“Momentum for Nate Jester’s Council District 11 Campaign Continues to Grow” Atlanta, Georgia – July 10, 2025 – Nate Jester, a Marine Corps veteran, Harvard-educated attorney, small business owner and Southwest Atlanta native announced today his campaign for Atlanta City Council District 11 raised over 116,000 dollars in its first two months powered by over 300 individual contributors. A proud product of Atlanta Public Schools, Jester is a Mays High graduate who launched his campaign to bring bold, new, accountable leadership to District 11. His early fundraising success follows major…
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Club recognized by the American Heart Association for lifesaving response and community leadership following a cardiac emergency Atlanta, GA — The American Heart Association, devoted to changing the future to a world of healthier lives for all, has awarded the Heartsaver Hero Award to the Howard University Alumni Club of Atlanta (HUAC) and community member Amber Taylor for their brave actions during a cardiac emergency. In June 2024, beloved community leader and Howard University graduate A. Binford Carter collapsed from sudden cardiac arrest while attending the MEAC Nation Cookout at…
On June 14, 2025, as our country celebrated the United States Army and its 250 years of service, existence and President Donald Trump’s birthday with full military parade in Washington, D.C., the Barco, Currituck County, North Carolina celebrated the unveiling of the Fleetwood M. Dunston, Jr. Family Legacy “Imperative Signage Marker” 1876-2022. Those that attended and participated in the program and unveiling included United States Coast Guard (USCG) Color Guard and USCG Master Chief Chris Hinote; the Honorable Rudy Grant, Consul General of Barbados; historian Frank Hester; “Pea Island Cook…
By Fred Outten (Washington, DC, June 25, 2025) – “Katherine Johnson: The Woman Who Charted the Path to the Stars,” headlines the article about NASA’s legendary mathematician in a special, just-released magazine by McClatchy Lifestyle Specials honoring historic aviation heroes in 250 YEARS OF FLIGHT, A Breathtaking Journey From Dirigibles To Space Travel. After nearly 60 years of being “hidden” with the African American human computer women of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) now NASA, Katherine Johnson, known as the Woman of the 20th Century, is finally being…
Dr. Valerie Camille Jones Ford, Head of the Mathematics Department at Atlanta’s Ron Clark Academy (RCA), is set to be inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame (NTHF) as part of its 2025 class. Dr. Jones Ford is the second educator from Atlanta and the fourth from Georgia to be inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame. “It is a tremendous honor to stand alongside so many extraordinary educators throughout America. This recognition is not only a profound professional privilege but a representation of the passion, sacrifice, and…
As the local television, radio and newspaper advertising depicts, they are “the few, the proud” and if things work out November 4th, former U. S. Marine Nate Jester could become the newest member of the Atlanta City Council, and Jester’s military accolades didn’t stop there. The scholar-graduate of southwest Atlanta’s Benjamin E. Mays High School decided the Naval Academy at Annapolis would be his next step. Four years later and with the coveted nomination for enrollment from 5th district Congressmember John Lewis, Jester spent five years wearing a sailor’s cap.…
