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2024年11月5日 · As one of the first neighborhoods in the United States built by Black planners, Collier Heights is steeped in rich history. In the mid 1950s, it became Atlanta’s premier community for Black people, known for its ranch-style brick homes. It is on the National Register of Historic Places, and the Atlanta City Council recognized it as a historic ...
About — Canopy Atlanta
About Me. Ann is a Jamaican-born, Ghana-raised, Southern Black-reared woman writer who currently lives in Atlanta. In 2017, she began writing for The Atlanta Voice. In 2019 and 2021, she was the licensee and producer of TEDx Collier Heights, which engaged residents from the Bankhead corridor.
Our Story Process — Canopy Atlanta
Canopy Atlanta’s approach toward journalism is what makes us different from other newsrooms. At every step, we center community, prioritize neighborhood perspectives, and facilitate a collaborative storytelling process that creates a new kind of journalism — one that is deeply connected to the needs and experiences of Atlanta.
From the Ground Up — Canopy Atlanta
2024年5月6日 · Here’s how the City of Atlanta is trying to build (or preserve) 20,000 affordable housing units by 2030. When it comes to affordable housing, Atlanta seems to be moving backward. According to a recent study commissioned by the Urban Land Institute Atlanta, the metro’s core counties—DeKalb, Fulton, Clayton, Cobb, and Gwinnett—have lost ...
‘From Bankhead to Buckhead’ - Canopy Atlanta
2022年3月14日 · ANGY MOSS IS SO ACCUSTOMED to hearing it that it barely registered when Atlanta’s new mayor said it. Like many before him, Andre Dickens invoked the phrase, “from Bankhead to Buckhead,” while discussing crime and his administration’s plan to combat it. “As your mayor and with your help, I want to make sure our city is safe from Bankhead to Buckhead,” said Dickens—a southwest ...
Voting Barriers and Bridges — Canopy Atlanta
Voting Barriers and Bridges. Canopy Atlanta’s 2024 election project kicked off this spring and runs until Election Day. Voting Barriers and Bridges, which will focus on communities with chronically low voter participation, will identify the barriers around civic engagement and uplift solutions that can bridge those barriers.
West End - Canopy Atlanta
2020年10月16日 · Canopy Atlanta is a new community-led publication centering Atlantans in the process of journalism—from assigning stories to telling and presenting them, in collaboration with established journalists—and helping residents access information about the issues that matter to them most. More than 60 West End residents gave feedback that helped ...
Locked Out of Legacy: Gentrification in Bankhead — Canopy Atlanta
2022年4月7日 · Canopy Atlanta asked Bankhead community members about the journalism they needed and this story emerged from that feedback. Canopy Atlanta also trains and pays community members, our Fellows, to learn reporting skills to better serve their community. Genia Billingsley, a Canopy Atlanta Fellow, is one of the authors behind this story. EDITOR’S NOTE: Canopy contributor Nikishka Iyengar is the ...
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Each Canopy Atlanta issue focuses on a different neighborhood in metro Atlanta. Last summer, we partnered with more than 120 community members of Forest Park in Clayton County to report stories that reflect their information desires. A community-powered journalism nonprofit making local news by Atlanta, with Atlanta.
News Wrap — Canopy Atlanta
Read the articles here: WABE: Georgia House panel passes bill banning ‘divisive concepts’ in public schools Capital B: What Abortion Access Looks Like for Black Women in Atlanta WABE: One of Delta’s first Black flight attendants reflects on fighting for civil rights in the sky