TheAtlantaWayMovie

'The Atlanta Way' is a documentary on #gentrification in #Atlanta. Film releases in Winter 2023. Spin-off podcast @watchthehood is out now!

[Decaturish.com @Decaturish]

Opinion: South DeKalb needs more 'third places' https://t.co/zXzTwDZOz2

[Your Next Best Friend @IamKingWilliams]

I wrote an Op-Ed for @Decaturish on my disappointment in trying to find a local coffeeshop and how that’s a part of a bigger problem—the lack of third places in South DeKalb.

[Kristal Dixon is on Blue Sky @KristalDixon]

My latest: we explore whether the Atlanta Way can survive in the 21st century.

https://t.co/md9Vy4OiP5

[Kristal Dixon is on Blue Sky @KristalDixon]

It started as a civic booster term and dates back to the 19th century, Accord to Timothy Crimmins, a Georgia State University urban history professor and director of the school's Center for Neighborhood and Metropolitan Studies.

[Kristal Dixon is on Blue Sky @KristalDixon]

As we moved into the 20th century, the Atlanta Way meant white elected officials lobbying Black civil rights leaders and ministers to support candidates or ballot questions — though that relationship was imbalanced.

[Kristal Dixon is on Blue Sky @KristalDixon]

At the height of the civil rights movement, this approach was used "to keep the city on a straight-and-narrow path when it comes to its brand" and reputation, said @IamKingWilliams a local journalist whose upcoming @theatlantaway documentary explores gentrification.

[TheAtlantaWayMovie @theatlantaway]

Is it time for a new Atlanta Way? Yes, 'Cop City' opponents say - Axios Atlanta https://t.co/I5lsRTS8cx

[Gilly Brewing Co. @gillybrewbar]

2ND LOCATION ANNOUNCEMENT!!

COME celebrate JUNETEENTH THIS FRIDAY, 3P - 9P! ! RETWEET THIS, TAG A FRIEND & MEET US @peterstreetstation
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1st 50 to show up get a FREE drink from the gilly gang & a pastry from @applebutterbakery, ALL sponsored by @oatly!

#SupportBlackBusiness

[Your Next Best Friend @IamKingWilliams]

Y’all know how much I’ve championed this #Blackowned business @gillybrewbar in #StoneMountain but I’m happy to see they are expanding!

Please RETWEET as they have their first pop-up this Friday, June 19th for #Juneteenth

[TheAtlantaWayMovie @theatlantaway]

Tonight @ 10pm, @watchthehood podcast host @IamKingWilliams and @ACLUofGA political director Christopher Bruce will be speaking on the killing of Ahmaud Abrey. Mr. Bruce will be speaking on details on the case and You can dm for info or wait until 10:45 to watch via Youtube

[Your Next Best Friend @IamKingWilliams]

My #COVIDConversations today is w/ Jamil Jude (@mrjdjude) of Kenny Leon's (@iamkennyleon), True Colors Theater on how #COVID19 is affecting theater companies and how they are adapting to this. Subscribe to my newsletter at https://t.co/oeOFSFKnay

https://t.co/m7L4IM3Z0D

[Neighborhood Watch @watchthehood]

#COVIDConversations with host @iamkingwilliams talking to Jamil Jude (@mrjdjude) of Kenny Leon's (iamkennyleon), True Colors Theater on how #COVID19 is affecting theater companies. and how they are now adapting to this.

https://t.co/3sK0dHRrnY via @YouTube

[Your Next Best Friend @IamKingWilliams]

You can also buy Portrait Coffee's product now online and support a local Black-owned business in Atlanta:
https://t.co/rTlWoQIA8r

[Your Next Best Friend @IamKingWilliams]

I would also recommend this episode of @watchthehood podcast from earlier this year w/ @JawnO, @marcisthemarket, and @fenderaa on their business endeavor Portrait Coffee, a Black-owned coffee collective which will be opening in #Atlanta.

https://t.co/qA0q52voWR

[Your Next Best Friend @IamKingWilliams]

#COVIDConversations on prayer during a pandemic with pastor John Onwuchekwa @jawn_o of @cornerstone_atl for the @watchthehood podcast
https://t.co/UBGJwYSWkS via @YouTube

[Neighborhood Watch @watchthehood]

#COVIDConversations on prayer during a pandemic with John Onwuchekwa, (@jawno) and host King Williams (@iamkingwilliams)
https://t.co/HltBriiSdj via @YouTube

[Your Next Best Friend @IamKingWilliams]

Here's my Zoom chat on marijuana legalization in Georgia w/ Christopher Bruce of the ACLU of Georgia.

https://t.co/4Wg6XjgvIk

[Your Next Best Friend @IamKingWilliams]

Overtime: A conversation with Christopher Bruce of the ACLU of Georgia on the decision to reopen Georgia and other things
https://t.co/MDCqn5RLi9

[Neighborhood Watch @watchthehood]

Overtime: A conversation with Christopher Bruce of the ACLU of Georgia https://t.co/FsQhD9beWO

[Neighborhood Watch @watchthehood]

A 4/20 conversation with Christopher Bruce on marijuana legalization in Georgia ... https://t.co/95KfFJr8KX