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This is the official page for the Atlanta Chapter of the National Hampton Alumni Associaion, Incorporated. It is dedicated to alumni, current students, parents, and other supporters of Hampton University located in or around the Metro Atlanta area.
Southeastern Horticultural Society (SHS) has a long history of community involvement in Atlanta. Rooted in the development of a flower show as early as the 1920s and continuing through the years with great interest and dedication from many regional garden clubs, the Southeastern Flower Show was formalized in the late 1980s (achieving non-profit status in 1993) and operated successfully for the next 25 years. With recognition of our community's growing interest in urban farming and community gardening, SHS was formed in 2008 to support this cutting edge initiative. SHS is a membership organization dedicated to promoting the knowledge, art and enjoyment of horticulture. Our friends and supporters share our commitment to creating sustainable communities by caring for our natural environments. Core Values • Education – the cornerstone that helps to create, sustain and advance an appreciation for the role plants play in our lives. • Environmental Sustainability – achieved by engaging communities and providing them with the knowledge needed to maintain healthy and thriving living environments. • Collaboration – cultivating and maintaining partnerships with individuals and organizations throughout the Southeast through plant science education. Programs Programs are designed to educate, promote health and wellness, increase awareness among membership and heighten the public image/exposure of the SHS. • Community Learning Gardens and Urban Farms are interactive environmental resource centers o East Lake Community Learning Garden (in partnership with the East Lake Foundation) o Farm Chastain (in partnership with the Chastain Park Conservancy) o Good Samaritan Farm (in partnership with Good Samaritan Health Center) o English Avenue (in partnership with Friends of English Avenue) o Mt. Zion Primary and Elementary Schools in Clayton County (in partnership with Kaiser Permanente) o Urban Fresh (in partnership with the Atlanta Falcons Youth Foundation/ Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation) • Farm, Fork & Cork – SHS’s farm to table dinner event • Educational Events – these include lectures, workshops, classes, local food activities and garden and natural area tours, all hosted by professionals involved in the plant industry Currently, we have sites at the following locations: -East Lake Learning Garden and Urban Farm in partnership with the East Lake Foundation -Farm Chastain at Chastain Park in partnership with the Chastain Park Conservancy -Good Samaritan Urban Farm in partnership with Good Samaritan Health Clinic We also hold annual fundraising events and are the beneficiary of events including: -Farm, Fork & Cork -Atlanta Homes & LIfestyles, "Home for the Holidays" -Educational Events – these include lectures, workshops, classes, local food activities and garden and natural area tours, all hosted by professionals involved in the plant industry
The first step would be to set up a laboratory to do research for a three year period, allowing us to open source all the best ways of solving the rural energy problems, and create prototypes. Then, we will be presenting new ideas to brainstorm inexpensive, but durable solutions. After the prototypes are built, tested to work properly, and the organization comes up with an agreement of what exactly to do next. There will be an enormous fundraiser to raise the revenue needed to take these ideas large scale, to extreme rural areas all over the world .
Jamaica Missions USA is a leader of global medical missions. We fellowship and integrate highly qualified medical professionals to fulfill the needs of the people we serve. Our Core Values: Service, Faith, Endurance, Community & Fun form the core of whom we are and help us create memorable experiences for our volunteers. The Jamaica Missions USA was formed to minister to the financially challenged Jamaicans through high quality medical care, dental care, Vision Care, Integrate Health Education, and Counseling. Volunteers in the program have the opportunity to share Jesus Christ with the highly spiritual Jamaicans as well as the other volunteers. The mission is a week long annual trip and the teams visit a new community health center everyday. Services We Offer: • Vision Care • Primary & Preventative Care • Dental Care • IHE • Orthopedics & Physical Therapy Where We Work: Jamaica Missions USA is focused on filling the health needs of the financially challenged Jamaicans. We aim to increase the quality of health care in Jamaica for the long term and work with local leaders and medical professionals reach this goal. Throughout the parishes of Jamaica, we utilize medical and non-medical volunteers from around the world to come and work alongside our local team leaders. Executive Team • John Kopchick – Medical Director • Kent Willett – Dental Director • William Henwood – Director of Ministry • Vinus Alscott - CEO Division Leaders • Karen Henwood – IHE • Lisa Houston – Ministry Leader • Julian Alscott – Project Director (Dental) • Edward Smith – Project Director (Medical) Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. John 13:15
501(c)(3) non profit - Music Therapy, Programs for Veterans
The AAAA® is a non-profit association of graduates from CAHEA-AMA/CAAHEP accredited training programs specializing in the science and clinical practice of anesthesiology. The purpose of the Academy is to... • Establish and maintain the standards of the profession by fostering and encouraging continuing education and research to all graduate Anesthesiologist Assistants and enrolled students of accredited programs. • Represent the interests of the profession • Initiate and cultivate relationships with other organizations of health care providers. • Instill confidence in the public by adhering to established ethical norms and legal constraints • Encouraging the skilled and compassionate practice of anesthesia with respect for human dignity and the rights of patients in their care The AAAA® is a member of the AA Partnership.
