Transform Westside SummitConvene | Communicate | Collaborate Westside Future FundFriday, June 5, 2020

T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S

About Westside Future Fund

Today's SummitAgenda

Featured Participants

"Where Do We Go From Here?" Excerpts from Dr. King's 1967 Speech

AnnouncementsFree COVID-19 Testing

Westside Connect Hotline

JUNE 9th ELECTION: District 3 Voting Info

City of Atlanta: MOST Ballot Question

Creating the Beloved CommunityFlashback: Remarks by Joan Vernon

"Fulfilling our vision of the beloved community" by D. Makeda Johnson

"Use Your Power and Influence" by Dan Cathy

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VISIONA community Dr. King would be proud to call home.

MISSIONTo advance a compassionate approach to neighborhood revitalization that creates a diverse, mixed-income community, improves the quality of life for current and future residents and elevates the Historic Westside’s unique history and culture.

VALUES

Do with the Community, not to the Community We know that residents are the real experts on the challenges in their community. Therefore, we learn from residents and involve them in all we do.

Be Compassionate We meet residents where they are in a spirit of empathy and respect.

Have Integrity in Everything We stand behind all we say and do. We are open, honest, and courageous.

Be Creative We bring high energy and fresh ideas to tackling the long-standing challenges on the Westside. We’re dedicated to trying different approaches to get different results.

Deliver Results We’re committed to driving transformation in the long term, with a focus on measurable outcomes today.

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2020Board of Directors

Helen Smith PricePresident,

The Coca-Cola Foundation and Vice President of Global Community Affairs for The

Coca-Cola Company

Virginia HepnerRetired,

CEO Woodruff Arts Center/Wachovia Bank

Peter MunizBoard Vice-ChairVice President and Deputy

General Counsel,The Home Depot

Penny McPheePresident,

The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Wonya LucasPresident and CEO, Public Broadcasting

Atlanta

Derrick JordanSenior Project Leader,

National Church Residences

Tommy HolderChairman & CEO,

Holder Construction Company

ShawntelHebertPartner,

Taylor English

Dan HalpernChairman & CEO,

Jackmont Hospitality, Inc.

Jim GrienPresident & CEO,

TM Capital

Michael BondAtlanta City Council

Post 1 At-Large

Beverly Tatum Board Chair,President Emerita, Spelman College

Mark ChancyRetired Corporate

Executive Vice President

of Wholesale Banking, SunTrust, Inc.

John GambleChief Financial

Officer, Equifax

Rodney BullardVice President of

Community Affairs and Executive Director,

The Chick-fil-A Foundation

Reverend Kenneth Alexander

Pastor, Antioch Baptist Church North

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Frank FernandezVice President of

Community Development,

The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation

Dr. Eloisa KlementichPresident & CEO,

Invest Atlanta

Terri M. LeeChief Housing Officer,

City of AtlantaBeverly Thomas

Vice President of Communications and

Public Affairs, Kaiser Permanente

Shan CooperExecutive Director,Atlanta Committee

for Progress

Sylvia RussellRetired President,

AT&T Georgia

Valerie Montgomery Rice

President and Dean, Morehouse School of

Medicine

AJ RobinsonPresident,

Central Atlanta Progress

Dave StockertRetired CEO,

Post Properties

Eugene Jones, Jr.

President & CEO,Atlanta Housing

Kathleen S. Farrell Executive Vice President Commercial Real Estate

Line of Business Truist, Inc.

Nicole YesbikPrincipal

PricewaterhouseCoopers

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Westside Future FundOUR VISION: A COMMUNITY DR. KING WOULD BE PROUD TO CALL HOME

Westside Future Fund is a nonprofit formed by Atlanta’s public, private and philanthropic partners who believe in the future of Atlanta’s Westside and are committed to helping Historic Westside neighborhoods revitalize and develop into a community Dr. King would be proud to call home

Engish Avenue • Vine City • Ashview Heights* • Atlanta University Center

* Includes Just Us and Historic Booker T. Washington neighborhoods

Community Retention• We’re laser-focused on affordable housing.

• We risk losing residents as market forces take over as the

area’s fortunes improve.

• We want current residents to remain in their beloved

neighborhoods for years to come, even as market forces

raise housing and rental prices as well as taxes.

• We’re raising funds as quickly as possible to buy real

estate that will remain deeply affordable.

• So far, we have more than 300 units under control that will

serve low-income residents, such as the working poor and

seniors living on a fixed income, of which we are very proud.

• Much more is needed, we need everyone’s help.

Role of the Westside Future Fund With its grounding in community retention and its compassionate

approach to revitalization, Westside Future Fund is focused on

creating a diverse mixed-income community, improving quality

of life, and elevating and celebrating the Historic Westside’s

unique history and culture. We are driving a collective effort focused

on our four impact strategies with many different impact partners.

Impact AreasEnglishAvenue

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43% live below

poverty line

53% of homes are vacant lots or

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Our Impact

How to Get Involved

LEARNCheck out

our website to learn more.

westsidefuturefund.org

ENGAGEAttend a Transform Westside Summit

or join our Westside Volunteer Corps.

westsidefuturefund.org/volunteer-corps

GIVEAlready convinced? Great! Donate to

our efforts.westsidefuturefund.org/donate

In addition to amplifying and accelerating the work of our impact partners, we also advance our missionthrough the development and implementation of several plans, programs and collaborations, including:

Anti-Displacement Tax Fund An initiative that will pay qualifying homeowners’ property tax increases in the English Avenue, Vine City, Ashview Heights and Atlanta University Center communities. The program is designed to help ensure that current homeowners are not displaced due to rising property taxes.

