Atlanta – Dr. Cathy Yang Liu

GIRN is official!

GIRN – Georgia Immigration Research Network is now officially formed with its website hosted by Kennesaw State University. Please check it out here and stay tuned of our activities. Atlanta Studies news story here 🙂

Global Partnership for Better Cities

This is a GSU-led efforts that convene partners from South Africa and Hong Kong to discuss common urban challenges facing cities around the world. A three day conference and site visits brought many perspectives and ideas for future dialogue. See here for more information and here for the great pictures of comparison cities our libraryContinue reading “Global Partnership for Better Cities”

Welcoming Cities Forum at GSU

Come join us for a forum on Welcoming Cities – A Dialogue between Research and Policy on Wednesday, March 9 to hear the latest research on immigrant communities in Atlanta, the new immigrant-integrating initiative and its implementation in Atlanta http://aysps.gsu.edu/event/welcoming-cities-a-dialogue-between-research-and-policy/49

Welcoming Atlanta

During a luncheon at Georgia Terrace Hotel I attended last Tuesday, October 22, Mayor Kasim Reed announced that City of Atlanta will be joining other 21 cities around the country to become a Welcoming City to immigrants. Welcoming Cities and Counties is an iniative of Welcoming America, headquartered in Decatur. Read the Press Release here and checkContinue reading “Welcoming Atlanta”