Learn where each school board candidate stands on the issues that matter to your community.

Grove Park community members bring together District 3 and District 9 candidates before November election

Atlanta mom describes devastation after judge she helped elect detains her son without bond or trial

Justice-impacted Atlantans discuss the impact of the campaign to limit or misinform those formerly convicted about their voting rights.

Muslim community leaders in Georgia respond to the violence in Gaza, saying they feel “betrayed” by the Biden administration and determined to make their voices heard.

First Person is an interview series that features community members with unique stories to tell. Ahead of Georgia’s midterm elections on November 8, we spoke with three metro Atlanta residents who live or work near low-voter-turnout precincts in Clayton, Fulton, and Gwinnett counties.

Residents don’t often see or read about the important decisions that elected officials make at public meetings. But with this fall’s launch of Atlanta Documenters, your neighbors in Metro Atlanta have already witnessed and recorded how recent election board meetings can bear large consequences.

Canopy Atlanta’s Community Engagement Team surveyed people from communities across the five-county metro, to better understand their voting patterns and sentiments — here’s what they had to say.

See how the November 30 runoff election candidates for Mayor, District 3, and District 4 responded to questions from west side Atlanta community members.