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Lucy Craft Laney was a Macon born educator and founded a school for Black children, the Haines Normal and Industrial Institute, in  1883. The oil painting is located on the 3rf floor of the Georgia Capitol Building in Atlanta.

‘Love Them First’ documentary screening in Macon

Sonya Green February 18, 2020

“Anytime anybody sees a child that looks forlorn, lost, scoop ‘em up. Ask questions later but love them first,” says north Minneapolis principal Mauri Melander Friestleben in the documentary “Love...

Peacing Together: “Heal the Hood”

Amyre Makupson February 14, 2020

6. That's how many homicides have happened in Macon so far in 2020. Now, a grassroots effort is forming to help “Heal the Hood.” Three pastors from three different churches have come together with...

Peacing Together: Karate Kids

Amyre Makupson February 7, 2020

Youth violence can come in many forms, and it often starts as bullying. In fact, in 2017, 49% of children between the ages of 4 and 12 reported being bullied at school, according to stopbullying.gov. Not...

Peacing Together: Record Expungement

Amyre Makupson February 1, 2020

"I think young people, once they receive a felony on their record, they think their life is over, but their life is not over,” said Macon-Bibb commissioner Al Tillman. Tilman says everyone makes mistakes,...

Peacing Together: Trauma 101

Amyre Makupson January 17, 2020

Treat the problem and not just the symptom. That’s what the Bibb County School District is hoping to achieve with the help of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI). “I don’t think...

Peacing Together: Pushing Positivity Through Hip-Hop

Amyre Makupson January 10, 2020

The topic of music and its power to influence has been debated for decades in homes and mental health forums alike. Can certain songs incite certain behaviors? Be Better. It’s a simple concept...

Funeral home owner Richard Robinson leads reporters through his casket showroom as an example of how he plans tours for young people in an effort to curb deadly violence in Macon.

Peacing Together: Macon funeral home offers youth tours to quell violence

Liz Fabian, Civic Journalism Senior Fellow January 6, 2020

Richard Robinson was barely over 21 when he opened his first funeral home in south Macon. In the three years since starting his own business, the young man from east Macon has seen a disproportionate...

Peacing Together: Pilot program at Bibb schools teaches mindful breathing to boost self-control

Debbie Blankenship January 2, 2020

As the morning announcements wrap up, a group of third graders put their hands to their hearts and close their eyes. “Take a deep breath in,” Maria Andrade, a breathing instructor, says to the group....

Peacing Together: Westside Neighbors United

Amyre Makupson December 13, 2019

A group of people on Macon's west side want to make their neighborhood safer, but they know they can't do it alone. Robberies, gunfire, and blight are just some of the problems crippling the west Macon....

Nnamdi Onyekwuluje, case manager for the School-Justice Partnership program in Macon-Bibb County, talks to a fifth grade class at Springdale Elementary School about making good decisions as they go into middle school.

Bibb schools partnering with DA’s office to develop ‘strong kids’ instead of ‘broken adults’

Jenna Eason, The Telegraph December 9, 2019

William Lewis joined a gang in Clayton County when he was in high school. In his sophomore year, he and other gang members were involved in a fight that left one person with a broken jaw. As a result,...

Peacing Together: The Cost of Trauma Care

Amyre Makupson November 14, 2019

When talking about youth violence, there are many costs: the loss of life, opportunity, education, and even a career. But there's another cost not often thought about. Amyre Makupson with Mercer...

Peacing Together: Barbers on Duty

Amyre Makupson November 7, 2019

Last week in our Peacing Together report, we showed you how one Macon high school is working to keep teens in school and off of the street. But what about the youth who end up in the justice system...

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