CARE held its board meeting in Atlanta on December 9, and celebrated with an evening event at the Center for Civil and Human Rights. CEO Helene Gayle hosted a panel about the impact of visiting CARE's programs in Peru, Nepal and Tanzania. Particpants in the evening also got to meet two of the original civil rights activists, Constance Curry and Dr. Bernard Lafayette. Pictured below: Stephanie Jolluck, Kristi York Wooten, Amy Kelly, Liz McLaughlin #care #womenandgirls

To honor and commemorate the International Day of the Girl, CARE, an Atlanta based humanitarian organization dedicated to fighting global poverty, held a celebration of art made by girls from around the world. The exhibition, dubbed "Through the Eyes of a Girl International Art Exhibit" was held Friday evening at the Mason Maurer Fine Art Gallery. Click here to read more. #womenandgirls #education #care #atlanta

CARE is raising $50 million to provide support for the estimated 7 million Syrians displaced by the civil war. CARE CEO Helene Gayle met with the Atlanta Press Club to discuss the importance of the matter and to answer questions about the work the organization is doing in the region to help people in need. Read more about the speech here. (Photos courtesy of The Commerce Club. Photo by Sonia Fernandez, Glas Duille Photography — at The Commerce Club) #care #atlanta #poverty

Sustenance Group's Nancy Bauer and Kristi York Wooten, along with Janis Sundquist and Kashi Sehgal, attended the Atlanta Summit on Global Health and Hunger, presented by the World Affairs Council and featuring CARE CEO Helene Gayle, the CDC's Tom Frieden, Senator Johnny Isakson, and Marl Suzman from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The event capped off a week of activities building awareness for "Food Revolution," a campaign to make citizens aware of the content of thei

Sustenance Group proudly joined CARE, 10×10 and Intel for the Atlanta premiere of the new film, Girl Rising on May 13. Sustenance Group was contracted to assist in the planning and promotion of the sold-out event, which filled seats with Atlanta luminaries, students, CARE Action Network members, and everyday moviegoers. Richard Eldredge of Atlanta Magazine summed up the event best in his review, “Girl Rising Receives Emotional Atlanta Premiere,” when he quoted new Coca-Cola F

Sustenance Group worked with CARE to present the Atlanta premiere of the 10x10 film, Girl Rising, on May 13, 2013. The event featured a screening at Midtown Landmark Cinemas and a panel discussion with film producer Martha Adams, Coca-Cola VP Lisa Borders and CARE's Helene Gayle. Present for the event were Sustenance Group members Nancy Bauer and Kristi York Wooten as well as CARE state co-chairs, Janis Sundquist and Amy Kelly, plus singer/activist Yewande Austin. The event w

In honor of Mother’s Day 2011, Sustenance Group is promoting the film, No Woman, No Cry, a documentary about maternal health, which was directed by Christy Turlington Burns and will be shown on the Oprah Winfrey Network on May 7, 2011 at 9:30 PM (check local listings). Christy Turlington Burns filming No Woman, No Cry Watch parties are being organized by EveryMotherCounts.org, Turlington Burns’ advocacy organization, as well as by Sustenance Group partner Dining for Women, wh

Sustenance Group connected TwitChange and CARE for a very special March 2011 International Women’s Day campaign to support CARE’s work to empower girls and women in more than 70 countries around the world. Thanks to TwitChange founders Shaun King and Jinean Robinson, as well as Chad Kellough, and also Joey Leslie from Studio Good, for their infectious enthusiasm, passion and unwavering belief that we can change the world one tweet at a time! And special thanks to CARE’s Amand

John Prendergast and Stephanie Jolluck at CARE headquarters in Atlanta on February 4, 2011 Activist and author John Prendergast made a special visit to Atlanta February 4 to promote his recent book with Don Cheadle, The Enough Moment. Prendergast spoke to CARE executives and CARE Action Network members at a luncheon arrange by Sustenance Group’s Stephanie Jolluck. Activists Jollouck and Jackie Patterson are featured in The Enough Moment for her work on the Dialog:Start One pr

Kristi York Wooten, Isaac Hanson, Zachary Hanson, Dr. Helene Gayle, Taylor Hanson (photo by Erin Ashford) Burundi Drummers (photo by Erin Ashford) Dr. Thomas Frieden, David Lane, Dr. Helene Gayle, Fredricka Whitfield (photo by Sirpa Horstman) For the third year in a row, Sustenance Group members have joined with volunteers from CARE and ONE for an awareness event to commemorate the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Each year at this Atlanta event, a team of gl