A B L E

 ablega.org

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Atlantans Building Leadership for Empowerment

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                    Larry Soublet 

                          ABLE’s 1st

                  " I AM ABLE "  

                       Award Recipient

               

Honored at ABLE's

                1st Annual Fundraising Banquet

            "A Vision of Hope For Our Time"

                    Saturday, May 30, 2009

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A B L E

Elects New President & Executive Board

 

Rev. Gregory Williams, President

Holsey Temple CME Church

 

Father John Adamski, VP Atlanta

Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church

 

 Pastor Michael Wright, VP DeKalb County

New Life Christian Church International

 

Everett Howe, VP Fulton County

St. Jude the Apostle Catholic Church

 

Dr. Debra Greenwood, VP Gwinnett County

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Gwinnett

 

Charlie Flemming, VP Union

Atlanta-North Georgia Labor Council

 

Rev. Tracy Blagec, VP Communications

Oakhurst Baptist Church

 

Sandra Samuels, VP Fundraising

First Afrikan Presbyterian Church

 

Lisa Morgan, VP Leadership Development

Organization of DeKalb Educators

 

Rev. Clarence Hampton, Clergy Caucus

First Baptist Church of Stewardship

 

Barbara Burnham, Secretary

Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Atlanta

 

Susana Olivera, Treasurer

Sacred Heart Catholic Church

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           ABLE is a multi-racial, interfaith regional coalition of congregations, unions and grassroots

            organizations that develops and empowers ordinary people to become leaders who effect

            change in their communities for the common good of all.

    

           ABLE works to bring people together across the lines that divide the region: race, class,

            language, political boundaries and ideologies.

   

            ABLE is a vehicle where people find common ground to express common values and work

            for the common good of all.


            ABLE  exists to identify leaders, then nurture, train and develop those leaders so that

            together their voices can be heard.


            Member organizations contribute their time, talent, and resources to support the work of 

            ABLE          

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                                                             The Gamaliel Foundation

            The Gamaliel Foundation is an international organizing institute working with over sixty 

            communities throughout the United States, South Africa, and Great Britain.

 

            It is a network of organizers, clergy, and lay leaders with years of experience in the ever

            more difficult task of creating powerful grassroots organizations to work for justice.

 

            The mission of The Gamaliel Foundation is to assist local community leaders to create,

            maintain and expand independent, grassroots, and powerful faith-based community

            organizations so that ordinary people can impact the political, social, economic, and

            environmental decisions that affect their lives; to provide these organizations with

            leadership training programs, consultation, research and analysis on social justice

            issues; to be a network for mutual learning environments and working coalitions.

 

Click to go to The Gamaliel Foundation website

    Support the work of

 

    ABLE with your tax-

 

    deductible donation.

           

ABLE is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

 

Upcoming Events

 

ABLE Leadership Board Meetings
Every 4th Tuesday

7:00 pm to 8:30 pm
First Iconium Baptist Church
542 Moreland Avenue, SE
Atlanta, GA 30316

 

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ABLE

Immigration Task Force Meeting

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

7pm-8:30pm

First Afrikan Presbyterian Church

5197 Salem Road

Lithonia, GA 30038

 

Racial Profiling Forum

Saturday, August 1, 2009

10am-Noon

Gwinnett County

(Location to be determined)

 

Leadership Board Meeting

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

7pm-8:30pm

First Iconium Baptist Church
542 Moreland Avenue, SE
Atlanta, GA 30316

 

Gamaliel

National Leadership Training

July 12-18, 2009

Fordham University
Rose Hill Campus

Bronx, NY

 

National Leadership Training

August 9-15, 2009

Techny, IL

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For more information about the

above meetings, or to register

for training contact:

 

Sherita M. Edwards

sherita@gamaliel.org

678-271-7443

or 

Willa Rose Johnson

 wrjohnson@gamaliel.org
 404-218-7548

 

To learn  how your congregation

or organization can become

part of ABLE click here.

 

 ISSUES

 Health Care Reform
More than 46    

million people in the United States have no health insurance and millions more are inadequately insured.  Atlanta stands to bear a particular burden with the Grady Hospital crisis, which will disproportionately affect the poor. 

 Read more...
 

Quality Public Education
 As indicated by Clayton County 

schools’ loss of

accreditation, public education in Georgia is in need of serious attention.  Irresponsible leadership and widespread inequities threaten to jeopardize our children’s futures and squander their potential.
 
Read more...

Comprehensive

Immigration Reform

 In the absence of a national

 immigration law  that makes sense, Georgia

recently passed a great deal of anti-immigrant legislation. These 

laws have ignored the dignity we recognize in every human being, betrayed the Gospel acclamation of abundance and love of neighbor, and created a daily life of fear and hopelessness for immigrants.
 Read more...

 

Affordable Housing

 

 

 

 

 

Read more...

 

 

 

   Support the work of 

 

   ABLE with your tax-

 

   deductible donation.

ABLE is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.

                                                   ABLE is a multi-racial, interfaith regional coalition of congregations, unions and grassroots organizations that develops    

                                                   and empowers ordinary people to become leaders who effect change in their communities for the common good of all.