Westside Communities Alliance

A partnership between Atlanta's westside communities and institutions of higher education.

Archives for June 2015

Drug Market Initiative

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The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia has implemented a Drug Market Intervention (DMI) for the English Avenue Neighborhood. To date, DMIs have been successfully implemented in 36 other neighborhoods nationwide. With technical assistance from Michigan State University (via funding from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Justice Programs’ Bureau of Justice Assistance), the first steps of the process have already been completed. On June 3rd at Westside Works, the technical assistance team presented to a group of community stakeholders about the DMI and how to move further along in the process.

Upcoming Meetings:

Tuesday June 16th

The Phoenix Partnership: English Avenue Drug Market Initiative

Time: 6:00pm

Location: Lindsay Street Baptist Church – 550 Lindsay Street NW, Atlanta GA 30314

Monday June 22nd

The Phoenix Partnership: English Avenue Drug Market Initiative

Time: 6:00pm

Location: Pilgrim Baptist Church – 498 English Ave NW, Atlanta GA 30318

 

The official Call-In is scheduled for Tuesday June 30th at a location TBA.

See more resources at: http://www.dmimsu.com/PhoenixPartnership

WCA Director gives talk at TEDx Atlanta

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On April 28th, Sheri Davis-Faulkner gave a talk on the TEDx Atlanta stage at Georgia Tech’s Ferst Center on “Connecting communities to progress and prosperity”. She spoke about being a native Atlantan and the love she has for her city as well as her desire to see Atlanta grow in a positive and meaningful way. She tied in lots of work that we are doing here at WCA regarding advocacy, data-driven decision-making, and overall development. Check out her video!