BC, BBQ and Being a Good Citizen

There’s something very Savannah about being a “BC boy.” There’s also something very Savannah about eating BBQ (lamb) at Johnny Harris. There’s also something very Savannah about taking the time to be a good citizen.   Fifteen people gathered for lunch in the dining room at the Johnny Harris restaurant a couple of weeks ago. This has become a tradition

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Our Town: Our Time Booklet – An Introduction to Citizen Advocacy in Savannah

We hope you enjoy the booklet Our Town: Our Time – An Introduction to Citizen Advocacy in Savannah. The beautiful portraits of citizen advocacy relationships were taken over a period of 10 years by local photographer Lyn Bonham. Click on link below to open a pdf of the booklet.   Our Town: Our Time – An Introduction to Citizen Advocacy

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Who becomes a Citizen Advocate? What do they do?

  People often ask, “Who becomes a citizen advocate? What do they do?”    Here are seven short stories, gleaned from recent conversations.   Sandy Hopkins, an advocate for less than one year, has been helping his protégé’s family negotiate with the public school system with the hope that their son can soon attend school in his Wilmington Island neighborhood

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