Curious about what Midtown Assistance Center has been up to this past year? Check out our 2021 Annual Newsletter and 2020 Annual Report. Clicking on the icon below will take you to the issuu website to view the full newsletter. If you'd like to enlarge the...
By: Tommy Rivers Downtown Atlanta. September, 2021. Soon, grass and weeds will creep along abandoned sidewalks. A kind of grime or dust has settled on sills, streets and awnings – litter all about -- neglect. Traffic lights blink and occasionally you might see a moving car; however, the place looks like a post-apocalyptic nightmare. With this backdrop we are easing back into our previously evacuated office space at Midtown Assistance Center (MAC). We have...
This fall, Danielle joined the MAC team as our BSW Intern! We are so grateful for her time and talents. Learn more about Danielle in her bio below: Hello, My name is Danielle; I am a senior in the Bachelor of Social Work program at Georgia...
MAC 2020 Newsletter Final...
Midtown Assistance Center (MAC) has been fortunate to have a long history of partnership with Jesuit Volunteer Corps. This year, Julia shares a house with six other young adults in Atlanta while beginning her year of service at MAC totally remotely! Learn more about Julia...
To the Black community in Atlanta and beyond, the Midtown Assistance Center stands with you. We stand with you over the tremendous and unjust loss of Black lives, and more importantly, the centuries of systemic racism in our country. We see you. We hear you....
By: Tommy Rivers On a routine Thursday morning or staff begins arriving between 8:00 and 8:30. We come in through the church’s back door and step up into the basement hall that leads to the Atlanta First Day School and our administrative offices. Walking down the...
Dear Friends, If you are reading this message, you are an important part of our Midtown Assistance Center family. We are grateful for your continued support during this evolving pandemic. Many of you have already reached out to see how you can support MAC and our...
Last month, Midtown Assistance Center co-signed a letter to the Georgia House Appropriations Committee to extend postpartum Medicaid through the first year. The letter was signed by twelve other non-profit organizations and reads, in part: Data show that Georgia has the worst maternal mortality ratio of...
By: Tommy Rivers The sun dips below Marietta Street on Atlanta’s western horizon. James Passers struggles to stand up from his bench outside the Federal Building and then limps away into the dark. Some nights he would wind up in a crummy shelter, hoping no one...