Grady High School puts web site on the Map

Finally, a comprehensive web page directory of Atlanta's activist organizationsexists!

The site is a part of the Grady Cyberspace Project, a program of the Henry W. Grady High School's Social Studies Department.

This is the cyber-child of social studies teacher, Lou Sartor, meant to be used as a research tool listing over 100 Atlanta organizations with links to their respective web pages.

"I initially came up with the idea about a year or so ago, to help students mainly with research," says Sartor.

"Starting small with 20 progressive organizations, I realized that this could be a great research tool for those in Atlanta's activist community."

According to Sartor, his background as a union/activist organizer helped him form useful relationships within this community that shaped and encouraged the project.

His hope is that students "think of it as something to use and improve for use by anyone in the community who can benefit from it."

The site offers links to home pages for AID Atlanta, the Atlanta Volunteer Lawyers Foundation to Research Atlanta, Inc., Hands On Atlanta, the Atlanta Gay and Lesbian Center, and many other sites with up-to-date press releases, studies, reports and much more.

Having sent 300 postcards about this site to area social studies teachers and the community at large, Sartor plans to connect Atlanta to its No. 1 resource, a cohesive perception of itself as a hotbed of activism.

Get additional information about this page by calling (404) 870-0851. -- Candace Ponds