Northeast Georgia News
Reporting from Barrow, Clarke, Jackson, Madison, Oconee and surrounding counties.
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The Ark: Providing Financial Refuge for Low-Income Families
This is one of several Solutions Journalism stories published through a Grady capstone course that reported on housing issues during the fall of 2018. According to its executive director, Lucy Hudgens, The Ark represents a place of safety and refuge for people who are traveling through the storms of life. This…
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UGA Office of Sustainability: A Student-Founded Solution to Go Green
This is one of several Solutions Journalism stories published through a Grady capstone course that reported on housing issues during the fall of 2018. Before 2010, the University of Georgia’s Office of Sustainability did not exist. Students wanted to change that. “In 2008, there was a group of students, mostly in…
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Upcoming Training to Equip CASA Advocates To Give Every Foster Child A Safe Home
This is one of several Solutions Journalism stories published through a Grady capstone course that reported on housing issues during the fall of 2018. Athens-Oconee CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) is a not-for-profit organization which “recruits and trains volunteers from the community to advocate for children in foster care,” according to…
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ServeUGA Uses Volunteering to Increase Student Awareness of Challenges Facing Athens
This is one of several Solutions Journalism stories published through a Grady capstone course that reported on housing issues during the fall of 2018. There are about 37,000 students attending the University of Georgia and encompassing the city of Athens. With students roughly making up about 1/3 of the Athens population,…
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Fostering Community Through Dance: Silvìa Abila’s Mexican Folklore Dance Group
On Mondays and Fridays behind the police station in Greensboro, Georgia, you can find about 20 children and their families dancing to authentic Mexican folk music in Robinson Park. Silvìa Abila, originally from Mexico, started a local Mexican folklore dance group in Greensboro with the help and support of her…
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Digesting Transit: Marilyn Appleby of Athens Housing Authority Explains Ideas, Obstacles
This is one of several Solutions Journalism stories published through a Grady capstone course that reported on housing issues during the fall of 2018. For residents who are mobility impaired, or without a car at Jessie B. Denney Tower in Athens Ga., a simple trip to the grocery store or other…
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Young Urban Builders Provides Opportunities for West Broad Neighborhood, Students
This is one of several Solutions Journalism stories published through a Grady capstone course that reported on housing issues during the fall of 2018. Young Urban Builders, a new program from Athens Land Trust, employs high school students to repair homes that may have title or other issues that keep them…
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Local Nonprofit, (fem)me, Provides Feminine Hygiene Products to Athens Homeless
Four former University of Georgia students have made a difference in the lives of homeless women in Athens-Clarke County. The group founded a nonprofit organization in 2015, (fem)me, that distributes feminine hygiene kits to organizations that provide services to the homeless population in Athens, Georgia. Julianne Geddis, the director…
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Preserving History: Athens-Clarke Heritage Foundation Takes Steps to Aid Historic Areas in Athens
Claire Cicero is a senior in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.
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Reentering Society: How One New Athens Initiative Aims to Help
This is one of several Solutions Journalism stories published through a Grady capstone course that reported on housing issues during the fall of 2018. The Athens Reentry Collaborative was started by Sarah Shannon earlier this year. Shannon is an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Georgia with an area…