
Mixing it up for Memorial Day Sunday: the Atlanta Industry Mixer via Taylor Frucel
Memorial Day Weekend is a big deal. For those in Metro-Atlanta, it marks the end of the school year and for others, it signals the start of the late spring/early summer holiday season. However, on Sunday, May 29th, from 1-10pm (EST), Taylor Frucel returns with another edition of her Atlanta Industry Mixer Series (at 4802 Fulton Industrial Blvd in Atlanta). Building off her previous editions (click HERE for our coverage of her August 2021 event), it's a way for those in arts

Watch, reflect, and proceed: Election Night with Congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux (GA-07)
Election Night. Tuesday, May 24th (2022) is a key day in Georgia. After the early voting period concludes (May 2-20, 2022), all eyes are on the Tuesday prior to the holiday weekend (Memorial Day ). At a venue within her district (Kettlerock Brewing in Peachtree Corners, GA), Congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux takes time to connect with her constituents. With a track record of coalition building (click HERE for our coverage of her press conference on May 23, 2022) and collabora

From Election Day and beyond, Representative Carolyn Bourdeaux is at work in the 7th District (GA)
On February, 6, 2022 (in Duluth, GA), Congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux (GA-07) takes time to announce her intentions on re-election (click HERE for our coverage). In the time since then, including the official early voting season (May 2nd through 20th, 2022), it's a combination of not only running for office, but working and serving the people who live within the district. Today's (May 23, 2022) press conference brings us back to her Duluth, GA offices to not just discuss her

#AlphaDerbyWeekend: a Sunday brunch to make things a little better (Part 3 of our 3 part series)
Sunday. A time to pause and reflect. For the 550 attendees of the sold-out Sunday brunch (at the Omni Atlanta Hotel) via the #AlphaDerbyWeekend (click HERE to visit their website), it's a time to do those things and more. After Thursday's networking event, Friday's golf tournament, then the Friday evening kickoff party and Saturday main event, it's a way for all slow down for a few. However, in doing so, it's time to take in the meaning and magnitude of the weekend. Since it

May 28th: the return of Art at the Park DeKalb via the Georgia Spartans
On the basketball court, the Georgia Spartans are known for their winning ways (including their current semi-pro basketball season as they are undefeated). The same goes for their running tradition of community and cultural events. Building on 2021's highly successful and engaging DeKalb Art at the Park series, they are bringing it back in full force. Just in time for the Memorial Day holiday (May 28th from 6-9pm EST at Exchange Park located at 2771 Columbia Drive in Decatur

#AlphaDerbyWeekend: Friday night lights & a stunning Saturday (Part 2 of our 3 part series)
Part 2 of our #AlphaDerbyWeekend series Friday night. It's the start of the weekend. As it relates to the #AlphaDerbyWeekend, it's the full kickoff party to the destination benefit weekend of the spring and beyond. After a sound opening 24 hours with the networking mixer and golf tournament (click HERE for our article), it's time to do a little more networking and a little more fun "cutting up a rug". The setting for the evening of May 6th is the College Football Hall of Fa

#AlphaDerbyWeekend: 24 hours of networking and time on the links (Part 1 of our 3 part series)
Part 1 of our #AlphaDerbyWeekend series From 2015-19, the #AlphaDerbyWeekend via the Alphas of Atlanta is the signature destination benefit event of the spring and beyond. Evolving to a 3-day weekend complete with meet and greets, kickoff events including the likes of classic hip-hop artists from Doug E Fresh, Big Daddy Kane, and Chubb Rock, silent auctions, watch events, more live performances, and a Sunday brunch, it takes the noting of "party with a purpose" to a higher l

Strengthening green technology and transit: Rep Bourdeaux delivers nearly $500,000 in support
The May 3rd (2022) press conference taking place at the Curiosity Lab in Peachtree Corners, GA is the culmination of work which took place last August (click HERE for more information) when Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg makes a visit at the invitation of Representative Carolyn Bourdeaux (GA-07). In taking inventory of the creative work related to technology and transit among other related technology components. As Peachtree Corners Mayor Mike Mason notes in his we

Return to the Winner's Circle: the #AlphaDerbyWeekend hosted by the Alphas of Atlanta
There's no place like the Winner's Circle. From 2015-19, the Alphas of Atlanta, the nonprofit collective comprised of members from the Metro-Atlanta graduate chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha, Fraternity, Inc., host one of the signature events of the spring and beyond via the #AlphaDerbyWeekend. The Kentucky Derby themed event (for those 21 and older/mature audiences) presented by Woodford Reserve originates as a 2-day event (in 2015 and 2016) and eventually, a 3-day destination b