Westside Future Fund launches new initiative to create more affordable housing options; Xernona Clayton on her passion for service and operating in excellence

Closer Look with Rose Scott

English - August 08, 2023 20:27 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
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John Ahmann, the president and CEO of Westside Future Fund (WFF) and Dr. Beverly Tatum, the current board chair for WFF and former president of Spelman College, discuss a new $55 million funding goal that will allow the nonprofit to finance more affordable housing options and support the nonprofit’s Anti-Displacement Tax Fund.

We then revisit Rose’s conversation, which was taped earlier this year, with civil rights icon Xernona Clayton. At the time of the conversation, the pioneering broadcasting journalist and Trumpet Awards founder had been recently honored with an 8-foot statue in downtown Atlanta. Clayton talked candidly about her life

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