WABE's Week In Review: Georgia GOP divided future of party and Asian Americans find ways to teach their history

June 3rd, 2023

As a funding vote nears, more action in the training center drama…

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Atlanta Police arrested three people who have worked to support protestors arrested at the planned public safety training facility and charged them with money laundering and charity fraud.

Police on Wednesday arrested three key Atlanta organizers who have been aiding protesters against the city's proposed police and fire training center, striking at the structure that supports the fight against what opponents derisively call “Cop City.”https://t.co/SzcLnZCtZ9

— WABE News (@wabenews) May 31, 2023

Rally going on right now outside the DeKalb County Jail for the three people who were arrested today for running a bail fund that supports #CopCity protesters. pic.twitter.com/gOlescAmYA
— Chamian Cruz 🔎 (@xchamian) May 31, 2023

Being included in history class…

A grassroots group of Asian parents across Atlanta called Asian American Voices for Education, or AAVEd, is working to diversify lessons designed under Georgia’s educational standards to improve representation.

A love letter to Asian moms: after the ATL spa shootings, AsAm parents were asking themselves how to protect their kids.. one answer is preventative medicine: teaching early that Asians have been in the US for a looooong time. For @wabenews https://t.co/8nW3O6Vs6k
— Emily Wu Pearson 柯依薇 (@emilywupearson) May 31, 2023

Closing a landfill..

DeKalb County is closing part of its municipal landfill. County officials say it’s because it’s reaching capacity.

County officials announced earlier this month that DeKalb County is closing part of its municipal landfill after the space has reached maximum capacity, @DorMiyaVance reports.https://t.co/hQOaBrkz13
— WABE News (@wabenews) May 30, 2023

Also in this episode…

—Sam Gringlas looks at how a debt ceiling vote and the upcoming Georgia GOP convention is clearly marking division in the party.

—Melissa Feito details the start of hurricane season.

—Julien Virgin goes inside Fulton County’s mobile mental health unit.

—Molly Samuel has more on the first new nuclear reactor built in the U.S. in decades now operating at full power in Georgia.

—And we have more on more than 16,000 acres of land in Bartow County now off-limits to the public.