Atlanta Episcopal Bishop Helps Ensure Justice for Children
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He was born in an inner-city Philadelphia orphanage. A combination of faith and perseverance propelled him to become bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta.
LGBTQ, Traumatized Homeless Youth More Vulnerable to Being Trafficked, Report Finds
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Understanding how homeless youth are trafficked is important information for the organizations offering them services.
How Homelessness, Mental Illness, Substance Use and the Criminal Justice System Collided in Little Five Points
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Torch has been on the street 11 years, he says. With no fixed address, he is a permanent resident of Little Five Points, a robust business district of mom and pop entrepreneurs in east Atlanta.
Atlanta Prosecutor Who Was Attacked Now Helps Other Domestic Violence Survivors
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Assistant District Attorney April Ross knows the statistics on gun violence and domestic violence in Georgia. She's also experienced it first hand. In April 2014...
Girls Need Safety, Opportunity, Not More Policing
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The bad news about girls just seems to keep coming, particularly if you pay attention to popular media. Girls are going “wild,” girls are “mean” (and certainly meaner than boys), and girls are even getting as violent as boys. Current media coverage of modern girlhood, at least in the United States, is virtually all grim. It is also clear as to the source of the problem — girls are getting more like boys — and that is bad news for girls.
‘Crown Heights’: Cautionary True Tale of Youth’s Unjust Sentence, Exonerated By Stubborn Friend
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“You never know how sacred your freedom is until it’s jeopardized.”
That’s the driving sentiment behind “Crown Heights,” a new film that tells a tale of friendship and perseverance in the face of a miscarriage of justice.
From She To He: A Transgender Journey of Self-Discovery
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Just don't use pronouns in public. That's what C.G. usually tells his mother before they go out. Just call me by my nickname. G. is not obsessed with grammar, but being born a female now living as a male, makes common pronouns like “he” and “she” a complicated issue. The transgender distinction is one that even the most shunned of the gay and lesbian community will often agree has the hardest plight of the oft-embattled LGBT community.
June 17, 2011
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In Atlanta, the Boys of Summer on the Diamond and in the Community
Teens Face More Consequences from Sexting than Congressmen Do
Attorney Andrew Agatston on Bullying Laws in GA
Student Files Suit for Being Handcuffed to File Cabinet for Day
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A civil rights lawsuit has been filed against the Atlanta Public School system and the Atlanta Police Department by a student who says officers handcuffed him to a file cabinet for the school day, reports The Atlanta Journal Constitution. The lawsuit says Tony Smith, a former student at Grady High School, was taken by officers and a assistant principal to a small room where he was handcuffed. The suit says Smith did nothing wrong, but only witnessed a student take two dollars from another student’s wallet. The incident occurred in 2009. The suit also said the two Atlanta Police officers had been found by the city’s Citizen Review Board earlier to have violated police department procedures.
Charity Streetball Tourney Honors Murdered Teen, Raises Scholarship Funds
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The unprovoked murder of an Atlanta teen just a few minutes after midnight on New Year’s Eve has inspired the creation of a charity street basketball tour whose next stop is Mt. Zion High School in Jonesboro on January 30. Fourteen-year old Reuben Hand was on his way home with friends after watching the Peach Drop when he was attacked by a stranger at the Five Points Marta station. They argued over a cell phone. Police identified the man as Tommy Christopher Collins, and accused him of stabbing Reuben in the neck.