Compiling our calendar each week, we at Global Atlanta have a pretty good idea how the city’s international affairs organizations, language institutes and binational chambers have been affected by the sudden […]
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While Sheltering in Place, This Nonprofit Wants to Stoke Your Global Travel Dreams
With flights grounded and the world turned upside down just in the last month, it may seem that the inertia of the coronavirus pandemic will keep the world at a […]
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Chamber Urges Support of French Restaurants, Businesses During Covid-19 Shutdown
Update: The FACC has updated its list of businesses and restaurants here. The French-American Chamber of Commerce in Atlanta is urging its members and the broader community to support local […]
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Survey: Most Dutch Firms in Southeast Harmed by Travel Ban
It wasn’t the most scientific of surveys, but the Netherlands-American Chamber of Commerce Southeast’s simple poll of member companies revealed clear results: Most Dutch firms in the region will suffer from […]
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Coronavirus: Delta Cuts International Flights as Trump Bars Most of Europe From U.S. Entry
Delta Air Lines announced capacity cuts as travel demand nosedived amid the coronavirus outbreak and an order by President Trump in an Oval Office address Wednesday to bar U.S. entry from most […]
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Goals for Legendary U.S. Women’s Soccer Coach: Equal Pay and Empowered Female Leaders
Former U.S. women’s national team soccer coach Jill Ellis proved Friday in Atlanta that if nothing else, her record-setting career has given her a knack for straight talk and an […]
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Georgia’s India Chamber Names New Board, Prepares for Third Film Festival
The Georgia Indo-American Chamber of Commerce named new board members last week as it announced the dates for one of its signature events: the Atlanta Indian Film Festival. The chamber […]
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Putting a French Twist on Atlanta’s Push to Brand Itself as a ‘City of Peace’
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 […]
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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, […]
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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 […]