Remerge

Let’s talk about our Flourishing Hub! The Flourishing Hub is our ecosystem of interrelated programs designed to walk with our marginalized neighbors on the path to stability. The Flourishing Hub consists of three dynamic programs:

- Sweet Auburn Outreach focuses on fostering relationships between people of a variety of means and backgrounds with an emphasis on our neighbors experiencing homelessness.

- Giving Grace provides immediate emergency relief for vulnerable people who have acute needs. Our efforts are geared toward single-parent families, people experiencing homelessness and the extremely poor.

- The Launchpad is our 12-month coaching program to develop, support and further launch female micro-entrepreneurs towards success and financial stability.

Remerge is impacting even more lives this July! Summers are typically when most nonprofits experience a dip in giving though the need for continued work within our community increases with the hot summer months. Adding to this challenge, this past month we experienced technical difficulties with our donation platform resulting in lost contributions. While we work through those challenges, we're leveraging a different platform for this campaign.

We hope to rally our community to come together with financial support that enables us to best serve our neighbors no matter the time of year. Our goal is to reach $100,000 in donations in July! The link is in our bio to give TODAY!

Happy Juneteenth! There are several opportunities to celebrate Juneteenth this week. This Saturday, The Atlanta History Center will host their annual Juneteenth celebration. The Annual Juneteenth Atlanta Parade and Music Festival is this Saturday at Piedmont Park. Enjoy your celebrations!

It's almost time for our June newsletter! Our monthly newsletter is full of in-depth information, updates and exciting recaps for the organization. To receive our upcoming newsletter, send us a DM with your name & email and we will add you to the list!

We are thrilled to welcome our two interns for the summer. Ashley Estelle joins us from the University of Notre Dame as a History major and Poverty Studies & Africana Studies minor. Dean Impastato joins us from the University of Vermont as a Social Work major and Human Development & Integrated Health minor. They will be focused on exploring social justice and community outreach initiatives in the Sweet Auburn neighborhood. Wish them a warm welcome to the team!🎉

Remerge Family, we need your help! Our giving platform has been experiencing issues since the end of last week. Because of this, we missed out on several generous donations and we need your help to recover. The platform is now up and running. Visit the link in our bio to support!

“What if I rallied my friends and friends-of-friends to respond directly to the needs of my friends in the Remerge community?” - Christy Betz

In 2012, Christy had a profound idea - Rather than fundraising for a broad social challenge, such as ending homelessness, Christy started to ask her friends to help a particular friend of hers with an immediate, solvable need. One by one, needs of the Remerge community were being met, while another community was becoming more familiar with the stories and challenges facing those in less resourced environments than theirs. From this spark, Giving Grace was born, and to this day personal connection and personal response remains the center-piece of Giving Grace.

What do you get when you combine a silicone mold with creativity, community members, and an incredible Artist-in-Residence? A great art workshop!

A few weeks ago, .mtc taught us how to create foam tiles and encouraged us to add a personal touch to them during the “Through the Cracks” workshop. We got to play with clay, watch two solutions transform into foam, and experiment with digital mapping technology.

Miranda, thank you for leading us in a wonderful workshop! The foam tiles we created are now part of a viewing screen for the “Through the Cracks” video installation, which will be one view for the next two weekends.

This program is supported in part by the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs.

This program is supported in part by Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. Georgia Council for the Arts also receives support from its partner agency - the National Endowment for the Arts.

Funding for this program is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners.

Last week, we hosted the kickoff for our new cohort of our entrepreneur coaching program, The Launchpad. We are excited to welcome 12 women who are ready and eager to develop new skills, learn from other entrepreneurs, and grow their businesses.

We look forward to sharing more about each women and their business in the coming weeks. In the meantime, to learn more or support the Launchpad visit the link in our bio!💛

*Public Art Unveiling!* Join us in Sweet Auburn this weekend to see "Through the Cracks," a video installation by Artist-in-Residence .mtc! "Through the Cracks" explores the resilience and excellence of the Sweet Auburn neighborhood. Come steep in a beautiful film projected onto a structure of handmade hexagonal tiles, lovingly created by Miranda and community members. The installation can be viewed from 8pm to midnight for the next three weekends.

This program is supported in part by the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs.

This program is supported in part by Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. Georgia Council for the Arts also receives support from its partner agency - the National Endowment for the Arts.

Funding for this program is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners.

In 1999, Church on the Street began with one man spending time with the homeless. Soon after our Executive Director, Andy Odle, came on, and the two began building programs and bringing on volunteers. At the time, they reached approximately 100 families each year. Over the 25 years that followed, Remerge has grown into a 501(c)(3) organization, serving ~2,500 families and 8,000 individuals each year.

Our community continues to exceed our expectations and because of that, we are able to work towards reconciliation. We are fueled by your generous donations and the way you show up for your community each time. To support our programs and initiatives for the coming year, visit the link in our bio to donate!

Art is an incredible way to connect with oneself and with others. It can be a form of story-telling and expression. We believe all should have access to the stress-relieving, therapeutic benefits of creativity. Stop by our Creative Connections Open House today until 12pm. See you there! 💛💚🩵

We’re still thinking about all of the fun we had turning extracted plant pigments into paint with Sweet Auburn Artist-in-Residence last month! Sariyah walked us through the 5-day process of creating lake pigments before giving us the chance to create a range of colorful paints that we added to a community painting that honors the neighborhood.

