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Athens News Matters: Formerly Incarcerated People as a Protected Class

WUGA | By Martin Matheny,
Lauren Sung
Published November 4, 2022 at 2:30 PM EDT
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Atlanta City Council

The Atlanta City Council voted recently to designate formerly incarcerated people as a protected class in the city. We’ll talk to an activist and former inmate about what this designation means, both for the individuals it affects, and the place they call home.

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Martin Matheny
Martin Matheny is WUGA's Program Director and a host and producer of our local news program 'Athens News Matters.' He started at WUGA in 2012 as a part-time classical music host and still hosts WUGA's longest-running local program 'Night Music' which is heard on WUGA and GPB Classical. He lives in Normaltown with his wife, Shaye and dog, Murphy.
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Lauren Sung
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