Join us for worship and teaching Sunday mornings at 10:45am! The mobile matrix- a focused time of prayer for our community-starts at 9:45! Midtown Church is community church in the Loring Heights neighborhood of Atlanta, just north of Atlantic Station. We are building a culture of relational discipleship with a vision to plant churches all over urban Atlanta. We believe in the arts, fighting against child sex trafficking, caring for underprivileged kids, helping feed hungry people and trying to shine the light of Jesus into the darkness of our world.
Atlanta Junior Golf traces its origins to 1974 (initially the DeKalb Junior Golf Association) when a local sports writer for the DeKalb County weekly paper, Mike Bentley, recognized the need for a junior golf program in the Atlanta area. During its inaugural season, 99 boys and girls registered to play a schedule of a half dozen events. The cost was $2. The season-ending Grand Championship, held at Pinehurst #2, closed out a successful first season and laid the foundation for the successes AJG has realized since. Since that first year, AJG quintupled its membership over the next ten. By 2000, the membership peaked at more than 1,600 junior golfers. In all, it is estimated that AJG has helped introduce more than 10,000 junior golfers to the game. Many current collegiate and professional golfers first experienced competitive golf with AJG: Bob Tway, Davis Love III, Angela Jerman, Chris Kirk and countless others once teed it up in AJG tournaments. Past directors and staff members of AJG include Larry Nelson, Gene McClure, Puggy Blackmon, Kim Evans, Chris Haack and Merilee Giddings. Along with a growth in membership and playing opportunities, skill levels and divisions have expanded to offer a variety of tournament formats to players of different abilities. Now the Association offers nearly 100 tournaments a year that include multi-day competitions, team match play and Ryder Cup-style events, individual match play, four-ball stroke play, events designed with beginning golfers in mind and the staple single day Summer Series events. Along with offering affordable playing opportunities over the years, AJG has strived to provide additional resources and learning opportunities to its membership. Since 1995 College Day, a seminar hosted annually to provide support and direction to players and parents preparing for college, has featured guest speakers from area colleges and universities. Additionally, rules and orientations seminars are provided and required for all members before competing in Summer Series events. AJG recognized the need to increase its involvement in the community and so the Atlanta Junior Golf Foundation (AJGF) was incorporated in 1988, also as a 501(c)(3) entity. This Foundation was developed to assist those players with financial need gain access to equipment, instruction and AJG programs. Additionally, the resources of the Foundation are used to make capital improvements and updates to the Association as needed.
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada was originally chartered by the American Federation of Labor as the National Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes in 1893. Our name has evolved over the course of 119 years of geographic and craft expansion as well as technological advancement. The current title, adopted in 1995, more accurately reflects the full scope of our activities in the entertainment industry. Since the birth of our organization, the stage hands and projectionists have been joined by a great variety of other craftspersons in the numerous branches of the entertainment industry, including motion picture and television production, product demonstration and industrial shows, conventions, facility maintenance, casinos, audio visual, and computer graphics. In the I.A. we have always understood that our bargaining strength comes from our complete coverage of all the crafts involved in the production of theatrical, motion picture or television products. Our members are involved in every phase of a production, from its conception through every aspect of its execution. The principle of complete coverage and unanimity of purpose has been applied by the I.A. with ever-increasing success to each new form of entertainment. It is through our combined strength that we have been able to achieve some of the highest wages and best working conditions to be found among skilled craftspersons anywhere. Our members are among the highest compensated union members in North America. While most contracts are negotiated locally or by region, the General Office signs nationwide agreements in cases where they are warranted by the nature of the work involved. In order to protect and expand our bargaining success, it has been, and continues to be necessary to maintain jurisdictional control over the crafts we represent. To do so, the I.A. has been constantly required to meet the challenges presented by technological developments. Over the years, our ability to adjust to technological change has become one of our greatest strengths. Continuing in that tradition, the I.A. has been in the forefront of efforts to organize workers in new crafts such as computer-generated imagery. Throughout our history we have shown a willingness to modify our structure to protect our traditional jurisdiction and accommodate new crafts, but that alone is not sufficient. In recent years, the I.A. has maintained its position in the vanguard of entertainment industry unions by vigorously pursuing a policy of organizing nonunion workers. On both the International and local levels of our organization, we have reaffirmed our commitment to represent every worker employed in our crafts. Membership participation and democracy are cornerstones of the I.A. These principles are advanced by our local union structure. Our local unions are autonomous organizations. They are free to pursue independent agendas based upon their membership's concerns. The local union structure, backed up by the International, enables members to have a direct voice in their working lives. The membership is the driving force behind the effort to obtain the kind of wages, benefits and working conditions they need for themselves and their families. The local unions are the vehicles that have enabled these goals to be reached. The laws of the I.A. are contained in the International Constitution and By-Laws. This document contains the guidelines that govern the operation of the International Union and its relationship to the individual local unions and members. The local unions, in turn, adopt their own Constitutions for the operation of their organizations. The supreme governing body of the IATSE is the Quadrennial Convention. Every four years convention delegates, elected by their local unions, review the progress of the organization; its policies are affirmed or altered; plans for the future are formulated; and its Constitution and By-Laws are kept up to date. Elections for International Officers also take place at the Convention. Between Conventions, the I.A. government is entrusted to its General Executive Board - consisting of the International President, General Secretary-Treasurer, and thirteen Vice Presidents. The Board meets at least twice each year. Day-to-day administration of IATSE affairs is in the hands of the International President, whose staff includes Assistants to the President and a corps of International Representatives working throughout the United States and Canada. Three International Trustees are elected to keep watch over the finances of the I.A. The Board of Trustees meets twice a year to review the financial books and records of the organization. In order to best address regional issues confronting the Locals of the I.A., the International established fourteen District bodies covering various regions of the U.S. and Canada. These Districts hold annual conventions to discuss their regional interests and concerns. In addition, each Quadrennial Convention of the International is immediately preceded by conventions of the Districts. Through its long history, the IATSE has moved steadily forward with a firm determination to bring under one banner the multitude of different crafts active in every technical phase of the entertainment industry. For many workers, I.A. membership is one of their most valuable and proudest possessions. We are convinced that this value and this source of pride will continue to grow mightily in the years ahead.
