Month: September 2021

Over 200 Haitians and their supporters gathered at the CNN center in downtown Atlanta on Sunday, September 26 to speak their truths and make demands from the United States (US) government. Haitians want the Biden administration to stop the deportation of Haitians back to Haiti without due process. "Haiti is experiencing serious security concerns, social … Continue reading Stop the Deportation of Haitians

Claire McDonald, Atlanta Director, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) held a second meeting at Capitol Gateway and residents came forward to share their problems about management and maintenance.  Integral, the Management Company, for Capitol Gateway and Ashley Collegetown Apartments, learned about the ACORN meeting with residents. So Ericka Platt, Regional Vice President … Continue reading Integral Claims No Knowledge of Problems at Gateway and Collegetown

This is not the usual environmental or neighborhood association story opposing the police training center on 85 acres of Prison Farm property. There are probably over 40 different groups opposing the police training center and many have different perspectives on why they oppose it. This view is from the community most impacted by the militarization … Continue reading No Cop City – No Police State – Yes Community Investments

All these trees will be bulldozed down to build the police training center. Joe Santifer, President of Netwise, Information Technology Consulting researched other police training centers by the number of police officers and size or acreage of training centers, and here is what he found. The statistics came from the World Atlas. New York City … Continue reading Police Training Center is Too Large, Wrong Location and Won’t Reduce Crime