Land-Use Framework PlanA design and implementation strategy — created in partnership with the City’s Departmentof Planning & Community Development — to revitalize the Westside, building on the good work and extensive community feedback put into previous plans by city officials, partners and community residents.

Westside Volunteer Corps Established to create opportunities for individuals from throughout Atlanta to join forces with Westside residents in the revitalization of the historic Westside. Through a variety of volunteer projects, the Corps works to strengthen community nonprofits and expand their impact with a consistent injection of human capital (i.e. volunteers).

Transform Westside SummitTwice-monthly “town hall” meetings created to foster connection, collaborationand communication amongst community members around revitalization efforts.

Home on the Westside Westside Future Fund’s signature community retention initiative, designed to help residents access high-quality, affordable housing op-tions. WFF uses a set of community retention guidelines as a consistent way to offer preference to legacy residents and those who have a connection to the Historic Westside, putting them first in line for rental and home purchase opportunities.

P.O. Box 92273, Atlanta, GA 30314

(404) 793-2670

WestsideFutureFund.org

@westsidefuturefund

@WFFAtlanta

Boosting Washington Cluster Schools Our partnership with Atlanta Public Schools is helping improve student outcomes with a unique model of support for the Washington cluster. Starting in 2017 with Hollis Innovation Academy in Vine City, Westside Future Fund has delivered fundraising and governance support and wraparound services to improve school performance and enable students to thrive.

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ADedicated

Team

Lee HarropVP of Real Estate

Development

Jaren AbedaniaVP of Real Estate

John AhmannPresident and CEO

Justin CarrDirector of

Strategy and Impact

Suzanne AllmanController

Rachel CareyVP of Project

Financing

Raquel HudsonDirector of Westside

Volunteer Corps

Deidre StricklandDevelopment

Manager

Joan VernonDirector of Neighborhood

Engagement

Sonia DawsonSpecial Assistant to the President & CEO

Amy HoilmanManager of Accounting

Christal WalkerStaff Accountant

Robyn WashingtonDevelopment Coordinator

Elizabeth Wilkes Program

Coordinator

Cristel Williams Chief

Development Officer

Brenda DaltonChief Operating

Officer

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Agenda

John AhmannPresident & CEO Westside Future Fund

Craig LucieStorytellerLucie Content

Reverend Daniel OgleAssociate PastorPeachtree Road United Methodist Church

MODERATOR:Dr. Beverly Daniel TatumPresident EmeritaSpelman College

John AhmannPresident & CEO Westside Future Fund

Derrick JordanSenior Project LeaderNational Church Residences

Lakeisha WalkerAssistant Director of ProgramsAt-Promise Center

Xavier WarnerWestside Youth Program ParticipantAt-Promise Center

All viewers can submit questions via social media channels.

Questions will be welcomed for the duration of the program.

John AhmannPresident & CEO Westside Future Fund

7:15AM – 7:30AM Welcome Summit Program Review

COVID-19 Updates

7:30AM – 7:45AM Opening Devotion

7:45AM – 8:25AMPANEL DISCUSSION:

Where Do We Go From Here? | A Conversation Across Generations

8:25AM – 8:55AMQ&A

8:55AMClosing Remarks

9:00AMSummit Adjourns

@westsidefuturefund

@WFFAtlanta

@westsidefuturefund

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Our Featured ParticipantsJohn AhmannPresident & CEO, Westside Future Fund

For more than 25 years, John Ahmann has been driven by the determination to improve the way communities and institutions function in Atlanta. From his early days working in Washington, D.C. to his positions with private, governmental, and organizational entities in the Atlanta area — including his eight years as an elected school board official in De-catur — he has focused his energy on solving the big problems whose resolutions can ulti-mately change Atlanta’s trajectory. He has worked primarily behind the scenes, bringing together diverse stakeholders and managing initiatives through to fruition, and has had a hand in some of the region’s most important public policy initiatives and cross-sector col-laborations. Along the way, John has built a vast network of individuals who are impacting Atlanta and its future.

John is a native son. He was born at Grady Hospital in Atlanta in 1965, was one of Paideia School’s first graduates in 1983, and earned his BA in Political Science from Emory Universi-ty in 1987. After having moved to Washington, D.C. and worked for Representative Pat Wil-liams of Montana and then Congressman Ben Jones of Georgia, he entered Yale School of Public Private Management in 1991 and graduated with seven letters of recognition in 1993.

Within months after returning to Atlanta, John was hired by the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games as the Program Coordinator of Government Relations. He was soon promoted to Manager of Federal and State Government Relations where he worked with officials from four federal government offices, including the White House. Following the 1996 Olympic Games, John worked at Edington & Wade, a public affairs firm, and then Georgia’s Department of Industry, Trade and Tourism (GDITT, now the Department of Eco-nomic Development), where he led and managed strategic planning teams. From there he moved into GDITT’s newly created position of Deputy Commissioner for Strategic Planning and Research.

In 2000, John was hired by the Metro Atlanta Chamber to serve as its Senior Vice President of Community Development. There he oversaw the Chamber’s initiatives regarding trans-portation, education, arts and culture, the environment, and legislative affairs. In 2003, John bought the majority interest in a local public affairs firm, and in 2006 he established Ahmann, Inc. While in private practice in 2004, John began his engagement as the out-sourced Executive Director of the Atlanta Committee for Progress (ACP), a group of top CEOs and university presidents that advises and supports the mayor on priorities critical to Atlanta’s economic vitality. While with ACP, he was heavily involved in launching the Atlan-ta Beltline, the acquisition of the Martin Luther King Jr. Personal Collection, the 2015 Re-new Atlanta Bond Program, and ACP’s Westside Redevelopment Task Force that lead to the launch of the Westside Future Fund. John is currently the President & CEO of the Westside Future Fund.

