The Imperial Hotel
Photograph by Creative Sources Photography/Rion Rizzo On a Monday in June, 25 years ago, activists broke into the vacant Imperial Hotel, made their way to the highest floor, and lowered a massive sign...
View ArticleWhat’s next for the homeless at Peachtree-Pine shelter?
Although Atlanta’s largest homeless shelter, at the corner of Peachtree and Pine streets downtown, is scheduled to change hands at the end of August, it will remain open for at least another month...
View ArticleThe I-85 fire could have destroyed Basil Eleby’s life. Instead, it may have...
The flames caused a span of I-85 to collapse. Miraculously, there were no injuries.Photograph by WSB-TV via AP First came the smoke. The thick black plumes billowed up from under Interstate 85, two...
View ArticleHere’s where to find Atlanta’s emergency warming centers
A homeless man in New YorkPhotograph by Spencer Platt/Getty Images Last winter, nearly a dozen people in the greater Atlanta area died of hypothermia from freezing temperatures, the majority of whom...
View ArticleThis museum inside a shipping container will change how you think about...
The Dignity Museum is housed in a shipping container at LoveBeyondWalls’s headquarters in College Park.Photograph courtesy of LoveBeyondWalls The Dignity Museum, an exhibition that focuses on the...
View ArticleMarshall Rancifer found recovery after addiction. Now he helps Atlanta’s...
Marshall Rancifer 63, homeless outreach coordinator Six nights a week, Marshall Rancifer visits Atlanta neighborhoods to help thousands of homeless men, women, and children by passing out meals,...
View ArticleCOVID-19: How you can help those in need in Atlanta
With a never-ending stream of tense COVID-19 news, it’s easy to feel helpless about what’s happening in the community. People in the service industry are at risk for losing their jobs as business slows...
View ArticleMarshall Rancifer: “I wasn’t scared before, but I’m scared now.”
For our 21st Century Plague project, we spoke with 17 Georgians about the toll of COVID-19. Below, Marshall Rancifer—a homeless advocate and relief worker—describes how the outbreak could impact...
View ArticleThe moment Love Beyond Walls’ founder decided to become an advocate for the...
Atlantans is a first-person account of the familiar strangers who make the city tick. This month’s is Terence Lester, founder of Love Beyond Walls, as told to Thomas Wheatley. Family always was found...
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