Sariyah, thank you for sharing all of your insight with us and reminding us all of the diverse offerings the plants around us can offer.

A big thank you to for capturing the beauty of this workshop!

This program is supported in part by the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs.

This program is supported in part by Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. Georgia Council for the Arts also receives support from its partner agency - the National Endowment for the Arts.

Funding for this program is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners.

The Sweet Auburn Festival is this weekend, so the neighborhood will be full of fun, food, and activities! Join us on Saturday for our vendor pop-up shop which will feature several women entrepreneurs from the Launchpad. We'll be at the Remerge Community Hub from 10am-4pm both. We'll see you soon!

Flashback to our origami lessons a few weeks ago 💛 Join us tomorrow for our weekly Open House and Creative Connections from 10am-12pm! Free coffee and art activities for everyone!

UPDATED DATE!✨ Join Sweet Auburn Artist-in-Residence .mtc for an afternoon of learning how to cast and carve honeycomb shaped foam tiles that are reminiscent of Sweet Auburn’s sidewalks on Saturday, May 18th!

These tiles will be incorporated into a 3D structure that will be activated with a public video and sound installation in June.

Tickets and more details for “Through the Cracks: A Community Tile Making Workshop” can be found in the link in our bio.

This program is supported in part by the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs.

This program is supported in part by Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. Georgia Council for the Arts also receives support from its partner agency - the National Endowment for the Arts.

Funding for this program is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners.

Ready for our weekly Creative Connections?! Join us tomorrow at The Remerge Community Hub for our Open House from 10am-1pm. We will be hosting an Origami class between 10am-12pm. Stop by to connect, grab coffee, and create something new!

***UPDATE: WE ONLY NEED $300

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Joel is a young man who has devoted his life to helping others. He serves in the army reserves, and leads a food distribution that provides food to hundreds of community members every week. He also mentors several young men who would otherwise not have a dad figure. HE IS AMAZING!!!!

Joel has been called into active reserve duty. BUT HE IS ABOUT TO LOSE HIS HOME!!!! We need $1800 to help him save his home from eviction!

If anyone is able to help with this need please put Joel in the memo. Tax-deductible donations can be made using the link below.

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***UPDATE: all donations will be matched between 3 and 5 PM on Thursday ONLY FOR JOEL****

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Joel is a young man who has devoted his life to helping others. He serves in the army reserves, and leads a food distribution that provides food to hundreds of community members every week. He also mentors several young men who would otherwise not have a dad figure. HE IS AMAZING!!!!

Joel has been called into active reserve duty. BUT HE IS ABOUT TO LOSE HIS HOME!!!! We need $1800 to help him save his home from eviction!

If anyone is able to help with this need please put Joel in the memo. Tax-deductible donations can be made using the link below.

https://remerge.kindful.com/?campaign=1031067

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Joel is a young man who has devoted his life to helping others. He serves in the army reserves, and leads a food distribution that provides food to hundreds of community members every week. He also mentors several young men who would otherwise not have a dad figure. HE IS AMAZING!!!!

Joel has been called into active reserve duty. BUT HE IS ABOUT TO LOSE HIS HOME!!!! We need $1800 to help him save his home from eviction!

If anyone is able to help with this need please put Joel in the memo. Tax-deductible donations can be made using the link below.

https://remerge.kindful.com/?campaign=1031067

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CAN YOU HELP WITH $10???

We have a person in the community that helps feed hundreds of people a week. This person is now in a difficult position and needs our help!!

This family needs help with $1200 in order to pay their rent in full. We only have until Friday, or it will be too late!!!

If anyone is able to help with this need, please put rent in the memo. Tax-deductible donations can be made using the link below.

 https://remerge.kindful.com/?campaign=1031067

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Join Sweet Auburn Artist-in-Residence for an afternoon of learning how to extract pigments from plants and transform them into paint on Saturday, April 20th! Community members will have the chance to use the paint they create to contribute to a collaborative painting that tells a story of Sweet Auburn’s rich history and culture.

Tickets and more details for “Nature’s Palette: A Community Paint-Making Workshop” can be found in our bio.

This program is supported in part by the City of Atlanta Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs.

This program is supported in part by Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly. Georgia Council for the Arts also receives support from its partner agency - the National Endowment for the Arts.

Funding for this program is provided by the Fulton County Board of Commissioners.

Stop by Remerge today for our Neighborhood Open House. Free coffee, art, coworking, relaxing. 10am - 1pm.

Ernie needs $600 by 6 pm!

Ernie is single dad to one child. He had to miss several days of work in February due to his child being sick. He has not been able to pay rent that was due February 1. 

If he doesn’t pay the rent at 6 PM TUESDAY, the complex will file an eviction.

Ernie needs help with $450 to the pay the rent.

If anyone can help with one of these needs, please put ERNIE in the memo. Tax-deductible donations can be made using the link below.

https://remerge.kindful.com/?campaign=1031067

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Come explore the Remerge Hub.

From January 3-12, the REMERGE Institute offers Designing Community Solutions. The course will provide you with an opportunity for hands on learning and insights into the day-to-day challenges of building community in the heart of Atlanta. Step offline and outside to learn how theory translates to action. Today is the deadline to sign-up. https://remerge.org/designing-community-solutions/

Applications for our course, Designing Community Solutions, are due on December 15th! Apply now! https://remerge.org/designing-community-solutions/