John has also been an elected public servant. He won his race for the City Schools of Deca-tur Board of Education in 2003, was re-elected in 2007 without opposition, and served until 2011. John was the first Paideia School alumni invited to join the Paideia School’s Board of Trustees where he served for four years.

John’s unwavering commitment to Atlanta and deep knowledge of specific areas such as education, economic development, infrastructure and local fiscal policy make him a unique presence in Atlanta’s change landscape. He is honored to serve the board of West-side Future Fund as its President & CEO.

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Our Featured ParticipantsCraig LucieStoryteller, Lucie Content

Craig Lucie started Lucie Content to shine a light on the positive things happen-ing in our world and to share compelling stories that resonate with your audience. He has two decades of news experience with multiple EMMY nominations and has won an EMMY for Best News Anchor. He has also received several AP Awards for his reporting and contributed reports to newscasts that have won the prestigious Edward R. Murrow awards. The Georgia Association of Broadcasters also recog-nized him as the best on-air personality in the state, and the Atlanta Business Chronicle named him as one of the 40 Under 40 recipients. Craig has appeared on ABC’s World News Tonight, CNN, MSN-BC, FOX News and HLN. He was recently one of a few journalists invited to have dinner with President Donald Trump in the State Dining Room of The White House while covering a State of the Union Ad-dress.

Craig is chairman of the board for the Top Dogg K-9 Foundation which trains service dogs and gives them to our veterans free of charge. For the past few years, Craig has also donated his time at benefits for the Aga Kahn Foundation, March of Dimes, Trees Atlanta, The American Dia-betes Association, The Covington Police Fuzz Run, 21st Century Leaders, The Atlan-ta Broadcast Advertising Club, The Atlan-ta Press Club to name a few.

Craig has mentored hundreds of college students during his time while anchoring and reporting at WSB, WESH-TV in Orlan-do, KTBC-TV in Austin, Texas and KZTV in Corpus Christi, Texas. Craig helped them land their first jobs in journalism and loves sharing his knowledge with students to help them craft their stories to keep an audience intrigued.

Craig has reported LIVE during numerous breaking national stories. He was on the ground in Boston shortly after the mar-athon bombings bringing LIVE reports to Georgia viewers. He also reported LIVE from the floor of The Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia and from the Capitol for The Presidential Inauguration.

Craig graduated from Southern Methodist University majoring in Broadcast Jour-nalism and minoring in Spanish. He also studied abroad in Madrid, Spain. Craig sits on the Atlanta SMU Alumni Board and the SMU Steering Committee which recently helped the school make history by raising more than $1 billion dollars for their Second Century Campaign. Craig is a member of The ONE Group Class, which consists of young professionals helping raise awareness for the JDRF Georgia Chapter.

He is married to his college sweetheart and enjoys spending time with his wife, two kids and dog by exploring Georgia.

Reverend Daniel OgleAssociate Pastor, Peachtree Road United Methodist Church

Daniel Ogle is an associate minister at Peachtree Road United Methodist Church in Atlanta whose primary role at the church is to build community and strengthen relationships in and with the Westside.

Daniel is married to Erin Horeni-Ogle, who is the Director of Development for Uni-versity Libraries at Emory University. Erin and Daniel are the proud parents of their three-year old daughter, Georgia.

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Our Featured Participants

Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum, president emerita of Spelman College, is a clinical psychologist widely known for both her expertise on race relations and as a thought leader in higher ed-ucation. Her thirteen years as the president of Spelman College (2002-2015) were marked by innovation and growth and her visionary leadership was recognized in 2013 with the Carnegie Academic Leadership Award. The author of several books including the best-sell-ing “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?”and Other Conversations About Race (now in a new 2017 20th anniversary edition) and Can We Talk About Race? and Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation (2007), Tatum is a sought-af-ter speaker on the topics of racial identity development, race and education, strategies for creating inclusive campus environments, and higher education leadership. In 2005 Dr. Tatum was awarded the prestigious Brock International Prize in Education for her innova-tive leadership in the field. A Fellow of the American Psychological Association, she was the 2014 recipient of the APA Award for Outstanding Lifetime Contributions to Psychology.

A civic leader in the Atlanta community, Dr. Tatum is engaged in educational initiatives designed to expand educational opportunity for underserved students and their families. In Atlanta she serves on the governing boards of the Westside Future Fund, Achieve Atlanta, Morehouse College, the Tull Charitable Foundation and the Georgia Power Company. She is also on the boards of Smith College. TIAA Charitable, and the Educational Testing Service.

She holds a B.A. degree in psychology from Wesleyan University, and M.A. and Ph.D. in clin-ical psychology from the University of Michigan as well as an M.A. in Religious Studies from Hartford Seminary. Over the course of her career, she has served as a faculty member at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Westfield State University, and Mount Holyoke College. Prior to her 2002 appointment as president of Spelman, she served as dean and acting president at Mount Holyoke College. In Spring 2017 she was the Mimi and Peter E. Haas Distinguished Visitor at Stanford University. She is married to Dr. Travis Tatum; they are the parents of two adult sons.

Dr. Beverly Daniel TatumPresident Emerita, Spelman College

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Westside Future Fund is grateful for Dr. Tatum's leadership and service as Board Chair.

https://www.beverlydanieltatum.com/

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Our Featured Participants

Lakeisha Walker Assistant Director of Youth Programs, At-Promise Center

Lakeisha Walker serves as the Assistant Director of Youth Programs and oversees day to day facility operations of the At-Promise Center. She is responsible for managing the At-Promise Youth Initiative, ensuring program integrity and implementation and main-taining strong relationships with key stakeholders.

