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Bem Joiner

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Bem Joiner Photograph by Audra Melton Bem Joiner | cofounder of Atlanta Influences Everything When did you know that there was something special about “Atlanta Influences Everything” as both a slogan and an ethos? When the world started thanking Atlanta for “saving democracy,” it made me realize that although Atlanta Influences Everything as a consultancy was established in 2015, never before have those words rang as true as they did after November 3, 2020, and January 5, 2021—where people from disparate sectors who may have never even met or collaborated before are saying the same, unifying rallying cry about this...

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Izzy Washington

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Photograph by Alex Martinez | 5, kindergartener at Fernbank Elementary School I like to go to Lullwater Preserve, the [Atlanta] Botanical Garden, the [Georgia] Aquarium, Fernbank Museum [of Natural History]. I saw lots of dinosaurs in the Fernbank Museum. And lots of dinosaur bones and stuff. On the entrance, they have a hawk, a stuffed hawk. I thought it was pretty cool. Atlanta’s a fun place to be. There’s lots of cool things around here. I know lots of people are nice. I have a neighbor around me who is also my friend that we play outside with. We play...

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