionals from more than thirty U.S. cities gathered in Washington, D.C. to discuss the Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program. As previously, exclusively reported by Atlanta Progressive News, Atlanta Councilman Kwanza Hall (District 2); Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard; Atlanta […]

Activists Summon Judge to Consider Income-Based Traffic Fines

July 22, 2015 ANNA SIMONTON

(APN) ATLANTA — The Chief Judge of Atlanta’s Municipal Court had a surprise waiting for him when he arrived at work on July 09, 2015. It was a nine foot-tall summons. Members of Southerners On New Ground (SONG) were at the courthouse that morning with the oversized summons to greet Judge Christopher Ward and charge him with “failure to […]

Residents Call on Mayor to Support Community Led Development of Turner Field

July 7, 2015 ANNA SIMONTON

(APN) ATLANTA — Over sixty residents from the neighborhoods surrounding Turner Field delivered a letter to Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed on July 07, 2015, asking him to publicly commit to making sure the area’s redevelopment is community-driven, not developer-driven. “We are more than developers’ current neighbors and future victims,” Sohna Harzeez, a resident of the Pittsburgh neighborhood and member […]

Four Atlantans Invited to White House Forum on LEAD Program

June 25, 2015 GLORIA TATUM

(APN) ATLANTA — Four Atlantans have received invitations to attend the National Convening on Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program at the White House on July 02, 2015. The program is co-hosted by the Domestic Policy Council, the Ford Foundation and the Laura and John Arnold Foundation. Invited guests from Atlanta include Atlanta Councilman Kwanza Hall (District 2); […]

Activists, Officials Take Fact-finding Trip to Seattle for LEAD Program

June 8, 2015 GLORIA TATUM

(APN) ATLANTA — From April 14 to 16, 2015, Atlanta activists and elected officials were in Seattle, Washington, learning more about the city’s successful Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program, also known as the Pre-Arrest Diversion. The group consisted of Atlanta City Councilman Kwanza Hall (District 2); Fulton County Commissioner Marvin Arrington, Jr., (District 5); Atlanta City Deputy Solicitor […]

New Coalition Challenges GSU’s Turner Field Development Plan

June 5, 2015 ANNA SIMONTON

(APN) ATLANTA — Residents of the communities surrounding Turner Field are determined not to let history repeat itself. The stadium and surrounding property are up for grabs when the Atlanta Braves baseball team leaves for Cobb County in 2017. Georgia State University (GSU) is vying to acquire the real estate and has partnered with Carter real estate firm, […]

Heat-Stricken Senior Tenants Force HUD’s Hand

May 23, 2015 ANNA SIMONTON

(APN) ATLANTA — Low-income senior and disabled residents of Friendship Towers, a rent-subsidized apartment building, have been drumming up public pressure to get the building’s air conditioning fixed, as sweltering temperatures threaten their comfort, and in some cases, their health. News broke earlier in May that the building’s elderly tenants were suffering in the heat. Then a man was […]

Atlanta Citizens Review Board Gets on Activists’ Last Nerve

May 15, 2015 GLORIA TATUM 3 comments

(APN) ATLANTA — On Thursday, May 14, 2015, the meeting of the Atlanta Citizens Review Board (ACRB) at the Ben Hill Recreation Center was packed with citizens expressing their dissatisfaction with the Board for myriad reasons. Current issues include demanding an end to the “Don’t Run Campaign” and demanding an investigation into the death of Alexia Christian. The City […]

One Thousand Atlantans Rally for $15 Minimum Wage

April 18, 2015 APN NEWS One comment

By Julian Plowden, Special to The Atlanta Progressive News (APN) ATLANTA — An estimated one thousand people, most of whom represented minimum and low wage workers, rallied outside of local Atlanta McDonald’s, Burger King, and Walmart businesses on Wednesday, April 15, 2015. This protest was a joint action in a wave of other protests happening nationwide on the […]

Charges Dropped for Five Who Protested at Stewart Detention Center

April 15, 2015 ANNA SIMONTON Leave a comment

(APN) ATLANTA — Five people arrested for criminal trespassing while protesting at an immigration detention center in November 2014 have been cleared of all charges. Known as the Stewart Five: Anton Flores, Kevin Caron, Maureen Fitzsimmons, Rebecca Kanner, and Jason McGaughey were arrested on November 22, 2014, at an annual demonstration held outside of Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, […]

Four Women Jailed in Georgia over Religious Freedom Bill Protest (UPDATE 2)

March 28, 2015 GLORIA TATUM 7 comments

Photograph by Steve Eberhardt. (APN) ATLANTA — Four women were arrested when they visited the office of State Sen. Josh McKoon (R-Columbus) to talk with him and deliver a message about SB 129, the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) bill, that he introduced. McKoon refused to meet with the women. They planned to stay until he agreed […]

Seven Arrested Protesting DeKalb Killing of Anthony Hill

March 17, 2015 GLORIA TATUM 4 comments

With additional reporting on the police reports by Matthew Charles Cardinale. (APN) ATLANTA — On Saturday, March 14, 2015, friends of Anthony Hill from his apartment complex in unincorporated DeKalb County, and from the surrounding community, held a memorial service on the spot where he was killed by DeKalb County Police. Hill was killed by DeKalb Police on […]

Twelve Protesters Arrested at Capitol, Demanding Medicaid Expansion

March 4, 2015 ANNA SIMONTON One comment

Photograph by Steve Eberhart (APN) ATLANTA — Twelve members of Moral Monday GA were arrested on Monday, March 02, 2015, when a crowd blocked a flight of stairs inside the State Capitol in protest of Gov. Nathan Deal’s continued refusal to expand Medicaid. Those arrested include Kathy Acker, Greg Ames, Adam Cobb, Tim Denson, Bob Goodman, Alan Jenkins, Tim […]

Protesters Camp at DeKalb Courthouse over Kevin Davis Police Killing

February 5, 2015 ANNA SIMONTON Leave a comment

(APN) DECATUR — About twenty-five people camped out overnight outside of the DeKalb County Courthouse on the evening of Wednesday, February 05, 2014, calling on the DeKalb Police Department (DPD) to allow for an external investigation into the death of Kevin Davis. As previously reported by Atlanta Progressive News, Kevin Davis was shot by DeKalb police officer Joseph Pitts […]

Moral Monday Activists Protest Gov. Deal’s Policies at Inauguration

January 14, 2015 GLORIA TATUM One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — On Monday, January 12, 2015, while Gov. Nathan Deal was being sworn in for his second term, hundreds of Moral Monday supporters laid down in the halls of the State Capitol to protest some of the Governor’s policies. Signs were displayed to express their concerns. Without Medical expansion, an estimated over eleven hundred Georgians have died. […]

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