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Spring Celebrations at Home or With Your Pod

Spring is almost here, and after the year weā€™ve all had, weā€™re grateful to see it. Though the pandemic hasnā€™t yet released its hold, there are some safe and fun ways we can celebrate at home or with our pod. Spring is a time to celebrate renewal, warmer weather, and the outdoors. Here are a few spring celebrations you can try this year.  Plant a Garden This spring, consider doing something at home that can involve the whole family and give back to the environment. Gardening is a meditative activity that improves the look of your yard while enriching the […]

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Celebrating Valentineā€™s Day Between Friends

Sure, you can make a case that Valentineā€™s Day is the biggest Hallmark holiday of them all. Weā€™re bombarded starting just after we turn the calendar to the New Year with pink and red messages of romantic love with a side of chocolate. But, as Parks and Recreationā€™s Leslie Knope showed us, Valentineā€™s Day can be a great day to celebrate our friends as well. What can you do this year to show your friends that you care on Valentineā€™s Day especially this year?  Use Social Media Greetings If you want to acknowledge your extended friend group, the most efficient but

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Being an Ally in 2021

Thereā€™s been a lot of talk over the last year about what it means to be an ally. it can feel overwhelming when youā€™re not a part of a community to learn how exactly to act, react, and assist when necessary. We learned a lot about walking in other peopleā€™s shoes in 2020, so we hope we can take away several key lessons to help people throughout Atlanta learn to be allies within diverse communities.  A Journey, Not a Destination Being an ally isnā€™t a final achievement. Thereā€™s always more to learn and we will continue growing throughout our lives.

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