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Moms Adopting Moms founder to speak at TedxUGA

A woman sits smiling in a soundproofed radio studio beside a mounted microphone.
Emma Auer
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WUGA
Mary Rathbone, co-founder of Moms Adopting Moms, at the WUGA studios.

TedxUGA is an annual event dedicated to the exchange of ideas in the University of Georgia and Athens communities. Mary Rathbone is an Athens resident who will speak at this year’s event on March 27th.

Rathbone is the founder of Moms Adopting Moms, a nonprofit dedicated to working alongside biological parents whose children have entered the foster care system. Not only does the organization work to reunite parents and children, as Rathbone reveals, it seeks to transform the foster care system as a whole.

Emma Auer is an award-winning reporter who joined WUGA as a full-time producer in 2024. She is also a graduate student in UGA's Romance Languages Department, studying French and Spanish. She covers the breadth of Northeast Georgia stories, from Athens City Hall to Winterville farmers' markets. Emma's work has also been heard on Georgia Public Broadcasting.
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