Lakeisha has spent the last 16 years serving various Atlanta communities, through col-laborative programming, with a focus on youth. She is a native Atlantan and takes pride in overseeing juvenile crime reduction programming in the Historic Westside community where she grew up. Lakeisha has a B.S. in Criminal Justice from Bauder College and be-lieves a youth’s home environment and community resources have a huge impact on how their personalities and priorities are formed.

Derrick JordanSenior Project Leader, National Church Residences

At National Church Residences, Jordan primarily focus on the construction and rehabili-tation of affordable senior housing developments as well as permanent supportive hous-ing for veterans and formerly homeless individuals. Jordan will also work to expand and strengthen National Church Residences’ community relationships, health care partner-ships and philanthropic efforts. He will focus his efforts in Fulton and DeKalb counties.

A graduate of Mississippi State University with a Master’s Degree in Public Policy and Ad-ministration, Jordan began his career with the City of Atlanta as a Management Analyst Intern in 2004. The next year he was hired by the City of Atlanta as a Departmental Man-agement Analyst

Jordan briefly worked for Fulton County (Georgia) as a Community Development Specialist before returning to the City of Atlanta as a Housing Development Manager.

In December 2011, Jordan was named the Director of the Office of Housing for the City of Atlanta. In that position he was responsible for the day-to-day supervision of 17 profes-sional staff in the implementation of activities for affordable housing and economic devel-opment projects. He managed the implementation of $15 million in grand funds annually, leveraging $120 million in private financing for various housing and economic development projects.

“I am grateful for the opportunities that the City has afforded me; they have allowed me to grow exponentially and will serve me well in my new endeavors,” Jordan said. “As of Octo-ber, I will move on to the next chapter of my career with National Church Residences.”

National Church Residences owns over 1,200 units in seven facilities in the Atlanta metro area.

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...And if you will let me be a preacher just a little bit. One day, one night, a juror came to Jesus and he wanted to know what he could do to be saved. Jesus didn't get bogged down on the kind of isolated approach of what you shouldn't do. Jesus didn't say,

"Now Nicodemus, you must stop lying." He didn't say, "Nicode-mus, now you must not commit adultery." He didn't say, "Now Nicodemus, you must stop cheating if you are doing that." He didn't say, "Nicodemus, you must stop drinking liquor if you are doing that excessively." He said something altogether different, because Jesus realized something basic: that if a man will lie, he will steal. And if a man will steal, he will kill. So instead of just getting bogged down on one thing, Jesus looked at him and said,

"Nicodemus, you must be born again."In other words, "Your whole structure must be changed." A nation that will keep people in slav-ery for 244 years will "thingify" them and make them things. And therefore, they will exploit them and poor people generally economically. And a nation that will exploit economically will have to have foreign investments and everything else, and it will have to use its military might to protect them. All of these problems are tied together. What I'm saying today is that we must go from this convention and say, "America, you must be born again!"And so, I conclude by saying today that we have a task, and let us go out with a divine dissatis-faction. Let us be dissatisfied until America will no longer have a high blood pressure of creeds and an anemia of deeds. Let us be dissatisfied until the tragic walls that separate the outer city of wealth and comfort from the inner city of poverty and despair shall be crushed by the battering rams of the forces of justice.Let us be dissatisfied until those who live on the outskirts of hope are brought into the metrop-olis of daily security.Let us be dissatisfied until slums are cast into the junk heaps of history, and every family will live in a decent, sanitary home.Let us be dissatisfied until the dark yesterdays of segregated schools will be transformed into bright tomorrows of quality integrated education.Let us be dissatisfied until integration is not seen as a problem but as an opportunity to partici-

“ L E T U S R E A L I Z E T H AT T H E A R C O F T H E M O R A L U N I V E R S E I S L O N G , B U T

I T B E N D S T O W A R D J U S T I C E . ”

The following is an excerpt from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s "Where Do We Go From Here?" address, delivered at the annual SCLC convention in 1967.

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pate in the beauty of diversity.Let us be dissatisfied until men and women, however black they may be, will be judged on the basis of the content of their character, not on the basis of the color of their skin. Let us be dissatis-fied.Let us be dissatisfied until every state capitol will be housed by a governor who will do justly, who will love mercy, and who will walk humbly with his God.Let us be dissatisfied until from every city hall, justice will roll down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream. Let us be dissatisfied until that day when the lion and the lamb shall lie down together, and every man will sit under his own vine and fig tree, and none shall be afraid.Let us be dissatisfied, and men will recognize that out of one blood God made all men to dwell upon the face of the earth. Let us be dissatisfied until that day when nobody will shout, "White Power!" when nobody will shout, "Black Power!" but everybody will talk about God's power and human power. And I must confess, my friends, that the road ahead will not always be smooth. There will still be rocky places of frustration and meandering points of bewilderment. There will be inevitable setbacks here and there. And there will be those moments when the buoyancy of hope will be transformed into the fatigue of despair. Our dreams will sometimes be shattered and our ethereal hopes blasted. We may again, with tear-drenched eyes, have to stand before the bier of some courageous civil rights worker whose life will be snuffed out by the dastardly acts of bloodthirsty mobs. But difficult and painful as it is, we must walk on in the days ahead with an audacious faith in the future.Let this affirmation be our ringing cry. It will give us the courage to face the uncertainties of the future. It will give our tired feet new strength as we continue our forward stride toward the city of freedom. When our days become dreary with low-hovering clouds of despair, and when our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, let us remember that there is a creative force in this universe working to pull down the gigantic mountains of evil, a power that is able to make a way out of no way and transform dark yesterdays into bright tomorrows.Let us realize that the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. Let us realize that William Cullen Bryant is right: "Truth, crushed to earth, will rise again." Let us go out realizing that the Bible is right: "Be not deceived. God is not mocked. Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." This is our hope for the future, and with this faith we will be able to sing in some not too distant tomorrow, with a cosmic past tense, "We have overcome! We have overcome! Deep in my heart, I did believe we would overcome."

