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Environmental advocate Sally Bethea to be honored with 2024 Weltner Award

Environmental advocate Sally Bethea to be honored with 2024 Weltner Award

by K B | Sep 10, 2024 | Events, News, Weltner Award

GFAF award celebrating open government, free speech will be presented Oct. 21. Freedom of information is at the heart of Sally Bethea’s environmental advocacy. As the first Chattahoochee Riverkeeper, Bethea relied on government records, meetings and proceedings...
GFAF honors Canfield’s dedication to open government

GFAF honors Canfield’s dedication to open government

by K B | Oct 18, 2023 | Attorneys, Events, News, Weltner Award

Peter Canfield already was known as a fierce defender of the First Amendment when, in 1994, he stepped up to help launch the Georgia First Amendment Foundation. He recruited board members, crafted bylaws, and conducted training and outreach for the fledgling nonprofit...
GFAF honors state Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver with 2023 Weltner Award

GFAF honors state Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver with 2023 Weltner Award

by K B | Sep 29, 2023 | Events, News, Weltner Award

Oct. 26 banquet will celebrate Oliver’s nearly four decades of legislative service and work to protect open government and free speech in Georgia. Admired for her civility and bipartisanship, state Rep. Mary Margaret Oliver will receive the Georgia First...
Georgia school librarians recognized for combating censorship

Georgia school librarians recognized for combating censorship

by K B | Sep 28, 2023 | Events, News, Weltner Award

The Georgia First Amendment Foundation honors the Georgia Library Media Association’s efforts to safeguard constitutional rights. Libraries in Georgia schools strive to uphold students’ constitutional right to receive information and to give students opportunities to...
Susan Weltner Yow pays tribute to her father’s impact on open government in Georgia

Susan Weltner Yow pays tribute to her father’s impact on open government in Georgia

by K B | Nov 3, 2022 | Events, News

During the Georgia First Amendment Foundation’s 2022 Weltner Banquet, Susan Weltner Yow paid tribute to her late father’s commitment to government of the people. Here are her remarks, given on Oct. 27, 2022, to banquet attendees at the Emory Conference Center in...
2022 Weltner Award honors Cox family commitment to open government, local journalism

2022 Weltner Award honors Cox family commitment to open government, local journalism

by K B | Oct 30, 2022 | Events, News

Change has been a constant in the more than eight decades since James M. Cox purchased The Atlanta Journal, expanding his media reach beyond Ohio roots. “I wouldn’t know of another property in America I would want outside of this one,” the former Ohio governor wrote...
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