Esse Quam Videri: To Be, Rather Than to Seem The Latin phrase Esse quam videri—to be, rather than to seem—is more than a tattoo on yoga teacher and author Jessamyn Stanley’s forearm.…
Community Spotlight
Stories of inspiring individuals, organizations, and everyday heroes shaping Clayton County.
Breaking Barriers in Historic Jonesboro Donya L. Sartor has made history as the first Black woman to qualify and run for mayor of Jonesboro, Georgia. Nestled just south of Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International…
In the early 1970s, as an underage teenager, I snuck into a San Francisco bar where Hot Tuna, featuring two members of the psychedelic rock group Jefferson Airplane, was playing traditional acoustic…
With college football season fast approaching there is no disguising Clayton County Police Department Deputy Chief in charge of the Field Operations Command Gina V. Hawkins’ allegiance to the Ohio State University.…
Some people view challenges as a negative setback. Ivy Adams views challenges as inspiration. “Challenges, more than anything else, help to define us as people as well as our personal character. No matter…
Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis brings a new approach to prosecuting criminals and delivering justice Fani Willis made history by becoming the first woman to be elected as the District Attorney…
Proudly Southern, Proudly American I am a proud Southern white man, raised in the segregated South—a place where men were expected to be Clark Gable-handsome and women strong like Vivien Leigh, kind…