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Listen to Dr. King's 1967 speech in its entirety on YouTube here.

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A N N O U N C E M E N T S

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On behalf of the Westside Collective Effort, Westside Future Fund is maintaining an information

and resources webpage with relevant resources to benefit the neighborhoods we serve.

https://www.westsidefuturefund.org/covid-19-info/

FREE COVID-19 TESTING

MERCEDES-BENZSTADIUM LOT

112 Postell St. Atlanta, GA 30314THUR - SAT 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

No Appointment NeededNo ID RequiredConfidential

Get more testing information at:https://www.fultoncountyga.gov/

covid-19/covid-testing-sites

The Family HealthCenter at West End

MOBILE TESTING ATSIMPSON CHURCH OF CHRIST

800 Joseph E. Boone Blvd NW

JUNE 13, 20, 27 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Do you need help with getting food, housing, seekingemployment, counseling, or other helpful resources?

Call the Westside COVID-19 Helpline at:

404-430-8180

Schedule Appt. (404) 752-1400 | MON - FRI 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

CVS at Good SamaritanHealth Center

ADULTS only - RAPID TEST | Schedule Appt. (404) 523-6571

MON - THUR 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM | FRI - SAT 8:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Additional Covid-19 Testing at:

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If you or someone you know tests positive for COVID-19,give us a call for any of the following:

Help with getting food

Assistance with seeking employment,counseling or housing

Understanding your COVID-19 test results

Tips to protect you and your family

Ways to prevent the spread

Monitoring your symptoms

When to seek medical attention

Help with getting medications

Assistance with connecting to other helpful resources.

Do you need a doctor or have other health related questions?Text Westside to 51555 to connectto a provider by phone for free.

Call the Westside COVID-19 Helpline at:

404-430-8180

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Text: Westside to 51555

One number to get the help you need: Food, Housing, Counseling, Employment, Education, Health Care, COVID-19 Testing Feeling lonely, lost, stressed, anxious or down?

Need help managing your health condition? Call 404- 430- 8180 today!

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Update from Atlanta City Council - District 3

ABSENTEE BALLOT DROP BOX LOCATIONS

2020 PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY (PPP) AND

GENERAL PRIMARY ELECTION JUNE 9, 2020

GIS Drop Box Locator:

https://gismaps.fultoncountyga.gov/portalpub/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=96c3363d99f74ed0bb38f53099e6b350

Alpharetta Branch Library 10 Park Plaza Alpharetta GA 30009 Auburn Avenue Research Library 101 Auburn Avenue, NE Atlanta GA 30303 College Park Branch Library 3647 Main Street College Park GA 30337 East Point Branch Library 2757 Main Street East Point GA 30344 East Roswell Branch Library 2301 Holcomb Bridge Road Roswell GA 30076 Evelyn G. Lowery at Cascade 3665 Cascade Road, SW Atlanta GA 30331 Fairburn Branch Library 60 Valley View Drive Fairburn GA 30213 Gladys S. Dennard Library at South Fulton 4055 Flat Shoals Road Union City GA 30291 Johns Creek Environmental Campus 8100 Holcomb Bridge Road Alpharetta GA 30022 Metropolitan Branch Library 1332 Metropolitan Parkway Atlanta GA 30310 Milton Branch Library 855 Mayfield Road Milton GA 30009 North Fulton Service Center 7741 Roswell Road Sandy Springs GA 30350 Northwest Branch Library at Scott’s Crossing 2489 Perry Boulevard, NW Atlanta GA 30318 North Training Center 5025 Roswell Road Atlanta GA 30342

Palmetto Branch Library 9111 Cascade Palmetto

Highway Palmetto GA 30268 Robert E. Fulton Regional Library at Ocee 5090 Abbotts Bridge Road Johns Creek GA 30005

Roswell Branch Library 115 Norcross Street Roswell GA 30075 Sandy Springs Branch Library 395 Mt Vernon Highway, NE Sandy Springs GA 30328 South Fulton Service Center 5600 Stonewall Tell Road College Park GA 30349 Wolf Creek Branch Library 3100 Enon Road Atlanta GA 30331

Please note that citizens dropping off ballots at the listed locations MUST BE registered to vote in Fulton County.

