Fighting stigma and promoting mental health-literacy at the Lee Thompson Young Foundation Often, in addition to dealing with the struggles of mental illness, affected individuals must also face the added…

A Rewarding Leap of Faith Inspired by her daughter Kaylee to transition her baking hobby to to a full-blown business venture, Amber Tellis took a leap of faith and started her own…

Workforce and Personal Development with the Great Promise Partnership For the student participants of the Great Promise Partnership, sometimes it’s the promise part that is the most important. “With Great…

With the pending arrival of the beautiful new Falcon’s stadium coming soon, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, in partnership with the Atlanta Committee for Progress and Falcon’s owner Arthur Blank, decided…

If You Build It, They Will Come: Building Websites for Local Nonprofits with 48in48 Nonprofits have a lot on their plate: the mission of the organization, the people they serve,…

Brightening up Hamilton Mill If you have visited the Hamilton Mill store within the last three years, you may have seen Chandell Wiley arranging the merchandise, sorting through donations in…

New Hope and Progress in East Lake The East Lake neighborhood that people know today is not one and the same of 25 years ago. Formerly overrun with blight and…

Building the Next Generation From the Ground Up Author and entrepreneur Jim Rohn once said that “whatever good things we build end up building us.” The Atlanta Center for Creative…

Meet Jackie: The Go-To Gal Jackie Proctor is a natural born leader who has a curiosity for change and an eagerness to grow. That motivation and leadership hasn’t slowed down…

Woody Allen once said, “80-percent of life is showing up.” This week’s guest on The Good Works Show, Michael Lucas, Deputy Director of the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyer Foundation, seems to…