Prime Times for Cyber-Attacks and How to Stay Protected By Celeste Boyd-Spear, Vice President and General Manager, AT&T Southeast States Retail Organization October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. The topic might sound overwhelming, and it certainly can be, but there are a few easy ways we can educate and protect ourselves and our loved ones. Be mindful of timing. Cyber actors target certain times to strike. Experts warn that holiday weekends like Thanksgiving are some of the most prolific times for scammers, who never take a vacation. They can defraud and…
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Despite being born in the tough New York borough of Harlem and raised in the even tougher neighborhood known as the Bronx, the late Colin Luther Powell, only child of two Jamaican immigrants, got priceless advice, influence and even ultimatums throughout his 84 years of life by a Birmingham, Alabama native, Alfred Parker High school and Fisk University graduate, Alma Johnson-Powell. After meeting in Boston, Massachusetts in 1962 through a blind date, the couple wed August 25th of that year. Their nuptials were widely reported through the Birmingham World, a…
General Election / Special Election Date: November 2, 2021 Advanced (Absentee In-Person) Voting begins for the November General Election: October 12, 2021 Key Election Dates October 11, 2021 – Earliest day for a registrar to mail an absentee ballot for the November General/Special Election. October 12, 2021 – Advanced (Absentee In-Person) Voting begins for the November General Election. October 16, 2021 – Mandatory Saturday Voting for the November Municipal General/Special Election. October 17, 2021 – Optional Sunday Voting for the November Municipal General/Special Election. October 22, 2021 – Last day…
By James D. Pearce, Jr. In a letter from the Birmingham jail in Alabama, on April 16, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “More and more I feel that the people of ill will have used time much more effectively than have the people of good will. We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people but for the appalling silence of the good people.” We are in the 21st century and before us is the urgency to…
By Kelly Stocks, President, L5P Business Association This August marks the 33rd year since Atlanta Police Department (APD) Police Officer Gregory L. Davis was shot and killed in the line of duty while protecting our neighborhood. His memory is honored by a plaza in Little 5 Points which was named for him. Gregory L. Davis Plaza is the only public space named in honor of a fallen police officer in the City of Atlanta. On August 26, 1988, Officer Davis stopped a man on a bicycle to question him about…
Do It Well or Not At All My Job Corps Experience By Briana M. Gosier, Op-Ed Growing up, my great-grandmother would tell us, “Whether the task be great or small, do it well or not at all.” I have turned this saying into my life mantra. When I was younger, I knew I wanted something more for my life, so I decided to join the Montgomery Job Corps Center. There, I graduated with my certified nursing assistant license and proceeded to work as a nursing assistant in Atlanta, Georgia. I…
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