ABSENTEE BALLOT DROP BOX LOCATIONS

2020 PRESIDENTIAL PREFERENCE PRIMARY (PPP) AND

GENERAL PRIMARY ELECTION JUNE 9, 2020

GIS Drop Box Locator:

https://gismaps.fultoncountyga.gov/portalpub/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=96c3363d99f74ed0bb38f53099e6b350

Alpharetta Branch Library 10 Park Plaza Alpharetta GA 30009 Auburn Avenue Research Library 101 Auburn Avenue, NE Atlanta GA 30303 College Park Branch Library 3647 Main Street College Park GA 30337 East Point Branch Library 2757 Main Street East Point GA 30344 East Roswell Branch Library 2301 Holcomb Bridge Road Roswell GA 30076 Evelyn G. Lowery at Cascade 3665 Cascade Road, SW Atlanta GA 30331 Fairburn Branch Library 60 Valley View Drive Fairburn GA 30213 Gladys S. Dennard Library at South Fulton 4055 Flat Shoals Road Union City GA 30291 Johns Creek Environmental Campus 8100 Holcomb Bridge Road Alpharetta GA 30022 Metropolitan Branch Library 1332 Metropolitan Parkway Atlanta GA 30310 Milton Branch Library 855 Mayfield Road Milton GA 30009 North Fulton Service Center 7741 Roswell Road Sandy Springs GA 30350 Northwest Branch Library at Scott’s Crossing 2489 Perry Boulevard, NW Atlanta GA 30318 North Training Center 5025 Roswell Road Atlanta GA 30342

Palmetto Branch Library 9111 Cascade Palmetto

Highway Palmetto GA 30268 Robert E. Fulton Regional Library at Ocee 5090 Abbotts Bridge Road Johns Creek GA 30005

Roswell Branch Library 115 Norcross Street Roswell GA 30075 Sandy Springs Branch Library 395 Mt Vernon Highway, NE Sandy Springs GA 30328 South Fulton Service Center 5600 Stonewall Tell Road College Park GA 30349 Wolf Creek Branch Library 3100 Enon Road Atlanta GA 30331

Please note that citizens dropping off ballots at the listed locations MUST BE registered to vote in Fulton County.

MY VOTER PAGEhttps://www.mvp.sos.ga.gov/MVP/mvp.do

Check your ballot dropbox locations with this list for a convenient and safe way to

drop off your ballot by JUNE 9. #D3votes

Visit your My Voter Page to check your registra-

tion status and learn your polling place to vote in

person!

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ELECTION FAQs

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In 2004, a 1-cent Municipal Option Sales Tax (MOST) was passed for the City of Atlanta largely to assist in funding the compliance obligations of two Federal Consent Decrees entered in 1998 and 1999, which required upgrades to the City’s sewer system to eliminate sewer spills. Since the start of the Clean Water Atlanta Program, the MOST has helped fund $2.3 billion in sewer system investment for the estimated $4 billion federally mandated sewer infrastructure overhaul, while stabilizing rates.

This is not a new tax. The 2018 General Assembly authorized a referendum for voters to approve reauthorization of the existing MOST as a ballot question on June 9, 2020. Approval of the MOST will continue funding Clean Water Atlanta Consent Decree projects as well as projects to improve water and wastewater facilities, replace water lines, address flooding and complete critical projects such as the Water Supply Program that will secure Atlanta’s water future and protect more than $250 million in daily economic activity.

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J U N E 9 T H B A L L O T Q U E S T I O N

WHAT IS THE MOST? (MUNICIPAL OPTION SALES TAX) The Municipal Option Sales Tax (MOST) requires reauthorization on the June 9, 2020 presidential primary ballot. This is not a new tax. The MOST is a 1-cent sales tax on most goods purchased and services performed within the City. The MOST assists with paying for Atlanta’s two (2) federal Consent Decrees: Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO) Consent Decree and Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO) Consent Decree issued in 1998 and 1999 that require investing in water and sewer improvements estimated at $4 billion.

HOW MUCH IS THE MOST? The MOST is a 1-cent tax, already being paid, on most goods purchased and services performed inside the City of Atlanta that are subject to sales tax, except motor vehicle sales.

HOW MUCH REVENUE HAS THE MOST GENERATED? Since October 2004, the MOST has generated more than $1.8 billion in revenue.

HOW IS THE MOST REVENUE USED? The MOST has helped fund more than $2.3 billion in sewer system investment for the estimated $4 billion federally mandated sewer infrastructure, while stabilizing rates. The City has successfully met the obligations of the CSO Consent Decree, and the MOST will assist with offsetting the cost of the work remaining to be completed under the SSO Consent Decree. Revenue from the MOST has also helped create 24,000 local jobs and support $600 million in small minority and female-owned business participation.

WHEN IS THE MOST UP FOR REAUTHORIZATION AGAIN? The MOST reauthorization measure will be on the June 9, 2020 primary ballot. DOES REAUTHORIZATION MEAN AN ADDITIONAL 1-CENT TAX?

No. It is merely a reauthorization of the existing 1-cent tax. HOW DOES THE MOST AFFECT WATER/SEWER RATES?The MOST revenue has staved off a 25% increase in water/sewer rates.

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Creating the Beloved Community

The end is reconciliation; the end is redemption; the end is the creation of the Beloved Community.

It is this type of spirit and this type of love that can transform opponents into friends. It is this type

of understanding goodwill that will transform the deep gloom of the old age into the exuberant

gladness of the new age. It is this love which will bring about miracles in the hearts of men.

Martin Luther King, Jr. from “Facing the Challenge of a New Age,” 1956

The coining of the term, “beloved community” is cred-ited to Josiah Royce (1855–1916), a Harvard professor, theologian, and philosopher, who taught at Harvard from the 1880s to 1910s.

Josiah Royce deemed the beloved community the “principle of all principles” and spoke of the beloved community as an ideal, separate from ordinary life, a spiritual community where all those “fully dedicated to the cause of loyalty, truth, and reality itself” were joined. Speaking from a distinctly Christian perspec-tive, he stated that religious communities at their core should embody “the mystery of loving membership in a community.” This participation was enacted through deep loyalty to a personal cause that one serves with

“all [one’s] might and soul and strength.”

