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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 […]

How Atlanta, Fulton, DeKalb Could Stop Criminalizing Mentally Ill People (UPDATE 1)

July 23, 2015 ANNA SIMONTON

(APN) ATLANTA — After DeKalb police officer Robert Olsen killed Anthony Hill, a young Black man suffering a mental health crisis, Atlanta Progressive News traveled to San Antonio, Texas, to report on a program that has changed how police deal with mentally ill people in that city. http://atlantaprogressivenews.com/2015/03/23/feature-in-san-antonio-anthony-hill-wouldve-been-helped-not-shot/ In this follow-up, we look at how the criminal justice, […]

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 […]

Atlanta’s NPU-R Illegally Bans Members From Open Meetings

July 15, 2015 ANNA SIMONTON

(APN) ATLANTA — The Georgia Attorney General’s office has opined that the officers of Atlanta Neighborhood Planning Unit R violated a city ordinance when they banned two outspoken members from participating in public meetings. In May 2015, Ben Howard, 82, a well-known senior advocate, and Ron Shakir, an activist who has run for City Council, were expelled from the […]

City of Atlanta Sets Aside Paltry Sum for Massive Beltline Debts Owed to Schools

July 13, 2015 ANNA SIMONTON

(APN) ATLANTA — While there is no end in sight to the Beltline-Atlanta Public Schools (APS) dispute, the Atlanta City Council has set aside four million dollars for a possible eventual settlement. The Council could have made an outright good faith payment, but decided to put it in a contingency fund, pending a settlement agreement. The problem is, […]

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 […]

NEWS BRIEF: Norwood Withdraws Public Comment Limits Ordinance

July 7, 2015 MATTHEW CHARLES

(APN) ATLANTA — At the Monday, July 06, 2015, Committee on Council Meeting of the City Council of Atlanta, Councilwoman Mary Norwood (Post 2-at-large) made a motion to file, or terminate, her proposed legislation to set a Multi-Committee public comment limit. Atlanta Progressive News reported that Norwood introduced the legislation, out of her concern that some citizens were jumping […]

Dave Walker, 1945-2015, !Presente!

July 6, 2015 MATTHEW CHARLES One comment

(APN) ATLANTA — David Gregory Walker, 70, an advocate for transparency, citizen participation, and ethics in government in Atlanta and beyond, has passed away on yesterday, Sunday, July 05, 2015. Walker was best known for his role as a citizen advocate at meetings of the Atlanta City Council and its seven Committees, where he would make public comment that […]

Atlanta Councilwoman Norwood Seeks New Restrictions on Public Comment

July 3, 2015 MATTHEW CHARLES

(APN) ATLANTA — Atlanta City Councilwoman Mary Norwood (Post 2-at-large) has introduced controversial legislation to limit public comment at all of the Council’s seven bi-weekly Committee Meetings. Currently, each Committee gets to set its own time limits, if any; some committees have limits currently; some do not. The matter is under the purview of the respective seven Committee Chairpersons, […]

Hosea Feed the Hungry Announces Service Expansion

June 30, 2015 GLORIA TATUM

(APN) ATLANTA — This year’s first annual Hosea Feed the Hungry media brunch announced the official launch of Hosea Helps (HH). Hosea Helps works 365 days a year to help an additional 3,500 people with new programs and expansion of other programs to better serve the community every day. Today a new generation of Williams’s are carrying on […]

APN 2015 Fundraiser Update – Help Support Atlanta’s Independent News Service

June 30, 2015 MATTHEW CHARLES

(APN) ATLANTA — Thank you, thank you, thank you! That is what I want to say to our readers and donors, who have made this–Atlanta Progressive News’s tenth year of publication–our best year to date! http://atlantaprogressivenews.com/donate/ In just a few months, in November 2015, we will be celebrating ten years of publication. I still remember all the naysayers, […]

Metro Atlantans Celebrate Same-Sex Marriage Ruling (UPDATE 1)

June 28, 2015 GLORIA TATUM

(APN) ATLANTA — Celebrations were held throughout Metro Atlanta and across the U.S. on June 26, 2015, when the Supreme Court of the U.S. ruled that states cannot ban same-sex marriages. It is now legal in all fifty U.S. states for same-sex couples to marry. The first line in the Obergefell v. Hodges ruling states that the Fourteenth Amendment […]

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); […]

Gammon Street Closure Escalates Racial Tensions in Gentrifying South Atlanta

June 23, 2015 ANNA SIMONTON

(APN) ATLANTA — For over one month, Gammon Street, a public road in South Atlanta, has been closed off under questionable legal and political circumstances. The closure appears to have been prompted by the complaints of White residents, who do not care for Carver High School students traversing through their neighborhoods. One woman, Kristi Wood, has led a […]

Atlanta City Council Strikes Down Lamar Willis Appointment

June 21, 2015 ANNA SIMONTON

(APN) ATLANTA — In a surprising turn of events, the Atlanta City Council voted down Mayor Kasim Reed’s nomination of disgraced former Councilman Lamar Willis (Post 3-at-large) to the Fulton County/City of Atlanta Land Bank Authority. Willis lost his City Council seat to Andre Dickens in 2013 after serving for twelve years, during which time he committed numerous ethics […]

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