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Boys to Men: Georgia Program Teaches Responsibility, Respect
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By DJ SIMMONS, Athens Banner-Herald
ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Reginald Willis and a bunch of Barnett Shoals Elementary College children arrived in Atlanta in early Could to tour the World of Coca-Cola, after which the Civil and Human Rights Museum.
The day of journey was marked with enjoyable and life classes for the group of boys who’re a part of Willis’ Boys to Males program. And it was one of the vital memorable moments for Jaden Jackson, a fifth-grade pupil at Barnett Shoals who has been with this system for 3 years.
“It taught me a number of stuff about how Black folks again then modified our lives now,” he recalled of his journey to the Civil and Human Rights Museum.
The steadiness of schooling and leisure is a marked trait of the Boys to Males program at Barnett Shoals, which serves third by means of fifth graders.
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Willis, a receptionist at Barnett Shoals, mentioned he began this system six years in the past with the hope of giving boys the abilities wanted to turn into productive males in society.
“I felt like we wanted to do extra,” mentioned Willis, who has labored within the Clarke-County College District for 28 years. “Simply seeing locally how children had been going, as some of us say, astray. I simply felt this was one thing we needed to do at a youthful age.”
After speaking with the college’s principal he was capable of begin this system. Willis mentioned the core ideas are respect, duty, and accountability, classes he mentioned he’s drawn from his personal church upbringing.
“You understand the golden rule: do unto others as you’ll have others do unto you,” he mentioned. “Deal with folks the way you need to be handled.”
This system begins each fall and runs till the tip of the college 12 months. Notifications are despatched out to folks originally of the college 12 months, and this system is free to those that decide to enrolling their children, Willis mentioned.
College students come collectively after faculty the place they interact in a variety of actions, from studying learn how to set a desk, to doing homework and fixing phrase issues. The boys costume up in shirts, ties, and costume footwear, as part of studying self-discipline and private duty.
Ayden Stephens, a fourth grade pupil at Barnett Shoals, spoke fondly of the teachings he’s realized by means of being in this system for the final two years.
“I’ve realized learn how to be extra accountable, learn how to be extra respectful to different folks, and learn how to be extra accountable with my actions,” he mentioned. “I’ve additionally realized learn how to set a dinner desk. So now each Sunday, or every time we eat dinner, I assist my household set the desk.”
One in all his favourite classes was public talking. Studying learn how to converse in entrance of his friends helped him drastically in a current faculty play known as “Hawaiian Seaside Social gathering,” he mentioned.
“I bought a number of compliments as a result of I used to be wonderful, I used to be into it, and I used to be feeling it,” Stephens mentioned. “Boys to Males helped me with public talking so I wasn’t nervous in any respect.”
This system has grown through the years, although it skilled a slight dip throughout COVID-19, in keeping with Brian Smith, a conduct interventionist at Barnett Shoals who assists in this system.
“It makes a distinction,” Smith mentioned. “These children know that once you’re in Boys to Males there’s a commonplace it’s important to abide by.”
Smith mentioned this system appears to be like to boost accountable males who will go away their very own mark on society.
“There’s a physician in there, there’s a lawyer in there, possibly a president,” he mentioned. “There’s someone who’s going to make society higher tomorrow by doing what they’re doing in the present day.”
Kenneth Davis, an tailored paraprofessional at Barnett Shoals who assists with this system, mentioned it was vital for the scholars to even have a mannequin of what it means to be a younger man.
“I feel setting that mannequin, and them really seeing that mannequin in motion as a result of we’re staff of the college is vital,” Davis mentioned. “So not solely is it one thing we’re educating and speaking about, however you may see it each day. So it’s a common factor they’re seeing of their time right here in school.”
Willis mentioned although he supposed for this system to concentrate on elementary faculty children, he hopes to see related packages carry over into center faculty and highschool.
“It’s not taking the place of the daddy within the house, or parenting, it’s simply giving that further assist to what dad and mom are already doing,” he mentioned.
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JA of Georgia will celebrate local business owners at annual fundraiser
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1974 Alive at Georgia Tech
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Nine months after the sold-out show at Tech, Yes played at The Omni Nov. 30 for more than 16,000 fans. The next night, rock icon David Bowie performed the final show of his Diamond Dogs tour at the same arena — and within a year of their Fall 1974 shows, KISS and Lynyrd Skynyrd would each return to Atlanta as headliners at The Omni.