Royce wrote, “Find your own cause, your interesting, fascinating, personally engrossing cause; serve it with all [one’s] might and soul and strength; but so choose your cause and so serve it, that thereby you show forth your loyalty to loyalty, so that because of your choice and service to your cause, there is a maximum of in-crease of loyalty among your fellow [human beings].”

Since you cannot find the universal and beloved community, create it.

Josiah Royce (1913)

One of Royce’s students in the 1890s was W.E.B. Du Bois, who arrived in Atlanta in 1897 to establish a sociology program at Atlanta University and develop the university’s curriculum. It is possible W.E.B. Du Bois and others could have discussed the idea of the

“beloved community” and its embodiment in the Atlanta University Center and Vine City neighborhoods as early as Du Bois’ arrival in Atlanta. Since the late 1860s, white and black educators, black students, and working class white and black residents had been living in the historic Westside.

Dr. King’s mentor, Howard Thurman, was also a student of Royce and colleague of W.E.B. Du Bois. He used the term “beloved community” as an inspira-tional lens “to perceive [in the world] a harmony that transcends all diversities and in which diversity finds its richness and significance.” He broadened the concept from Royce’s specifically Christian orientation and emphasized the importance of truly integrated com-munities beyond legal integration and emphasized the importance of a radically nonexclusionary community.

During Thurman’s lifetime, the historic Westside served as a nerve center of civil rights activism even as the ef-fects of legal segregation remained in the community.

Community cannot for long feed on itself. It can only flourish with the coming of others

from beyond, their unknown and undiscovered brothers and sisters.

Howard Thurman 1971 Dr. King takes the thinking of Royce and Thurman forward with his belief that we can “actualize the Beloved Community.” Walter Fluker writes that the

“beloved community” is Dr. King’s “single, organizing principle of [his] life and thought.”

Our goal is to create a beloved community, and this will require a qualitative change in our

souls as well as a quantitative change in our lives.

Martin Luther King, Jr., 1966

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In a time when trust is hard to gain, hope is hard to find, and we are constantly force-fed spoonfuls of negative images promoting violence, disconnect, and dis-trust: it is important to have a program designed to encourage real connections, on a ground level between the police force and our residents.

This location represents a collaboration between two groups who have an incredible amount of tension in the world right now.

As a community we have seen and celebrated many developments. It is when the developments fail to keep their PROMISE that the community suffers.

Too often we have found when the fundraising is done, the building is complete, and the doors are ready to open, the doors to the community close and the promise is broken.

The English Avenue community is excited again because we have a new Promise.

We are glad to have a place where our youth can express their feelings of being mis-understood.

When home is often a place of miscommunication – or “missed” communication – the At Promise place is where misguided behaviors can be redirected to progressive thinking; an At Promise place where law enforcement can create an environment of acceptance, compassion and incentives for accomplishments.

To the Atlanta Police Foundation and the City of Atlanta: as our community part-ners and community organizations, our commitment is ongoing…sometimes un-noticed, but with great regard and respect for those we serve. We are excited to celebrate with you all on the successful completion of the At Promise Center. We encourage upcoming community events that allow us to support the center’s ef-forts and meet the officers who will soon call this community home. Overall, we look forward to the work ahead and enjoying in the future success.

Today is significant. Right here on the Westside of Atlanta GA – the home of the “loudmouth Southerners,” who know how to stir a pot, create change, and leave a legacy that is respected around the world.

We have the opportunity to redefine “protecting and serving” by offering protection and services.

With the resources and intentions available here, the At Promise center has the abil-ity to be an example of how policing through outreach can work hand-in-hand to repair broken people, strengthen a community, and improve negative reputations.

Together we join you on this journey to create pathways of success … As Promised!

FLASHBACK: At Promise Center Ribbon Cutting

Remarks from Joan Vernon, now Westside Future Fund's Director of Neighborhood Engagement | Delivered on August 1, 2017

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Gentrification of urban American cities is a com-plex phenomenon with social, political and eco-nomic implications.

It represents a double-edged sword with both op-portunities and challenges. The infusion of high-er-income individuals into urban centers generates increased renewal investments in formerly ne-glected and abandoned blighted communities. It provides needed revenue to local municipalities to meet the expense of much-needed infrastructure and service delivery improvements. Unfortunately, gentrification and displacement are manifesting as symptoms nationally as the urban center across our nation thrives to attract upper-middle-income families while displacing current residents with in-creasing housing costs that exclude the working poor and altering the cultural and historical fabric of urban America cities.

Gentrification can be managed and provide an op-portunity for Atlanta, Georgia, to honor its most noted son and drum major for social justice: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Atlanta can once again shine as an urban Ameri-can city “Too Busy to Hate.” We can redefine the G word. We are in a moment of opportunity for the creation of the “Beloved Community,” a communi-ty of racial and economic diversity.

But it will not just happen, it must be intentionally developed. It is simple, but requires authentic part-nership between community, political and private stakeholders committed to the possibility of the “Beloved Community.” It will require a resident re-tention plan that prevents forced displacement, in-clusionary affordable housing policy that supports mixed income and racial diversity by acknowledg-ing the area median income, and a tax abatement program to protect vulnerable home and business owners.

The Historic Westside Community is poised with the opportunity to manifest not forced displacement, but demonstrate how to align urban transforma-tion with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s vision of “The Beloved Community.” A community where justice and equality is the order of the day; an authentic mixed community where all can live, change and grow without the destruction of the Historic West-side Community’s cultural integrity.

To accomplish the building of the Beloved Com-munity, trust must be established requiring a shift

from traditional transactional approaches to com-munity redevelopment. We had declared that our approach will be transformative and centered on the development of human capital. This innovative transformative approach to community develop-ment is no easy task. It requires that both residents, stakeholders and service providers rethink and re-set traditional mindsets associated with poverty that fails to see and value the many assets within communities and design programs that empower residents with the skills and resources to be a part of the solution with equality and equity.

