As a member of the Ivan Allen Circle, Tocqueville Society, and our Tocqueville Women United Cabinet, LaShonda is a community leader who is working to create lasting change for Greater Atlanta.

We're excited to spotlight Cole Society Leadership member James D. Anderson! Tell us about your role at Southern Company. I lead the accounting team at one of Southern Company Gas’ non-regulated businesses – SouthStar Energy Services. I also serve on the Board of Directors for the company’s sponsored credit union, as well as Treasurer of…

Jacob Ethel remembers the initial feeling of anger that swept over him when he first watched the video of George Floyd. He says he saw the “callousness” of the police officer who knelt on Floyd’s neck and the surrounding officers who stood by and did nothing. “It was eye-opening for me,” he says. “Especially being…

How did our COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund distribute more than $17 million dollars to the most in need in our community in a matter of weeks? With a lot of help from our friends like Lucy at BELUX Coffee Roasters. How did you hear about the COVID-19 Response and Recovery Fund? We are good…

George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man from Minneapolis, died May 25 after being handcuffed and pinned to the ground by a white police officer who held his knee on Floyd’s neck for nearly nine minutes. Floyd’s death was captured on video, shared worldwide, and then set off a global movement of protests that quickly spread…

Rarely is toilet paper ever something you give much thought to — until you’re out of it, that is. We are, as a country, facing an unprecedented crisis. The pandemic outbreak of the novel coronavirus has forced much of the world into an at least semi-quarantined state, and one of the most unlikely outcomes of…