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News Articles: Clarkston

Refuge Coffee Company is focused on job training for resettled refugees in Clarkston, Georgia, in roles that won't jeopardize their safety. (Allen Siegler / Healthbeat)

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Atlanta refugee aid groups prepare for possible restrictions, funding cuts under Trump return

In the wake of Donald Trump’s presidential re-election, metro Atlantans who work with the U.S. State Department’s refugee resettlement program don’t know which parts of the president-elect’s campaign rhetoric will translate into his immigration policy. 

November 28, 2024
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By:
  • Allen Siegler
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris waves with former President Barack Obama at a campaign rally at James R. Hallford Stadium, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024, in Clarkston, Ga.

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  • Elections

Harris rallies with Obama, Tyler Perry and Bruce Springsteen in Clarkston

An enthusiastic crowd danced to DJ sets and listened to a parade of high-profile speakers before welcoming Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Barack Obama to the stage.

October 25, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis and
  • Kristi York Wooten
Staff from the IRC in Atlanta and GAIN at a February 2023 TPS Clinic in Clarkston, Georgia (Courtesy GAIN)

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Afghan evacuees in Atlanta face uncertain future with temporary immigration status

Over the past two years, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Atlanta has resettled 800 Afghan evacuees who came through Operation Allies Welcome after the U.S. troop withdrawal from Afghanistan but their “humanitarian parole” status only lets them to stay for two years at a time and doesn’t provide a path to lawful permanent residence. 

October 30, 2023
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By:
  • Clare S. Richie
Georgia State University Perimeter College nursing students participate in a community health fair in Clarkston, GA. Community members can access free health screenings.

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Georgia State University hosts event offering Clarkston residents free health screenings

Health care students from the Georgia State University Perimeter College will be offering free health screenings to people in Clarkston again this Saturday for the first time since the pandemic started.

October 13, 2023
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By:
  • Amanda Andrews
portrait of a man's face

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  • Health

The threat of drug-resistant infections is worsening. Refugees are at the highest risk

A new report from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention concludes that the threat of antimicrobial-resistant infections is not only still present but has gotten worse — with resistant hospital-onset infections and deaths both increasing at least 15% during the first year of the pandemic. Research from the University of Georgia shows the refugee community is most at risk.

July 25, 2022
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  • Ellen Eldridge
Clarkston Community Health Center

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  • Health

Combating COVID-19 Conspiracies To Reach Georgia’s Vaccine Hesitant In Cultures Where It’s Taboo

Workers at the Clarkston Community Health Center are in a fight against vaccine hesitancy. Immigrants, many refugees, make up  more than half of the residents in this city of about 13,000 people. The population is at high risk of contracting the virus and, community leaders say, among the hardest to convince to be vaccinated.

July 28, 2021
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  • Riley Bunch

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  • Health

CDC Grants Project $500K To Reduce Vaccine Hesitancy In Refugee Community

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is awarding a $500,000 grant to help reduce vaccine hesitancy in the city of Clarkston.

June 21, 2021
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  • Ellen Eldridge

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  • News

OST Full Show: Triage Decisions, Sobriety In Lockdown, Chef Vivian Howard, Cinemas During Pandemic

In medical situations, it weighs heavily on doctors and nurses when they are unable to save a life. So, what happens when the decision is not what...

April 17, 2020
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 4 more
Mohamoud Saed, a refugee from Somalia, helps out in a friend's clothing store in Clarkston, Ga., Tuesday, May 2, 2017.

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  • Politics

Amid Refugee Resettlement Debate, Supporting Both Refugees And President Trump

Last September, President Donald Trump signed an executive order requiring state and local governments to consent, in writing, to allow refugee...

January 16, 2020
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By:
  • Pria Mahadevan and
  • Virginia Prescott
Refuge Coffee began as a single food truck in Clarkston, and has grown into a full-fledged coffee shop in the years since.

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  • Business

Refuge Coffee Company Builds Community One Cup At A Time

When Kitti Murray and her husband Bill moved to Clarkston, Georgia, she never expected she’d be running a coffee shop that doubles as job training for...

January 03, 2020
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Pria Mahadevan
A recent report saw how cities and Georgia can use speed traps along with other ordinance violations to boost revenue, much to citizens' annoyance.

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  • Law

Study Reveals Cost Of 'Taxation By Citation' In 3 Georgia Cities

If you’ve ever been pulled over for driving three miles over the speed limit, you may have been subject to ‘taxation by citation’ — local governments...

November 05, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Jake Troyer
Luma Mufleh sits down with students at the Fugees Academy.

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'Accomplishing The Impossible' Through The Fugees Academy

When Luma Mufleh moved from Jordan to the United States in 1994 to attend Smith College, she didn’t imagine she’d ever be running a full-fledged school...

October 29, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott and
  • Pria Mahadevan

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  • News

OST Full Show: Atlanta Sports Update, Fugees Family Inc., Ghost Brothers

As speculation spreads over the potential mid-season replacement of Atlanta Falcons coach Dan Quinn, we get an update on all things happening in Atlanta...

October 29, 2019
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By:
  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
  • and 6 more

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Another Democrat Enters 2020 Senate Race

On this edition of Political Rewind, Clarkston Mayor Ted Terry becomes the latest to announce his candidacy for U.S. Senate in 2020.

July 10, 2019
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By:
  • Bill Nigut
The middle school students of the Global Village Project during a visit to the Tubman African American Museum in Macon.

How Refugees – And The Communities That Welcome Them – Are Transforming The South

June 20 marks World Refugee Day. The United Nations defines refugees as people forced to flee their native countries "because of persecution, war or...

June 20, 2019
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  • Virginia Prescott ,
  • Amy Kiley ,
  • and 5 more
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