News and Stories
March 9, 2022
Tocqueville Society Member Spotlight: Oko Buckle
"During my first giving campaign, I learned United Way partnered with Catholic Relief Services. After learning this, I was even more inspired to give and grow my partnership with United Way because it supported an organization that I am extremely passionate about."
March 5, 2022
Increasing the diversity of the early childhood education workforce
At United Way of Greater Atlanta, we are focused on the well-being of children, families and communities across Greater Atlanta. When you are able to say that children are doing well in the community, it’s a great indicator that those communities — in turn — are doing well. Early childhood providers have played a critical…
February 5, 2022
The 2022 Child Well-Being Public Policy Agenda
By Katrina D. Mitchell, Chief Community Impact Officer – United Way of Greater Atlanta and Erica Fener Sitkoff, Ph.D., Executive Director – VOICES for Georgia’s Children While much news these days focuses on COVID-19 — cases, hospitalizations, deaths, masks, vaccinations, and variants — other challenges, which existed well before the pandemic, are finally getting the…
January 26, 2022
Together, we can heal our communities
“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. Yesterday, we honored Martin Luther King, Jr. for his life of service to the Civil Rights Movement, his power to strengthen communities, address social problems, bridge barriers and move us closer to his vision of a…
January 19, 2022
Tax-Savvy donors are taking advantage of this IRA giving strategy
Avoid taxes for you and your heirs, AND help United Way at the same time, whether or not you itemize! With your IRA, you can help further United Way’s mission of driving sustainable improvements in the well-being of children, families, and individuals in our community through maximizing your charitable impact. United Way can be named as a partial,…
January 1, 2022
The Power of Community Storytelling
The section under race on my mother’s birth certificate says white. That struck me because although my mom is fair skinned and probably could pass for a white woman, she was far from white. In fact, my mother is a third-generation Latino woman whose parents, my grandparents, migrated from Puerto Rico. If anyone were to…





