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Though there's rarely a shortage of weekend happenings in Athens, these are our suggestions for some events you might want to check out.

Over the past decades, many Black Athenians have thrown small, informal celebrations and events on Juneteenth. With the growing recognition of the holiday in recent years, the city of Athens

Since last year's protests across the country, some local advocacy organizations have seen renewed interest in their missions, and for Mokah Jasmine Johnson, this has helped shine a light on a topic important to her: the criminal justice system. Johnson, president and co-founder of the Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement, said when she jumped into activism, her main focus was to address discrimination and racism. Through research, she learned the percentage of Black and brown people in jail in Athens was quite high. To help address this, she started the Freedom Fund in 2018, which helps prov...