Category: News/Updates
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Children’s Stories from Sudan: A Family Event
Rubbing his belly to make a point, Ibrahim, a Clarkston middle school student, retold a story his grandmother told him. He told the story with great ease and some humor, […]
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Parents as Leaders
The workshop room was brightly decorated with colorful table clothes, and music played as the families entered. Art materials were available for the parents and grandparents to create welcome signs […]
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Promoting Active Lifestyles: Clarkston Active Living Initiative Celebration
What have we accomplished and where do we go next was the theme of the January l6, 2014, Clarkston Active Living Initiative (CALI) Celebration and Strategic Directions meeting held
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CDF Partners to Host Vision and Voice Family Leadership Institute
CDF is pleased to partner with the Clarkston First Baptist Church to host United Way’s Vision and Voice Family Leadership Institute (FLI) in Clarkston, Georgia. The goal of the Family […]
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Clarkston Business Accelerator Program Subject of New Documentary
The New Entrepreneur: Odyssey for a Dream will make its television premiere on December 25 on PBA 30. The documentary explores the lives of a handful of Clarkston, GA, residents […]
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15 Participants Explore Real-Life, Academic Experiences in Community Development
The pulse of a community involves numerous people working together in synchronicity. This working together involves many intricate systems that are part of the whole, but such systems often follow […]
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Be a Part of the Transformation
Think about your first job, or first leap of faith. Your inner strength urged you ahead. But what else was there? Perhaps a friend introduced you to another friend, or […]
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Community Academy: A True Collaboration
Next week, over 25 people will come together for the first Tools for Whole Communities: Understanding the Big Picture for Lasting Change. The course, held in cooperation with the University of […]
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Breaking Bread: Communities Connecting With One Another
Imagine a place where the food plentiful & where your favorite fruits are never out of season? Imagine fruits like bananas, mangos, lemons, oranges, and pomegranates always in abundance. What if I […]
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VilCap Program Creates a Community of Entrepreneurs
Last Winter and Spring, through the VilCap: Start business accelerator program, I had the privilege of meeting a very diverse group of innovative, energetic, creative, and talented entrepreneurs –