History often highlights the men who designed and constructed Collier Heights, but equally deserving of recognition are the women—the trailblazers, caretakers, and champions of their community. Their ...

Canopy Atlanta asked the Bankhead and Grove Park community members about the journalism they wanted to see about their communities, and this story emerged from that feedback. Canopy Atlanta also ...

Playlist compiled by Nile Kendall and Christina Lee. Travis Denson and Vincent Richardson helped turn Bankhead into a hip-hop landmark by selling CDs and white tees out of a bread truck. BEFORE ...

The Documenters Program, facilitated by Canopy Atlanta as part of the national Documenters initiative, empowers people like you to enhance public knowledge by getting paid to document and report on ...

Canopy Atlanta asked over 50 Lakewood Heights residents about the journalism they needed. This story emerged from feedback to “see more information and acknowledgment of the community’s history,” as ...

Canopy Atlanta asked over 50 Lakewood Heights residents about the journalism they needed. Several of those respondents requested to see more information and acknowledgment of the neighborhood’s ...

AROUND 2016, HUNDREDS OF Forest Park’s Hispanic residents and business owners crowded into Las Nubes, a large event hall on Old Dixie Highway for an unprecedented, standing room–only public meeting on ...

Neighbors with Adair Park Today came together this weekend at Muscogee Park—not just to clean, but to care. Mulch was laid, weeds pulled, native flowers planted with quiet intention. It felt less like ...

Canopy Atlanta asked over 50 South DeKalb community members about the journalism they needed. This story emerged from that feedback. Canopy Atlanta also trains and pays community members, our Fellows, ...

In 2025, Canopy Atlanta launched our first-ever Innovation Lab, made up of five Canopy Atlanta Fellows creating projects to provide information to their communities. One of those Fellows, Nzingha ...

Canopy Atlanta trains and pays community members, our Fellows, to learn reporting skills to better serve their community. Faith Mbadugha, a reporter on this story, is a Canopy Atlanta Fellow. Support ...

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