Atlanta Global Health Summit: Urbanization Presents Challenges for Stemming Outbreaks

October 16, 2019

Is the migration of the masses to cities a good or bad thing for global public health? Arriving at one answer isn’t so simple, says Rebecca Martin, director of the Center for Global Health at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. The clustering of populations, often in areas without city services or access […]

Commentary: New Japanese Consul General Arrives to Full Slate of Business, Cultural Activities

October 4, 2019

Editor’s note: Al Hodge, a professional economic developer with more than 40 years’ experience, is set to contribute his unique perspective on fostering trade and recruiting foreign investment with a new series of columns for Global Atlanta. Mr. Hodge writes about Georgia’s role in trade conversations, global issues and how the state can better foster[Read More…]

CARE Brings the Global Fight for Girls’ Empowerment Home to Atlanta

October 14, 2019

This year, the international nonprofit CARE will for the first time conduct poverty-alleviation work in Atlanta, instituting a savings program for women based on a model that took off first in Niger. Village Savings and Loan Associations brings women together in local financial cooperatives, allowing them to pool funds to preserve personal wealth and issue loans to[Read More…]

Crystal Peach Awards Celebrate French Innovations, Partnerships in Atlanta

October 17, 2019

Atlanta is becoming a bona fide proving ground for French innovations accessing the U.S. market, bolstered by an array of longstanding city partnerships. That was the message of the French-American Chamber of Commerce’s 15th annual Crystal Peach Awards celebrating investment links between the Southeast U.S. and France. Awardees represented future-facing investments— like the $3 million cybersecurity center opened[Read More…]

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