Atlanta City Council bans heavy equipment for clearing homeless camps after death
Cornelius Taylor, a homeless man whose life was tragically cut short during the clearing of a homeless encampment in Atlanta, was honored Monday at Ebenezer Baptist Church.
Atlanta City Council passes legislation addressing homelessness following man's death at encampment site
Council voted hours after the family of Cornelius Taylor chanted for change outside City Hall. It's now up to Mayor Andre Dickens to sign or veto the legislation.
Atlanta city council agrees to halt use of heavy equipment to clear homeless encampments
ATLANTA, GA — The Atlanta city council easily approved a moratorium on the use of heavy equipment to clear homeless encampments on Monday. The vote comes at the urging of Mayor Andre Dickens.
Atlanta City Council to vote on creation of Homelessness Task Force after Cornelius Taylor death
After a 49-year-old man was killed during actions to clear a homeless encampment near Ebenezer Baptist Church in mid-January, the Atlanta City Council introduced a new ordinance to create a Homelessness Task Force.
Atlanta City Council approves homelessness task force, pause on encampment sweeps
The Atlanta City Council approved legislation at its Feb. 3 meeting to create a homelessness task force and to pause the use of heavy machinery during sweeps of encampments. The measures come in the wake of the Jan.
Funeral for Cornelius Taylor held at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta
Taylor’s family held the funeral service at Ebenezer Baptist Church then walked behind a horse-drawn carriage with his casket ...
Atlanta's encampment clearing policies under fire ahead of funeral for man killed at site
Cornelius Taylor will be laid to rest Monday after he was killed during a clearing of an encampment for the unhoused in ...
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Family set to hold funeral for man killed after Atlanta homeless camp clearing
Cornelius Taylor was killed on Jan. 16 after the clearing of a homeless camp in Atlanta in the Sweet Auburn district.
Atlanta council member introduces legislation to create development authority for affordable housing
ATLANTA — Atlanta City Councilmember Michael Julian Bond introduced a new resolution to create a feasibility study to examine ...
MLK Day kicks off at King’s Atlanta congregation with daughter’s warning about anti-woke rhetoric
Bernice King said anti-woke rhetoric is being used to divide and distract people from real issues of injustice.
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Man killed during clearing of homeless encampment near Ebenezer Baptist Church
is speaking out following the death of a man during an incident on Old Wheat Street yesterday near Ebenezer Baptist Church. Activists and people in Atlanta’s homeless community gathered and ...
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Thanks To Rev. Raphael Warnock, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Ebenezer Baptist Church Reunite
The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and the Ebenezer Baptist Church formerly enjoyed a long partnership, but it had fallen by the wayside. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Ebenezer Baptist ...
Atlanta rethinks clearing homeless camps after a man is crushed inside his tent
ATLANTA — Atlanta leaders are reconsidering how they dismantle homeless camps after a man was crushed inside a tent as a ...
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Atlanta mayor calls on Trump Administration to restore federal funding
Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens is urging the Trump administration to immediately restore federal funding for the city and the ...