Throughout the 1970s, Tech would continue to host many of the decade’s most prominent bands and artists at Alexander Memorial Coliseum and Bobby Dodd Stadium. The Dog Day Afternoon festival in 1977 and Alex Cooley’s Champagne Jam concerts in 1978 and 1979 brought massive, sweaty crowds of music fans to campus for acts including Atlanta Rhythm Section, Bob Seger, Cheap Trick, Foreigner, Heart, The Cars, and Aerosmith.
The Georgia Tech Athletics Association has continued to open its facilities for music promoters in years since, and Tech has hosted Dolly Parton, Bob Dylan, Pink Floyd, Ludacris, Big Boi, and the Rolling Stones (twice!). “We are approached periodically about hosting external events, including concerts featuring popular acts,” an Athletics spokesperson said. “We are proud to provide great entertainment opportunities for the Georgia Tech community and are always looking to drive revenue that can help us provide additional resources for our student-athletes.” Most recently, Athletics welcomed thousands of Yellow Jacket supporters and music fans for the Helluva Block Party series of pregame concerts on North Avenue.
Five decades on, many of the bands whose sounds reverberated within the metal rafters of Alexander Memorial Coliseum are revered by millions. Auslander explained why he thinks the popular music of the 1970s persists. “Today, there are more shared musical tastes and experiences across generations than in the past. Youth in the 1970s mostly rejected the music and culture of their parents — now, we see parents and their children listening to the same music and going to concerts together,” he said.
Although his football experience was cut short due to injury, Ken Smith studied building construction, industrial management, and mechanical engineering at Tech and ran a successful HVAC company in the Augusta area. Over the past 50 years, Smith has seen the Doobie Brothers live more than 30 times, as well as Chicago and Lynyrd Skynyrd.
And Ned Barbre has continued returning to the Tech campus for concerts, including Pink Floyd, Jimmy Buffett, Arlo Guthrie, and the Stones.
Having experienced more than 40 KISS concerts from 1974 through the band’s farewell tour, David Dean said, “I will always remember that first show at Georgia Tech.”
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Georgia's tourism industry hit by loss of Israeli visitors
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“Bookings have been cancelled, and projections for new bookings are very low” according to one restauranteur.
Georgia’s summer season has begun but a significant share of visitors are missing: Israelis.
The ongoing war between Israel and Hamas has meant Israelis are less able or unwilling to travel internationally. This drop in numbers is being felt in Georgia which usually welcomes many visitors from Israel.
“The loss is noticeable. The situation in the region has affected the number of tourists from Israel,” says Levan Giorgadze from Tbilisi Free Walking Tours.
“Compared to previous years, the number of tourists from Israel has decreased noticeably. I wouldn’t say that they don’t come at all anymore, it’s just, of course, in smaller quantities.”
Georgia’s capital Tbilisi is popular year-round with tourists, while the beaches along the Black Sea coast are a popular summer holiday destination.
Shota Burjanadze, Chairman of the Georgian Restaurateurs Association, expressed similar worries: “Bookings have been cancelled, and projections for new bookings are very low. Therefore, unfortunately, this year will not live up to expectations.”
But not everyone agrees. Maia Omiadze, Head of Georgia’s Tourist Association, believes the summer will be busy, bustling and successful. She notes that the 15 places from which tourists visit the most include Georgia‘s neighbouring countries, Persian Gulf nations and the European Union.
“The data for the first quarter of 2024 was very positive. This result allows us to have high expectations and to assume that the second quarter, the summer season and the general trend towards the end of the year in the tourism industry will be very positive,” she says.
“We expected tourists mainly from Asia, Persian Gulf and European countries. European countries made up 5% of the total number. Today, tourists are mainly expected to visit Adjara and are largely coming from our neighbouring countries, Turkey, Armenia and Russia,” Maia adds.
Office for National Statistics data for the first quarter of 2024 shows these nations still hold the top three places for the most number of visitors to Georgia.
Watch the video above to see more about Georgia’s tourism industry in 2024.
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