While speaking at a reception for the French ambassador to the U.S. held in Atlanta the evening of Feb. 24, Andrew Young recalled Martin Luther King Jr.’s insight that the United States had air force, army, coast guard and naval academies, but no such institution for the study of peace. “We should spend as much time […]
Culture
Ambassador Visit to Celebrate Georgia-Cote D’Ivoire Cooperation
While the legacy of colonialism in Africa has left divisions between countries with official European languages, the evolution of common markets and globalization are bringing them closer together, Amini Kajunju, the executive director of the foundation supporting the International University of Grand Bassam (IUGB) in the Francophone West African nation of Cote d’Ivoire, told Global […]
Georgia Tech Honors the First African Americans to Integrate the University System
Brenda Starr, the glamorous, adventurous reporter featured daily during the 1950s and beyond in the comic strips in U.S. newspapers and around the world, first inspired Charlayne Hunter-Gault to pursue a career in journalism. Ms. Hunter-Gault was a child when she first told her mother that she wanted to be the blue-eyed red head who […]
Anne Cox Chambers’ Legacy Links Atlanta With Belgium, France and Beyond
The death of Atlanta’s Anne Cox Chambers at 100 on Jan. 31 prompted widespread reflections on her successes in business and philanthropy, as well as personal remembrances from family and friends about her political activism, love of gardening and down-to-earth nature. Many in the city’s international community were also quick to point out the media […]
Hartsfield-Jackson Features Haitian Art That Draws Diplomats from D.C. and NYC
For Gandy Thomas, returning to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Jan. 30 was a kind of homecoming. “I have been dreaming of this ever since I first arrived in Atlanta,” Mr. Thomas, the former consul general of Haiti and dean of the Consular Corps, told Global Atlanta while touring the Maynard H. Jackson Jr. International […]
Meet the Young Atlanta Woman Shaping the World Economic Forum
Editor’s note: Judy Oh is a member of Atlanta hub of the Global Shapers, a group of young global leaders designated by the World Economic Forum to further its goals and initiatives in more than 400 hub cities in 154 countries. Each January, some 50 Shapers are chosen as delegates to the annual forum in […]
Consul General: Germany Injecting ’New Energy’ Into Anti-Semitism Fight
As the 75th Holocaust Remembrance Day arrived Jan. 24, the world’s eyes turned to Germany. The country may be the place where anti-Semitism reached its gruesome historical climax in the murder of 6 million Jews, but it now plays a key role in the global conversation about ensuring that such a genocide never happens again. […]
Holocaust Remembrance Event Praises Danes for Their Courage in Saving Jews in WWII
As Holocaust survivors and world leaders made their way to the former Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz-Birkenau to mark the 75th anniversary of the camp’s liberation by Soviet troops, some 5,000 miles away in Sandy Springs, Ga., a Holocaust remembrance event was held at the city’s Performing Arts Center focused on the efforts of the Danes […]
Anheuser-Busch Invests $85M in Cartersville Expansion
Anheuser-Busch, which continued to grow its Cartersville brewery after the iconic beer company’s merger with Belgium’s InBev in 2008, is pouring more into the plant with an $85 million expansion. The investment in Bartow County will create 12 jobs, diversifying a facility that already makes 20 brands in the global beer conglomerate’s portfolio — including the recently certified […]
Attendees at Korean Chamber Dinner Asked to Bring Questions for Former Ambassador
The 2020 Census should settle the questions about how many Korean-Americans are living in the U.S. Southeast. For now, however, the estimates of the Korean Consulate General based in Atlanta are about as good as you can get and the consulate’s estimate for the seven states and the Virgin Islands, over which it has jurisdiction, […]
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