Editor’s Note: This story first appeared in the Irish Consulate General’s November 2018 newsletter as part of its ongoing Diaspora Heritage Series. The Atlanta-based consulate highly prizes engaging with all members of its diverse diaspora community, as Consul General Shane Stephens noted in a Dec. 5 Consular Conversation with Global Atlanta. Bill Duffy, the subject of this article, is president of Read more
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Q&A: Why Bigger May Not Be Better in Expat Relocation
Editor’s note: The Netherlands-American Chamber of Commerce Southeast, based in Atlanta, publishes a monthly interview spotlighting one of its members. This month, the organization caught up with Leontien Visser, owner of YEP — Your Expat Partner — a relocation firm that prioritizes personal service mainly to Europeans moving into the Atlanta metro area. Netherlands-American Chamber: What is your Read more
National Black MBA Assoc. to Focus on Business Prospects in Africa With Initial Visit to West Africa
Atlanta‘s ambition to become increasingly connected with the continent of Africa will take another step forward next year as its local Liberian consulate and Ghana‘s chamber of commerce collaborate with the National Black MBA Association on an educational and trade mission to West Africa Feb. 16-24. Jesse Tyson, president and CEO of the association, told Read more
Irish Consulate and Emory’s Rose Library Collaborate on the Anniversary of Frederick Douglass’ Birth
The Consulate General of Ireland and the Rose Library at Emory University collaborated Nov. 27 on a ceremony marking the 200th anniversary of the birth of Frederick Douglass, which drew almost 400 attendees to fill Emory’s Cannon Chapel. The event featured Emory’s foremost scholars of African American history to provide context and readings from some Read more
Khabar: India’s New Consul General Gains Community Welcome
India’s new consul general in Atlanta was welcomed by nearly 70 Indian organizations at a banquet that drew attendees from across the region she covers. Swati Vijay Kulkarni, a medical doctor by training and a diplomat with more than two decades experience, spent the evening of Oct. 6 with community groups from Georgia, South Carolina, Read more
Alliance Française Draws 2,500 to First French Market
The Alliance Française’s first-ever outdoor French market drew about 2,500 attendees, an unexpectedly large crowd filled in part with walkup traffic at the Millennium Gate Museum at Atlantic Station. A large French flag hung from the gate, drawing people to the European-style arch just west of the area’s main shopping district on Oct. 13. Read more
Foundation Celebrates Mandela Centenary in Atlanta, Urges Continued Solidarity in Face of Racial Tension
Johannesburg may be a 17-hour Delta flight away from Atlanta, but the “City to Busy to Hate” is ever near in the minds of South Africans remembering Nelson Mandela, the late anti-apartheid crusader who became the nation’s first president after the segregationist system was abolished in 1994. That’s according to Sello Hatang, CEO of the Nelson Read more
France-Atlanta Adds Color to Cascade Heights With CEET Mural
Graphic artist CEET Fouad can turn up pretty much anywhere. Born in Algeria of Moroccan descent his family moved to Atlanta‘s sister city of Toulouse, France, when he was 7 years old. It was in Toulouse that he started his street art, and it’s been art, which has brought him to Atlanta as well as taken Read more
‘Bells of Peace’ to Toll on 11/11 for Both White and Black Georgian WW1 Dead
At precisely 11 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 11, bells and carillons across Georgia will be slowly ringing in commemoration of the 3,700 Georgians who died in World War One, “the War to End All Wars.” Virginia Dilkes, the daughter of a WW1 sergeant engineer, has spent countless hours contacting churches, legionnaire posts, universities, cemeteries and Read more
A Life of Labor: Former Mayor Sam Massell Says His Biography Highlights Work Ethic ‘From 9 to 90’
At 9 years old, former Atlanta Mayor Sam Massell operated a successful corner Coca-Cola stand called Bud’s Place, but some days he was even more enterprising than usual. Buddy, as he was known back then, would sneak a Guinness beer from his father’s refrigerator and sell it on the side. “It was 100 percent profit,” he said Read more
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