Breakthrough’s COVID-19 Response

Breakthrough’s COVID-19 Response

UPDATE: 5-26-20Breakthrough Atlanta is hosting a virtual program this summer due to COVID-19. We want to ensure that our students, faculty and staff remain safe. Even though state guidelines will allow summer camps to resume in July, we do not want to be among the...
Breakthrough Atlanta Appoints New Executive Director

Breakthrough Atlanta Appoints New Executive Director

ATLANTA, GA (January 22, 2018) – Breakthrough Atlanta (BTA), in its twenty-second year of pursuing its mission to put Atlanta public school students on a six-year pathway to college, has announced the appointment of Monique Shields as the organization’s new...
Dikembe Mutombo: The Long View

Dikembe Mutombo: The Long View

How NBA star Dikembe Mutombo came to save untold lives in Africa and transform a country. By Mickey Goodman / For the AJC At the clang of the bell marking the end of the school day, third-grader Dikembe Mutombo grabbed his schoolbooks and loped across the wide street...