Meetings
- Lifelong Community Advisory Board Meeting | Monday, Aug. 23 @ 6:30 p.m.
- Environmental Sustainability Board Meeting | Friday, Aug. 27 @ 9 a.m.
Visit decaturga.com/bc for additional meeting details.
Events
- Agnes Scott College Senior Class Investiture Parade | Monday, Aug. 23 at 6 p.m.
Join Agnes Scott for a special investiture parade to honor the Senior Class and acknowledge their status on campus.
The community is invited to line up on S. McDonough St. across the street from the college (in a safe manner) to help honor the senior class. Feel free to wear red (the class color) for this celebration.
- Hops at the History Center: Atlanta’s Olympic Resurgence | Tuesday, Aug. 24 • 6-7 p.m.
Join DeKalb History Center for a talk with three urban planning professionals who witnessed Atlanta’s transformation during the 1996 Olympics. Michael Dobbins, Leon S. Eplan, and Randal Roark share the story of the partnership between a strong mayor, local business leaders, and Black political leadership who were daring enough to bid on hosting the 1996 Olympics and the journey that helped to make Atlanta the city it is today. Visit dekalbhistory.org/programs/hops-at-the-history-center-atlantas-olympic-resurgence/ to purchase tickets and for additional details.
- Agnes Scott Day at Atlanta Dream Game | Tuesday, Aug. 21 • 7 p.m.
Join Agnes Scott at Gateway Arena for Agnes Scott Day. Visit am.ticketmaster.com/wnbaatlanta/promotional-page?filterType=MzM and use promotional code is AGNES to purchase tickets.
- Fleet Feet Wednesday Runs | Wednesday, Aug. 25 • 6:30 pm.
Join Fleet Feet Decatur’s Wednesday Run club for 2, 3, & 4 mile routes every Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. The group meets in front of Fleet Feet Decatur, 431 W. Ponce de Leon Ave., and the courses start and end there. Afterwards, the club regroups and walks over to a local business for socializing and special discounts.
Check out the Fleet Feet Facebook page for more details. On Strava? Join Fleet Feet Decatur Run Club for more access to routes, run club event reminders, etc.
- Decatur Prevention Initiative Virtual Event Featuring Stephen Hill | Thursday, Aug. 26 • 6:30-8 p.m.
Join Decatur Parents Network for a virtual conversation with Stephen Hill. Hill will speak about his struggles with addiction and share his story of recovery. Stephen’s father, Kevin, will also speak from a parent’s perspective about living with a child suffering from a substance use disorder and now in recovery. There will be a virtual Q&A following the presentation. Please reach out to us with any questions. Visit bit.ly/SpeakSobriety2021 to register.
- Fleet Feet Saturday Runs | Saturday, Aug. 28 • 8 a.m.
Join Fleet Feet Decatur on Saturday mornings at 8 a.m. for an open group run. The group meets in front of Fleet Feet Decatur, 431 W. Ponce de Leon Ave., and the run starts and end there. Upon arrival please check in at the table in front of the store, acknowledge waiver, and grab a map. Various routes are offered. Bathrooms are available. Water is not available on the course so please plan accordingly.
- Pan African Festival | Saturday, Aug. 28 • 3-8 p.m.
Decatur Square
Beacon Hill Black Alliance for Human Rights will host its inaugural Pan African Festival celebrating innovation, culture and economic empowerment.
Volunteers Needed: There are one-hour and two-hour shifts throughout the day to help with setup, assisting with activities and participants, and breakdown at the end of the festival. To sign up to volunteer, visit Beacon Hill Black Alliance Pan African Festival Volunteer Form. - Anti-Racism Speaker Series Kick-Off Webinar Registration Open
How the Trust Deficit in the U.S. Impacts Race Relations | Wednesday, Sept. 1, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
Conversation with Kimberly Jones and Gilly Segal, authors of I’m Not Dying with You Tonight and the forthcoming Why We Fly.
In partnership with the Little Shop of Stories, the City of Decatur and Better Together Advisory Board will host a virtual kick-off event to the next Anti-Racism Speaker Series with two local authors whose Young Adult book is sparking conversations about prejudice and the racial tension that exists in our country. An NAACP Image Award Nominee, I’m Not Dying with You Tonight follows two teen girls–one black, one white–who have to confront their own assumptions about racial inequality as they rely on each other to get through the violent race riot that has set their city on fire with civil unrest.
Kimberly Jones, Gilly Segal, and series moderator Ed Lee will explore how we establish trusting interpersonal relationships across our racial and cultural differences. For more information on the Speaker Series and register for the event, visit decaturga.com/speakerseries.
