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news & noteworthy East Cobb’s Eric E. Jacobson, executive director for the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities, was recently honored by the Atlanta Chapter of the NAACP for the work of the council and its signature concept, the Real Communities Initiative. Real Communities was launched in 2009 and provides cutting-edge, intentionally inclusive activities throughout the State with a focus on projects that create opportunities for all people - with and without disabilities - to be fully engaged in the social life and civic development of their communities. Real Communities supports programs across Georgia that help people become better prepared to address a variety of issues that affect not only people with disabilities, but involve everyone in a community. Programs range from transportation to housing to community building efforts that bring people together in new ways. GCDD'S current Real Communities Initiatives include Refugee Family Services/Global Growers Network in Atlanta Clarkston area, City of Milton Better Together, Forsyth Farmers Market in Savannah, Centenary United Methodist Church in Macon, Korean Coalition in Atlanta, Gwinnett Gives Time Bank in the Atlanta area and the City of Fitzgerald.
[people] East Cobb’s Jacobson honored by NAACP
Eric and Terri Jacobson at the banquet.
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