🌱 Avondale Alliance For Racial Justice Art Contest + Warming Centers

Greetings, Decatur-Avondale Estates! I'm here in your inbox to get you up to speed on everything you need to know about what's going on in town. Today you'll find these stories and more...

• The third annual student Black History Month art contest at the Avondale Alliance for Racial Justice
• An operation called " Happy New Year" resulted in the arrest of three DeKalb County residents
• Warming Centers in DeKalb County scheduled to open today and tomorrow

But first, today's weather:

Turning sunny; breezy. High: 47 Low: 26.

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Here are the top stories in Decatur-Avondale Estates today:

1. An operation called " Happy New Year" resulted in the arrest of three DeKalb County residents. According to the GBI, which was in charge of the investigation, it partnered with other branches within the GBI to gain multiple residential search warrants between Jan. 23-26 of this year. In total, there were 17 search warrants in Clayton, DeKalb, Newton, Gwinnett, and other surrounding counties during this time frame. (Decaturish.com)
2. The third annual student Black History Month art contest is back at the Avondale Alliance for Racial Justice. The theme for this year's contest is "Fighting Black Oppression: Celebrating Change- Makers." The AARJ website states a welcoming to the community to support our youth in their artistic efforts. Submissions are open until Feb. 15. ( https://decaturish.com/2023/02...)
3. Due to an expected drop in temperatures, warming centers in the DeKalb County are scheduled to open today and tomorrow. Doors will begin to open at 8 p.m. on both nights. One location will be Fire Station 3, at 100 N. Clarendon Ave. in Avondale Estates. The County is partnering with New Life Church and Community Ministries to open additional centers within the county. (The Georgia Sun)

Today in Decatur-Avondale Estates:

• Take & Make Black History Month Collaborative Poster Kit (All Day)
• Webinar — Start-Up Business - Financial Plan (10:00 AM)
• Friday Movie Cinema: "The Woman King" — DeKalb County Public Library (11:00 AM)
• Film Screening: "The Making of Black America" (6:00 PM)
• Varsity Basketball @ MLK — Decatur High School (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• The Jewish New Year of the Trees is coming soon.🌳 Joanna Kobylivker, a community organizer, wrote about the festival last year for Drawdown Georgia. You can check it out and if interested, sign up for this year's Seder on Feb. 6 on the website. (https://gipl.org/event/tu-bshvat-seder/.) (Georgia Interfaith Power & Light via Facebook)
• Kinship care is said to be an important part of the foster care system. Within this program, children in foster care are cared for by family members, family friends, or someone they know, opposed to being looked after by strangers. This was said to provide a comforting and more familiar transition for children in the system. For more information on this program, you may visit the website. (Wellroot Family Services via Facebook)
• Romp & Read is on Saturday, Feb. 4 from 10-11 a.m. The meet up will be at Glenwood Elementary School's playground. Any questions, you can email Aichuan Kwong at: aichuan@gmail.com. (Glennwood PTA via Facebook)

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You're officially in the loop for today. See you all tomorrow morning for another update!

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