Program Summary Justice Unites Savannah Together (JUST) Skidaway Hamiltons, 17 January 2023 Rabbi Robert Haas, Congregation Mickve Israel, Savannah Rabbi Haas is currently the Co-President of JUST. Many congregants at churches, synagogues, and mosques do volunteer work in their communities through soup kitchens, housing efforts, and other community-based social […]
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Patti Lyons President/CEO of Senior Citizens, Inc. On November 15, Patti Lyons spoke to the Skidaway Hamiltons and Abigails. She began with demographics. In 2018, 24% of this area’s population was over 65. By 2025, 42% will be over 65. As the population ages, there will be a significant decrease […]
Meeting recap – October 18, 2022 On October 18, 2022 Clark Alexander, Director and Professor of the UGA Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, and Alan W. Robertson, Principal, AWR Strategic Consulting provided a fascinating and informative program on how Sea Level Rise and Climate Change are altering our relationship with the […]
Chairman Chester Ellis and Commissioner Patrick Farrell Chatham County Board of Commissioners On September 20, Chairman Chester Ellis and First District Commissioner Patrick Farrell spoke to the Skidaway Hamiltons and Abigails. Commissioner Farrell, who has represented the Islands since 2005, is one of eight Commissioners in Chatham County. He outlined […]
View this email in your browser President’s Message I hope you are having a good summer and getting a chance to catch up on your belated travels. It has been quite a summer in our country. The Supreme Court has taken actions to strike down established law in such areas […]
Shalena Cook Jones Chatham County District Attorney On May 17, 2022, District Attorney Shalena Cook Jones spoke at a hybrid live/Zoom meeting of Skidaway Hamilton and Abigails. She reminded us that Georgia and Chatham County had exceptionally high rates of incarceration and that people of color and people below the […]
Our Country Is Sick The recent mass killings in Buffalo, N.Y., and Uvalde, Texas, are not surprising. They are a shock and a horror, but they are just the latest to fill our headlines. It’s a part of the everyday experience in the United States, where gun violence kills 111 […]
Mayor’s Housing Task Force and Affordable Housing Initiatives in Savannah Brynn Grant, Pres. UWCE, Mayor’s Housing Task Force Martin Fretty, Director Savannah Housing and Neighborhood Services April 12, 2022 Mayor Van R. Johnson, II appointed the Housing Savannah Task Force in August 2020 to develop an action plan that addresses […]
Meeting Recap – Melanie Wilson, MPC – Land Planning for Sea Level Rise On March 15, 2022, in a hybrid in person and online meeting, Skidaway Hamiltons welcomed Melanie Wilson, Executive Director Chatham-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC) to discuss how the critical issue of rising sea levels and flooding in […]