Athens MLK DAY Parade and Fest 2017 Recap

“To the surprise and delight of organizers, participants and spectators alike, a diverse crowd estimated at a couple of thousand people lined the downtown Athens route of the community’s first Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday parade on Monday afternoon.”   Large crowd lines…

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TSPLOST 2018 Project Information Meeting Recap

Athens -Clarke County Library Wednesday, December 14, 2016 by Star Farrington AADM Campaign Project Manager,  Athens Civil Rights Committee On Wednesday evening a TSPLOST meeting was held at the Athens-Clarke County library. The meeting began at 7PM; and was an informal gathering in which…

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Recap: Income Discrimination, & Debtors Prison

The Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement  Monthly Workshop was held on December 1 at the Athens Clark County Library.  This workshop address “Income Discrimination, Criminalization, and Poverty in the Deep South.” The Keynote speaker was Emily Rutledge a staff attorney with the Economic Justice Project of…

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