Atlanta Ballet was founded over eight decades ago by dance visionary Dorothy Alexander (1904-1986). Miss Dorothy had a dream of bringing quality ballet to the Atlanta community. The result was the Dorothy Alexander Concert Group—the first step in the regional ballet movement that swept the nation. Upon gaining professional status in 1967, the company was renamed Atlanta Ballet. Today, under the artistic leadership of John McFall, Atlanta Ballet is the oldest continually-operating professional dance company in America, the largest self-supported arts organization in Georgia, and the official State Ballet of Georgia. Atlanta Ballet's eclectic repertoire spans the history of ballet, highlighted by the most beloved classics and the most inventive originals. Although a renowned leader in the promotion and education of dance, Atlanta Ballet's roots have been firmly grounded in the community and playing a vital role in the city's cultural growth and revitalization. The Company has also served as an ambassador for Atlanta nationally and internationally, performing around the globe-from the stages of Taipei in Taiwan to the Presidential Palace and the Sejong Cultural Arts Center in Seoul, Korea. In 1996, the Company performed during the Olympic Arts Festival/Cultural Olympiad, and in 1999, Atlanta Ballet debuted in London performing John McFall's enchanting Peter Pan as the centerpiece of Royal Festival Hall's millennium celebration. In 1958, Miss Dorothy invited Robert Barnett, a soloist with the acclaimed New York City Ballet and a protégé of George Balanchine, to join the Company as a principal dancer. Upon her retirement in 1963, Barnett was named artistic director and introduced many Balanchine masterworks into the repertoire including The Nutcracker. For more than 30 years Barnett expanded Miss Dorothy's dream of excellence. John McFall became the Ballet's third artistic director in 1994. McFall's imagination and innovative vision have brought contemporary and modern dance premieres, numerous new full-length ballets and several world premiere productions to Atlanta. His pioneering spirit has inspired collaborations between Big Boi of OutKast,Indigo Girls, The Red Clay Ramblers, the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church Choir, and the Michael O'Neal singers. McFall has created an ensemble company of extraordinary professional dancers from every corner of the world, including Uraguay, Taiwan, China, Mongolia, South Africa, Canada, and the United States. McFall is eager to provide the country's most innovative choreographers, including Christopher Hampson, Laurie Stallings, and Violette Verdy, with an artistic home while exposing Georgia audiences to exciting new works. In 1996, Atlanta Ballet opened the Centre for Dance Education, dedicated to nurturing young dancers while providing an outlet for adults to express their creativity through different courses. The Centre offers classes for children as young as two, an acclaimed pre-professional division, and a spectrum of colorful dance classes ranging from modern and jazz to flamenco and hip-hop. Students enrolled in the Centre program enjoy opportunities to perform with the professional Company. Students receive first priority in casting for roles in the Atlanta Ballet's Nutcracker as well as other productions. The Centre for Dance Education also prides itself on its renowned community outreach programs. School programs have increased the spirit and grades of thousands of metro Atlanta school children. The Centre has been a tireless leader of dance education. Through endeavors such as these, Atlanta Ballet continues Miss Dorothy's vision. Atlanta Ballet's commitment to dance education and performance has inspired audiences everywhere through the empowering joy of dance.
The Southeastern GTO Association is dedicated to the owners and enthusiasts who have a passion for GTO's and Pontiacs.
Established in 1987, Atlanta Photography Group (APG) is an artist-initiated 501(c)(3) nonprofit, volunteer operated organization. Through membership, entry fees and private donations, APG maintains a beautiful gallery and meeting space located in the Tula Art Center, in Atlanta, Georgia. Each year APG hosts several exhibitions. Jurors, both local and national, are enlisted for their expertise and knowledge of photography. APG’s goal is to promote and support photography as a significant art form. It seeks to challenge photographers, stimulate new thinking and encourage experimental forms of photography. Through a series of exhibitions, critiques and structured discussion, Atlanta Photography Group provides a platform for photographers seeking to take their work to the next level.