270 organizations
How community and civic life works in Atlanta
Atlanta is organized into 25 Neighborhood Planning Units (NPUs) — citizen councils that meet monthly and give official input on zoning, development, and city budgets. Anyone who lives in the NPU can show up and vote; it's the most direct lever ordinary residents have, and most people have never been told it exists. Find your NPU's meeting on the city's planning site or ask at your library branch.
Libraries deserve their own sentence: free meeting rooms, computers, printing, hotspot lending, social workers in some branches — the public living room of every neighborhood. For volunteering, Hands On Atlanta matches people to thousands of shifts; mutual aid networks organize neighbor-to-neighbor help with fewer forms and faster yes.
What to expect when you show up: community meetings run on first names and folding chairs. Come twice — the first time you'll listen, the second time you'll belong.
Livestrong Foundation is a national cancer support nonprofit based in Austin, Texas. It helps people affected by cancer with fertility preservation discounts and free fertility medications, cancer resource information, exercise programs, advocacy, and fundraising events.
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ThyCa is a nonprofit for people with thyroid cancer, their families, caregivers, and health care professionals. It offers free education, support groups, one-to-one peer support, webinars, publications, awareness events, and research grants. It is not a senior-only program and has an Atlanta support group that currently meets virtually.
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The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration, or AFTD, is a national nonprofit that helps people affected by frontotemporal degeneration. Its HelpLine, website, grants, support groups, webinars, and events help people with FTD, caregivers, families, and professionals find information, emotional support, and resources.
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The CDC is the federal public health agency based in Atlanta. It gives reliable health information, tracks outbreaks, supports public health departments, and runs national programs such as cancer screening access, travel health guidance, vaccine information, and public health education.
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