Mayor Shirley Franklin Is Named 2009 Four Pillar Award Honoree

SOURCE: Atlanta Daily World

The Council for Quality Growth is celebrating 20 years of paying tribute to the Four Pillars of “Quality, Responsibility, Vision and Integrity” with a special thank you tribute to Atlanta’s 58th mayor, the Hon. Shirley Franklin.  Franklin will receive this award at the Four Pillar Tribute the evening of Oct. 8, at the Georgia World Congress Center.

Since her inauguration in 2002, Franklin has worked to build a “Best in Class” managed city by strengthening existing frameworks, implementing progressive changes and making the tough decisions necessary to make Atlanta better.

She returned accountability to city government, worked to increase effectiveness and efficiency in government operations and to strengthen private and non-profit partnerships in the city and metropolitan Atlanta region. The administration is continuing to improve financial and budget management practices as part of the reform plans initiated six years ago.

More Than 1,200 African-American College Students Travel to Atlanta for the Impact 2008 Mission: Possible Conference

SOURCE: Business Wire

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While much of the country focuses its attention on college bowl games and the NFL playoffs, more than 1,200 African-American students from college campuses as far away as California, have come to Atlanta for The Impact Movement’s 2008 Conference and its Day of Outreach.

Colorado Book Winner a Georgia Memoir

by Janet Singleton, New West

Author Kim Reid’s life intersected with one of the most famous serial homicide cases in 20th century America: the Atlanta child murders, when up to 21 black children were kidnapped and killed there between 1979 and 1981. Her tough-minded mother was a cop and a lead investigator on the case. When it began, Reid was 13, the same age group as many of the victims. Three decades later, she has turned a difficult stretch of her life into an engaging book and winner of the Colorado Book Award, No Place Safe: A Family Memoir.

Each year the state’s Center for the Book, a Library of Congress satellite, throws a grand gala to honor local literary achievers. By that night, contenders in each literary category have been reduced from several nominees to three, and the winning authors, like Oscar hopefuls, do not know they have beat the competition until their names are announced on stage.

100 Black Men of Atlanta Named Chapter of the Year for Second Consecutive Year

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For the second consecutive year 100 Black Men of Atlanta, Inc., the Atlanta-based chapter of 100 Black
Men of America, Inc., has been named Chapter of the Year for 2008. This announcement came during the 100 Black Men of America's 22nd Annual
Conference at the Disney Yacht and Beach Club Resorts in Orlando. The award recognizes the chapter's outstanding achievement and significant impact in
the Atlanta community as compared to other chapters in their respective communities.

    Each year 100 Black men of America recognizes several of its 106 chapters from around the world for service excellence to their constituent
communities. This year, 100 Black Men of Atlanta was chosen for the second consecutive year in the top slot, Large Chapter of the Year. This selection
was based upon several criteria points, including, number of people served,quality of programs, level of community service and outreach,
administration and finance, as well as the quality of marketing and public relations programs.