Inspire Atlanta

We recognize a big part of our journalistic mission is to shine a spotlight on wrongdoings and to hold our public officials accountable. But we also understand the importance of celebrating our region’s moments, milestones and people. That’s exactly what we hope to accomplish with Inspire Atlanta. Each week, Inspire Atlanta will profile a person that makes metro Atlanta a better place in which to live. Of course, we can’t do this alone: We need your help in finding extraordinary people and identifying inspiring stories across our region. Know someone who inspires you or makes metro Atlanta a better place for others? Email us at InspireAtlanta@ajc.com.
The Tommy Nobis Center provides job training for people with disabilities to help them find independence and workplace success by empowering them through employment. (Phil Skinner/For the AJC)

A teacher’s vision, a Falcons name and a workforce revolution

The Tommy Nobis Center -- named for the Atlanta Falcons great -- helps people with disabilities through its job-training program that now reaches 50 metro Atlanta schools.

BlazeSports recognized for its youth program
INSPIRE ATLANTA

BlazeSports recognized with Rings of Gold Award for its youth programs

Kids in wheelchairs play basketball, tennis and other sports at Atlanta facility.

HOSEA HELPS TURKEY DRIVE

Where to find free food this Thanksgiving — and how you can still help

Across metro Atlanta, there are several food giveaways to help feed as many families as possible ahead of Thanksgiving.

Lovett School gets ‘historic’ $30 million gift from Rollins family

Lovett School gets ‘historic’ $30 million gift from Rollins family

Louis Squires opened the Magnolia Room eight years ago after purchasing the equipment from the now-closed S&S Cafeteria on Chamblee Tucker Road. (Phil Skinner for the AJC)

Magnolia Room: How one man saved a Southern tradition

Sisters teachers Kristy Reese and Kimberly Gibbs

Full circle: Sisters who were APS students now serve as APS principals

GEORGIA TREE FESTIVAL 2024

Georgia Festival of Trees shines light on human trafficking

We Create Tech
AJC HER+STORY

Why this nonprofit leader says more people should consider careers in tech

Mark Moczarski

Cumming family hopeful as man awakens from coma in Bali, flown back home

Rufus N. Darkortey and his wife, Joan Curran Darkortey, attended the 10th annual International Life Changers Awards & Fundraising Gala at the Marriott Gateway Hotel Atlanta. They are founders of a small nonprofit that has raised more than $300,000 to help people in their home country, Liberia. (Phil Skinner for the AJC)

Ordinary people work toward extraordinary change

KING AND SPALDING

Community support at heart of Atlanta law firm’s 140-year success

KIPP Atlanta teachers host literacy clinics in Kenya

KIPP Atlanta teachers give gift of reading to Kenyans

Trey Smith and Jake Jeffries

‘Pure happiness’: Roswell QB passes homecoming king honors to team assistant