Common Good Atlanta Inc

COMMON GOOD ATLANTA PROVIDES INCARCERATED PEOPLE WITH BROAD, DEMOCRATIC ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION SO THEY CAN DEVELOP A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF BOTH THEMSELVES AND THE SOCIETAL FORCES AT WORK AROUND THEM.

CGA'S 2023 PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS:EXPANDED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING WITH NEW FACES JOINING THE COMMON GOOD ATLANTA (CGA) TEAMRECEIVED A GENEROUS DONATION FROM THE HOWELL FUND, ENHANCING PROGRAMMING AND SUPPORTING CGA'S MISSION OF PROVIDING HIGHER EDUCATION IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES.CONTINUED PROVIDING ACCREDITED CLASSES AT FIVE CORRECTIONAL SITES: PHILLIPS STATE PRISON, WHITWORTH WOMEN'S FACILITY, METRO REENTRY FACILITY, BURRUSS CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, AND THE COMMUNITY CLASS CLEMENTE COURSE.OVER THE COURSE OF 2023, 18 STUDENTS GRADUATED * ATLANTA TRANSITIONAL CENTER: 8 GRADUATES * BURRUSS CORRECTIONAL TRAINING CENTER: 7 GRADUATES * ARRENDALE TRANSITIONAL CENTER: 3 GRADUATESEXPANDED PROGRAMMING TO THREE TRANSITIONAL CENTERS: ATLANTA, ARRENDALE AND AUGUSTA TRANSITIONAL CENTERS, WITH CLASSES HELD VIA ZOOM TO CONNECT STUDENTS ACROSS LOCATIONS.ADDED TWO MORE NIGHTS OF PROGRAMMING AT METRO REENTRY FACILITY, WITH NEW COLLEGE PREPARATORY CLASSES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH MOREHOUSE COLLEGE AMBASSADORS AND A BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE GRANT.AN ALUMNI OUTREACH COORDINATOR CONTINUED TO OVERSEE CGA'S COMMUNITY BASED PROGRAM AND EDITED THE NEXT ISSUE OF THE HOURGLASS JOURNAL. THE JOURNAL IS COMPILED OF PIECES FROM CGA'S ALUMNI AND IS A TESTAMENT TO THE POWERFUL, GENEROUS, BRILLIANT, WHOLE AND DEEPLY KIND PEOPLE WHO HAVE SERVED TIME IN PRISON.A NEW ALUMNI OUTREACH COORDINATOR IS FOCUSED ON LIVE TRAINING FOR CGA ALUMNI WITH SUPPORT FROM THE LAUGHING GULL FOUNDATION.PARTNERED WITH UGA STUDENTS TO BRING INTERACTIVE ART CARD COLLECTIONS AND PROGRAMMING TO THE CGA CLASSROOM, WINNING A SILVER MEDAL FROM THE SOUTHEASTERN MUSEUMS CONFERENCE.HOSTED SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY EVENTS, INCLUDING A COOKING CLASS AT IRWIN STREET COOKING SCHOOL, A COOKOUT WITH DISC GOLF AT A BOARD MEMBER'S RESIDENCE, AND A FILM, ART AND SPOKEN WORK EVENT IN DECATUR.PARTICIPATED IN THE END THE EXCEPTION MORAL PROJECT ALONG THE BELTLINE, ADVOCATING TO END THE EXCEPTION CLAUSE IN THE 13TH AMENDMENT.PREPARED FOR THE CONTINUED EXPANSION OF THE COMMUNITY CLASS IN 2024, INCLUDING ADDITIONAL TRANSITIONAL CENTERS AND CO-LEARNING INITIATIVES WITH KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY.RECEIVED FUNDING FROM THE KATZ FOUNDATION TO HIRE AN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN 2024, MARKING A TRANSFORMATIVE SHIFT IN LEADERSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY.