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We Love Buford Highway (2022) Print
2022 AARP Community Challenge Grantee
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
└ Inclusive civic engagement efforts
└ Inclusive civic engagement efforts
This project created a newsletter featuring immigrant stories from the Buford Highway corridor and distributed it through a news rack stationed along thecommercial roadway. It also staged an event featuring recitations of the stories in five languages.
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Columbus, OH
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Inclusive civic engagement efforts
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Miami Beach, FL
AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2021
Project Category: Inclusive civic engagement efforts
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AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2024
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AARP Community Challenge Grant Year: 2022
Project Category: Resources about housing options, safety and services
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