Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens has combined the city offices focused on immigrant and international affairs, promoting as its head a familiar face for the city’s diplomatic community. Vanessa Ibarra […]
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Metro Export Challenge Is Back, With Up to $15K in International Sales Grants Up for Grabs
That Atlanta Metro Export Challenge is back in search for its seventh annual cohort, once again offering $5,000 grants for 12 eligible companies to help boost their export sales. This […]
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Atlanta Mayor Speaks in Geneva on Ending Racial Bias
In his latest move to deepen the city’s global engagement, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens traveled to Geneva this month to share its perspective with a United Nations panel on ending […]
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Technology Association of Georgia and Global Atlanta Form Strategic Alliance
Editor’s note: This is a news release originally issued by the Technology Association of Georgia, or TAG. Global Atlanta normally does not customarily publish news releases, but we reprint this […]
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How Georgia State Grew International Outreach During a Global Shutdown
Editor’s note: This sponsored article is published as part of a paid partnership between the Georgia State University Office of International Initiatives and Global Atlanta. While many colleges and universities […]
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Coca-Cola to Spearhead Talks on U.S. Global Leadership in the South
Coca-Cola Co. over the next year is set spearhead a series of discussions around the South with policy makers, business leaders and other key stakeholders on U.S. competitiveness, international aid […]
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Mayor Dickens Signals New Openness to International Community
Atlanta’s new mayor heralded a new posture of collaboration with the city’s international community Tuesday at the relaunch of what he said would become an annual luncheon at City Hall […]
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Georgia State Grants 1,000 Free Passports to Boost Study Abroad, Wins National Award
Georgia State University has been honored with a national award for its Free Passport Initiative, which since February 2021 has remove the first hurdle for more than 1,000 students seeking […]
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Books 2021: First Black Cops in Jim Crow-Era Atlanta Foreshadow Black Lives Matter Demands
Book: Darktown: A Novel Author: Thomas Mullen Review by: Paul Varian, retired CNN executive producer “Darktown” by Thomas Mullen is a brilliantly woven template for the police procedural — a […]