Elayne DeLeo, co-founding partner of MA! Design Is Human and co-founder and director of the Atlanta Design Festival, which this year will be held virtually Sept. 12-30. To face down the coronavirus, Georgia has formed a variety of task forces on shoring up the economy, primary health care, emergency preparedness, homelessness and more. These groups all contain influential […]
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Mexico City’s Open for Atlanta Tourists, but Are They Bold Enough to Travel?
Mexico City is ready for Americans, tourism professionals said this week on a call hosted by the Mexican Consulate General in Atlanta; the only question now is how desperate they are to get out of town. While U.S. citizens barred from most of Europe in what would be prime travel season as COVID-19 cases here continue […]
Japanese Athletic Brace Brand Picks Atlanta Hawks’ Trae Young as Ambassador
Zamst, a Japanese brand of athletic braces, has picked 21-year-old Atlanta Hawks basketball star Trae Young as a global ambassador. On the court, Mr. Young will sport the A2-DX ankle brace, which is designed to prevent injuries. The CEO of Tokyo-based Nippon Sigmax Co., a longtime orthopedics product manufacturer that introduced Zamst in 1993, said […]
Former Obama Protocol Chief: How a ‘Diplomatic Mindset’ Can Enhance Global Business
Protocol is a mainstay of international diplomacy, but its mastery can also be a “super power” for those engaged in global business, according to former White House Chief Protocol Officer Capricia Penavic Marshall. Ambassador Marshall, who directed protocol for presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton, spoke to the World Affairs Council of Atlanta in a […]
Korean Hospital Ships 10,000 Masks to Former Methodist Missionaries via Atlanta
In the latest local example of personal protective equipment being used as a goodwill currency, a Korean hospital has shipped 10,000 masks to retired Methodist missionaries via Atlanta, thanking them for their legacy of improving health care in the country. Severance Hospital of Yonsei University Health System sent the KF94 masks (similar in properties to the […]
Dutch Ambassador: Renovating Transatlantic Ties
Donated in 1954, the Netherlands carillon at Arlington National Cemetery serves as a token of thanks for the American lives sacrificed in Europe during World War II. The Dutch government is now working with the U.S. National Park Service to renovate and expand it, adding three new bells to the current 50 to make it a grand […]
Inspired by Global Flavors, Atlanta’s High Road Ice Cream Now Looks to Sell to the World
High Road Craft Ice Cream’s founders showed up at a trade show in Shanghai with high hopes of dazzling Asia’s culinary world with their globally inspired flavors. Their product, however, arrived as a soupy mess, dashing their hopes of an export deal and providing a cautionary tale about the perils of going too far, too fast. […]
Atlanta Journalist Honored as French-American Foundation Young Leader
Atlanta journalist Rickey Bevington, who anchors NPR’s All Things Considered on Georgia Public Broadcasting, has been named a French-American Foundation young leader for 2020. Ms. Bevington joins this year’s cohort of 11 on the American side, along with and a network of more than 500 alumni since 1981, including influential businesspeople, educators, cultural figures, artists, athletes and […]
For German Cultural Center, Leadership Shift Follows Transition to Online Learning
The Goethe-Zentrum in Atlanta is undergoing a leadership transition even as it continues a shift into the digital age accelerated by COVID-19. Director Jennifer Gerndt, who took up the post in 2017, has been replaced by Cassidy Chreene Whittle, who started at the center in 2018 as educational outreach assistant. Ms. Whittle has been tapped […]
Yes, There Are Black People in Canada: Consul General Addresses Race, Trade Relations
Nadia Theodore sometimes gets a question she doesn’t think many other diplomats are asked: “Oh my gosh, there are black people in Canada?” A black Canadian herself serving as consul general in the Southeast U.S., she addressed the timely topic of race and Canada-U.S. relations during a recent webinar with the World Affairs Council of […]
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