This week's #CCIsuperstar is Yasmeen Salaam, founder of Carver's Produce. Carver’s Produce expands the tradition of Dr. George W. Carver by connecting small farmers to new distribution channels within food desert communities. This food hub gives small producers the space to expand production and increase Atlanta's food economy. This mission of Carver's Produce is to become a thriving food hub that provides local growers and food enterprises a space to store, preserve, and develop products for last-mile distribution in low access areas.
Read MoreThis week on #CCIspotlight, we meet La’Teef Pyles, co-manager and unofficial community liaison of University Barbershop. La’Teef is a 2016 Westside Innovation Fellow and a current #VoteLocal ambassador with the Center for Civic Innovation.
Read MoreMeet this week’s #CCIsuperstar, Kristen Daniel, founder and CEO of Pentorship. Pentorship designs customized products and services to facilitate quality learning experiences for returning citizens to compete in current labor markets. Pentorship helps agencies and organizations successfully implement 21st-century skills training programs in challenging settings where learners may vary in academic & career experience. Kristen is a current Fellow in the 2017 Civic Women's Fellowship.
Read MoreI am a native Atlantan. I know I am a rare breed—one of the few actual ATLiens. I recently read an article about how black millennials are really interested in moving back to the South, and my roots are primarily in the South. Both of my parents are from Florida, and they were interested in moving to Atlanta because Atlanta represented a place of progress, a place with traditional black mayors. This is where they wanted to start and raise a family.
Read MoreI was born in India and moved to Scranton, PA when I was five years old. The only reason that people know about Scranton is because The Office takes place there. From there we moved to Jersey City and then finally to Snellville, Georgia. Snellville was the more difficult transition, even more so than moving from another country.
Read MoreI am from a military family, as my dad was enlisted in the Air Force. We moved around a lot, and I definitely did not live in many places for longer than four years until my dad retired! The last base we landed at before his retirement was in rural South Georgia, in Valdosta. I went to high school there with a lot of kids that grew up on farm, in the presence of a strong Future Farmers of America program – but I knew nothing about farming.
Read MoreFirst and foremost, I am not supposed to be here. Because of Atlanta’s income inequality and social immobility issues, I am not supposed to have had the opportunities and access that I do. I am extremely fortunate to have had the opportunities because they have allowed me to make my own decisions based on my interests in life.
Read MoreWe sat down with Sagdrina Jalal, Executive Director of the Georgia Farmers Market Association, at her office at the Center for Civic Innovation. Sagdrina is committed to reconnecting our society through food by increasing access and helping people lead healthier lives.
Read MoreThis week we got a chance to visit re:imagine/ATL founder Susanna Spiccia, at her new HQ in the Reynoldstown Lang-Carson Community Center. Susanna has always been a woman with a vision- she built re:imagine/ATL from the ground up and hasn’t stopped fighting for change since.
Read MoreWith warmth and grace, Beth Malone tells the deeply personal story of her dad's struggle with frontotemporal lobe dementia, and how it changed how she thinks about death (and life). A moving talk about a daughter's love -- and of letting go and finding peace.
This talk was presented at an official TED conference, and was featured by TED Talk editors on the home page.
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