July 16, 2024 – Simply Savannah and Savannah Master Calendar held their monthly Sips at the Station networking event benefitting Step Up Savannah at Ardsley Station on Tuesday, July 16th. Check out the […]
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Poverty Simulation, Part One: It’s not a game
The Step Up Savannah project educates about generational poverty. ‘It’s easy to see how wealth is passed down through generations, but after depending on my simulated family, I saw how lack of wealth is also passed down.’
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Renowned economist to speak at Step Up Savannah Annual meeting
Rachel Schneider wanted to know how people are coping, so she and fellow researcher Jonathan Morduch tracked 235 low-to-moderate income households across the country.
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The joy of giving
The lovely folks of the charity collective Joined in Giving definitely aren’t looking for any glory, but I don’t think they’ll be docked points on the virtue scale if I tell you about them.
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Who is your favorite community champion?
KNOW someone who deserves some recognition for their good works? Maybe it’s a teacher who takes extra time with her low-income students or a social worker who does far more […]
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Social Science and the Simple Solutions
Better Block Party this weekend in conjunction with the First Friday Art March aims to show what people can achieve when they mobilize their resources.
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Countywide coalition crunches numbers into a 20-year plan
LET’S face it, raw data isn’t sexy. Most of us would much rather roll around in satin sheets than spreadsheets, and it’s safe to say that nobody’s sweet nothings contain […]
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Can you afford your kids’ health insurance?
Last July, the National League of Cities awarded Savannah and Mayor Edna Jackson one of eight $250,000 grants to reduce the number of uninsured children in Chatham County by 50 percent.
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Editor’s Note: Who are the real ‘haters?’
The irony is that probably no single entity in Savannah has done more than Historic Savannah Foundation to preserve and promote the engine that drives much of our current economic development.
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Dodd-Ramirez leaving Step Up Savannah
Daniel Dodd-Ramirez, executive director of Step Up Savannah, Inc., announced that he’s resigning to accept a new position in Washington, D.C. He served as leader of the city’s poverty reduction […]
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Closing the hunger gap
Pastor Samuel Rodriguez is used to people knocking on the back door. The leader of Primera Iglesia Bautista Hispana off Ogeechee Road always welcomes those in need of spiritual guidance. […]
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Cutting to the bone
While anemic budgets are more normal than newsworthy these days, Chatham County’s may be the first locally to have not only struck bone but lopped a whole arm off. Although […]