One Church, One Family seeks to bring Athens’ faithful into fight against homelessness
Faith groups are often part of efforts to help unsheltered people meet their basic needs. In Athens, an initiative is in the beginning stages of giving churches an even bigger role in keeping families and individuals housed.
Paul Lazzari is a volunteer with this new organization, called One Church, One Family. He sat down with WUGA’s Emma Auer to explain how he hopes the project will work. The organization is young, but Lazzari is passionate that a community-based efforts are needed to solve the challenge of homelessness. Here’s their conversation.
Athens fantasy author nabs state prize with self-published book
In his debut novel Alan Dreams of Giants, Athens-based author T.M. May explores the link between imagination and coping with grief and isolation. In June, the Georgia Writers Association gave May a Georgia Author of the Year Award for his book.
He sat down with WUGA’s Emma Auer for a discussion of his self-published fantasy debut, which one judge said “announces an exciting new voice in the genre.” Here’s their conversation.
Local Democrats call on younger generations to “level up”
Across the country, older generations have spearheaded protests against President Trump’s administration. Many leaders of the Democratic Party worry that young people aren’t involved enough—and progressive leaders in Athens are no exception. WUGA’s Alexzundra Tillman brings us this story about young local Democrats and their hopes for their peers—and for the Democratic Party itself.
