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‘A weird goodbye’: Mercer seniors reflect on the way COVID-19 impacted the end of their college careers

Sonya Green, Engagement Reporter
May 11, 2020

Lessons learned from Peacing Together on solutions to youth violence

Sonya Green, Engagement Reporter
May 4, 2020

Used to learning from home, coronavirus still impacts Middle Georgia homeschoolers

Sonya Green, Engagement Reporter
April 20, 2020

Extra curricular programs move to online classes

Sonya Green and Amyre Makupson
April 10, 2020

‘No perfect time to have a kid’: Pregnancy during the coronavirus

Amyre Makupson and Sonya Green
April 2, 2020

Mercer students adapt as coronavirus impacts classes, graduation

Sonya Green and Amyre Makupson
March 30, 2020
Middle Georgia college faculty learn new skills as they prepare to teach remotely

Middle Georgia college faculty learn new skills as they prepare to teach remotely

Sonya Green, Engagement Reporter
March 20, 2020

COVID-19 Hits Area Service Industries

Amyre Makupson and Sonya Green
March 19, 2020
The U.S. Census Bureau announced the start of address canvassing, the first major field operation of the 2020 Census in August 2019.

Macon-Bibb County to hold census celebration March 14

Sonya Green, Engagement Reporter
March 13, 2020
Peacing Together series: Families who have lost loved ones to gun violence

Peacing Together series: Families who have lost loved ones to gun violence

Sonya Green and Amyre Makupson
March 12, 2020

Educator Lucy Laney’s descendants work to keep her legacy alive in Macon

Sonya Green, Engagement Reporter
February 26, 2020
Lucy Craft Laney was a Macon born educator and founded a school for Black children, the Haines Normal and Industrial Institute, in 1883. The oil painting is located on the 3rf floor of the Georgia Capitol Building in Atlanta.

‘Love Them First’ documentary screening in Macon

Sonya Green, Engagement Reporter
February 18, 2020
CCJ hosted On the Table in 2018 at the Buck Melton Center.

Peacing Together to discuss solutions to youth violence at On the Table

Sonya Green, Engagement Reporter/Coordinator
October 21, 2019

Peacing Together: Youth Voices on Violence

Sonya Green, CCJ Engagement Coordinator
October 11, 2019
Youth voices on living with violence everyday

[Video] Youth voices on living with violence everyday

Sonya Green, Engagement Reporter/Coordinator
September 20, 2019

[Video] An after school program that ties life lessons together for black boys

Sonya Green, Engagement Reporter/Coordinator
June 13, 2019
Murdine Height and her granddaughter, Kyla Gwyn, remember their experiences decades apart performing at the Bobby Jones Performing Arts Center.

How generations of families and a historic building are preserving black history in Macon

Sonya Green, Engagement Reporter/Coordinator
June 5, 2019

Improving food access & health outcomes in Macon

Sonya Green, Engagement Reporter/Coordinator
May 14, 2019

The Pan African Festival welcomes a new exhibit

Sonya Green, Engagement Reporter/Coordinator
April 25, 2019

It’s complicated. The relationship between food service workers and their customers

Sonya Green, Engagement Reporter/Coordinator
March 27, 2019
Which restaurant will win the Munch Madness competition? You decide.

Which restaurant will win the Munch Madness competition? You decide.

Sonya Green, Engagement Reporter/Coordinator
March 14, 2019
Rikki Waite, the owner, says her mother, Sharon Crookshanks, is always at the restaurant folding her mother’s recipes into delicious empanadas.

Enjoy ‘slow food,’ support local farmers at this Warner Robins empanada shop

Sonya Green, Engagement Reporter
November 26, 2018
Mario Barragan serves Latin fare at his restaurant, Tzango, on second street in Downtown Macon.

This Macon family combines three cultural traditions for a food-filled Christmas

Sonya Green, Engagement Reporter
December 24, 2018

Ask us your questions about food in Macon

Sonya Green, Engagement Reporter/Coordinator
January 10, 2019
An exploration of southern food

An exploration of southern food

Sonya Green, Engagement Reporter
September 4, 2018

Hearken Question_ Central City Bell from Mercer CCJ on Vimeo

What happened to the bell that was in Central City Park?

Sonya Green and Sophie Peel
August 7, 2018
Orange cookies that have been passed down through five generations of Sarah Gerwig-Moore's family.

What does the food you eat say about the life you live?

Sonya Green
July 3, 2018
Benches spell out Macon downtown on the corners of 2nd and Poplar street. The benches are regularly moved around the city.

Introducing Macon Me Curious

Sonya Green
June 26, 2018
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