This writer loves living and working within the His-toric Westside Community. Having chosen to call it home for nearly three decades, I proudly celebrate the beauty of community. We are a very resilient community that has, in spite of many challenges, continued to make contributions to society, espe-cially as it relates to striving for social justice and an equitable society.

Unfortunately, too often those who seek to serve often overlook the value of relational capacity that exists within community, wealth of knowledge and ability to be a vital asset to achieving transforma-tive sustainable communities.

Envision what could happen as residents and ded-icated stakeholders shift their mindsets and rein-vent how to renew communities without displace-ment, where there is the pollination of skills and the capacity to stay in communication even when they are difficult, seeking to establish trust and new ways of engagement that produce the greater good for humanity while creating economically healthy, thriving businesses, well-kept homes, quality af-fordable housing that is reflective of the earning of the communities’ workforce, accessible and af-fordable healthcare, high-performing education-al institutions. In this moment of opportunity, we can be the change that the world is looking for and create the environment that produces productive citizens with economic and social mobility by de-sign. As residents and stakeholders, we will either fulfill or betray the vision of the beloved community based on our actions or inaction. There is a critical need for advocacy on behalf of the often-margin-alized long-term residents in gentrifying communi-ties; we have the opportunity to shift that. Where do you stand? I shall continue to strive to be a drum major for justice, equality and inclusion for the es-tablishment of the “Beloved Community.”

VIEWPOINT: Fulfilling our vision of the beloved communityBy D. Makeda Johnson | May 5, 2017 | First published in the Atlanta Business Chroncile

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PERSPECTIVE: Use Your Power And InfluencePublished on June 2, 2020 | First published on LinkedIn

Dan T. CathyChairman and CEO at Chick-fil-A, Inc.

“I am tired.” I’ve heard this phrase too many times in my private conversations with black friends and colleagues, in the last 72 hours.

What I have come to understand is that they are tired of the vio-lence, abuse and injustice. They are tired, because no amount of kneeling or marching seems to truly address what has ailed our

country for generations: A controverted view of race which is sometimes overt and sometimes sub-tle but always destructive.

“Use your privilege.” This is another phrase I hear over and over. To whom much is given, much is required.

I recognize that someone like me cannot fully appreciate and understand the gross injustices that are all around us. I also recognize that talking about the systemic inequality, bias, and injustices in our country will draw criticism. But neither of these reasons makes it ok for me to remain silent about the issues that now so publicly confront our nation. The killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and many others is horrifying and merits our outrage. We should also address the dispa-rate impact of COVID-19 on black and brown communities, as well as the disparity in educational opportunities and access to opportunity. Nobody talks about it enough, because this is someone else’s problem. I have observed injustice, inequities and blatant indifference to these real prob-lems.

There are countless academics and analysts who have written about how our democratic capitalism benefits only a few hundred incredibly wealthy families, individuals and corporations, so that the American dream is now reserved almost exclusively for them and their descendants.

Because I am among that demographic, I am calling on them — us — to use our power and influ-ence.

A few years ago, I became bothered that the most distressed zip code in Georgia, right next door to the prosperity of downtown Atlanta, was being left behind. So, I committed to use my own pow-er and influence with policy-makers and friends to turn their attention to the inequities happening in our local community. Together, we bolstered our financial investments in the redevelopment of the Westside of Atlanta, the historic home of Dr. King. The work is ongoing. We have opened a Chick-fil-A restaurant on Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. in the shadows of Morehouse College. The store is led by owner-operator Quincy Springs, a black Army veteran. We have invested in More-house College, Community health clinics; the At-Promise Center which serves at-risk young people helping to guide them into a brighter future; the Hollis Innovation Stem Academy; and housing through Habitat for Humanity. Additionally, we host a gathering every other Friday on the Westside to pray and intentionally plan the equitable re-development and renaissance of that community. It is one of the most diversely represented and action-oriented gatherings in town.

What else might we do? There are several ways we can use our power and influence.

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It starts at home. This is where values begin. We must teach our children about leadership, love and justice.

We must use our influence in our own businesses to be responsible capitalists who meet the needs of society.

We must use our influence so that all of our communi-ties can participate in the rising tide of prosperity and hope.

We must have intentional, difficult conversations with co-workers and strangers. We need to be curious to understand the needs of others. It’s ok to say, ‘I’m not sure I’m saying the right things right now.’ A lot of people don’t engage in hard conversations, because they’re afraid they’ll say something wrong. A dialogue is better than no conversation at all.

Despair and hopelessness have always been a part of the human experience. In the book of Nehe-miah, found in the Old Testament, we read about the conviction of the cupbearer of the king, who became aware of the plight of his people in Jerusalem. His conviction moved him to action to be a catalyst for the renaissance in his homeland.

The most dangerous person in the world is a person with no hope. Let’s open the door to dialogue and healing.

It’s ok if its messy.

It’s ok if tears are shed.

We are human.

Let’s be moved to action. Let’s join together to build a world that reflects God’s love for all of us.

I recognize that someone like me can-not fully appreciate and understand the gross injustices that are all around us. I also recognize that talking about the systemic inequality, bias, and injustices in our country will draw criticism. But neither of these reasons makes it ok for me to remain silent about the issues that now so publicly confront our nation.

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Westside Future Fund thanks Chick-fil-A and the Chick-fil-A Foundation for their continued generous support of the collective Westside revitalization effort.

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