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by Dyana Bagby
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February 22, 2012 14:43 |
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YouthPride has not paid rent since June 2011 and is being sued for back rent and late fees totaling more than $40,000, according to court documents filed Feb. 17 with the Fulton County Magistrate Court. The metro-Atlanta agency will also soon be given an official eviction notice from the Fulton Sheriff's Department.
The complaint was filed on Friday, Feb. 17, said Peter Morgan, the attorney representing Inman Park United Methodist Church, YouthPride’s landlord. The agency that serves lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youth ages 13-24 is located on Edgewood Avenue in a space on the church's property.
Included in the complaint is a notice that is to be taped to the door of YouthPride by Fulton County Sheriff's officers mandating a representative or attorney of YouthPride appear at the Magistrate Court to answer the writ of possession — the eviction notice — in writing or orally within seven days of it being served.
“If YouthPride receives any formal notification related to what you have identified, YouthPride will act accordingly,” YouthPride Executive Director Terence McPhaul said, when asked by GA Voice about the agency's plan in light of the court filing.
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by Dyana Bagby
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February 20, 2012 21:59 |
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A volunteer task force formed to come up with a contingency plan for those utilizing YouthPride's services should the LGBT organization close released a detail plan Monday, Feb. 20, after members issued a statement saying they now consider the agency closed after it received no response from Board President Jordan Myers about his directive from last week to dissolve the agency on Friday, Feb. 17.
YouthPride Executive Director Terence McPhaul, however, told the GA Voice the agency remains open.
For youth seeking counseling services, information on support groups and HIV testing, these options have been made available from the task force:
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by Dyana Bagby
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February 20, 2012 19:00 |
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Volunteer task forces says they now consider YouthPride closed and are implementing a contingency plan devised to relocate programming and services to other agencies. YouthPride is metro-Atlanta nonprofit organization serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer youth ages 13-24.
"The task forces are now treating YouthPride as if it's non-operational," Charlie Stadtlander told the GA Voice. Statdlander, a gay teacher, organized a Jan. 25 meeting of LGBT leaders and allies that resulted in the formation of two volunteer task forces to look at the financial and legal viability of the agency as well as how to deal with programming should YouthPride shut down.
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by Laura Douglas-Brown
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February 17, 2012 17:22 |
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 Police have arrested a second suspect in the anti-gay beating in Atlanta's Pittsburgh community that was videotaped and posted online, with one more suspect still sought. Dorian Moragne, age 19, turned himself in at Atlanta Public Safety Headquarters around 4 p.m. today, accompanied by his attorney, Atlanta police announced.
Moragne faces charges of robbery and aggravated assault, according to APD. Christopher Cain, 18, was arrested Feb. 11 and is charged with aggravated assault and robbery.
The third suspect has been identified but remains at large. Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed has announced a $25,000 reward for information in the case.
Fulton County Jail records show Moragne has been arrested four times since June 2010. His most recent arrest was Dec. 2, 2011, where he remained in jail until Dec. 29 facing 10 charges that include identity fraud, criminal damage to property and theft by receiving stolen property, among others.
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by Dyana Bagby
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February 16, 2012 10:49 |
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Inside the JVC Grocery & Deli, a large jar of pickled eggs sits on the front counter next to a window filled with lottery tickets. On a recent evening, a young woman puts in an order of hot wings. A piece of fried chicken — a wing — sits alone on the warming shelf behind the glass in the deli area of the store to the left of the entrance.
Three men in the back right corner of the store, wearing winter jackets, concentrate on gambling machines. Two-liter bottles of Fanta, Sprite and Coca-Cola line the floors along the racks holding typical grocery store stock — candy bars, potato chips, milk, eggs, laundry detergent, dishwashing liquid.
There is nothing that indicates this store, at 1029 McDaniel St. in Atlanta’s historic Pittsburgh neighborhood, is at the heart of a national story about anti-gay crime and gang violence, and has become ground zero for a new push for Georgia to pass a hate crimes bill.
Former state Rep. Douglas Dean, a member of the Pittsburgh Community Improvement Association, calls the store a “haven” for crime, an “eyesore” in the community filled with boarded up houses and empty storefronts.
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