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Dear Decaturish – To welcome refugees, we need inclusive education
Decaturish | 6/24/21
Like many students across the country, Lucia, a middle school student in Decatur, spent the past school year online. She worked with her classmates to solve the math problems projected across her screen.

Lily Tova the therapy dog comforts refugee girls in Decatur
AJC | 12/1/19
Lily Tova barked excitedly and shook her gray pom-pom-like tail when she arrived for her most recent visit at the Global Village Project, a middle school for refugee girls in Decatur.

What one group of refugee girls is thankful for this Thanksgiving
CNN | 11/27/19
Along a short hallway on the upper floor of Decatur Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, a blue banner stretches across the wall, packed with scrawled messages of thanks and words swelling with appreciation.

One Girl At A Time
A PLUS | 10/18/19
Global Village Project is the only school in the United States designed to meet unique needs of refugee girls with interrupted education.

2021
A Team of Refugees Had a Plan to Fight COVID-19 in Georgia’s Most Diverse County. It’s Working.
The Click News, October 2021
Dear Decaturish – To welcome refugees, we need inclusive education
Decaturish, June 2021
Global Village Project hosts refugee week, kicks off events on June 20
Tucker Observer, June 2021
Elizabeth Elango: Lifter of People, Advocate for Refugee Girls and Women
Turknett Leadership Group, July 2021
2020
Clarkston - Building Community
(see page 14 for Global Village Project's feature)
The Atlanta Archivist, October 2020
(PHOTOS) The COVID-19 pandemic in pictures: Caps, gowns and masks
Decaturish, May 2020
2019
AJC, December 2019
Global Village Project helps refugee girls who have had their educations interrupted
Decaturish, December 2019
Elise Witt celebrates a lifetime of song
AJC, November 2019
Elise Witt celebrates a life of music
Creative Loafing, November 2019
Songwriter Elise Witt uses music as a teaching tool
WABE, November 2019
Elise Witt interview on North Avenue Lounge podcast
November Avenue Lounge, November 2019
NBC's 11Alive features the 2019 Global Village Welcome Walk
11Alive, October 2019
Music: A common language for refugee girls
SaportaReport, October 2019
A Plus: Thriving You Series features Global Village Project (Trailer)
A Plus, September 2019
Teacher Takeover: The Global Village Project
Star 94.1 Atlanta Radio, August 2019
Madison Avenue Soapbox Derby announces Global Village Project as 2019 beneficiary
Decaturish, June 2019
Dynamic X-Change with The Global Village Project
Core Dance Blog, February 2019
2018
Meet Amy Pelissero of Global Village Project in Decatur
VoyageATL, October 2018
Behind the scenes of a small business/nonprofit partnership
Signify Blog, October 2018
Sagehen Athletics, September 2018
Immigrant teens give peer-to-peer advice on fear, family and friends
VOX ATL, January 2018
2017
From Refugee Camp to the United States
VOX ATL, December 2017
Helping refugees in a rapidly changing environment
Georgia Center for Nonprofits, 2017
Delta Community Gives Grants to Two Decatur Charities
Decatur Patch, July 2017
Collision Project is shaping students’ lives by combining activism and art
Marietta Daily Journal, July 2017
Finding Refuge & Friendship from Global Village Project to Agnes Scott
GatherGood, June 2017
For Learning English, A Song Of Freedom
GPB News, March 2017
Becoming American: An intimate look at a refugee family in Clarkston
MyAJC, March 2017
Academe of the Oaks, Global Village Project start gardening program for refugee girls
Decaturish, March 2017
The Global Village Project and GGDA's Andrew Greenberg
Good Gracious Podcast, February 2017
Decatur School for Refugee Girls Screens Documentary on Life in Camp for Syrians
Global Atlanta, February 2017
Global Village Project: Helping Refugee Girls Flourish in a New Land
TechBridge’s #BetterTogether Campaign Blog, January 2017
2016
Saudi Arabia: Land of Female-Led Social Entrepreneurship?
Global Atlanta, December 2016
Refugee Girls Pave Their Own Paths at Global Village Project
Gather Good, November 2016
Music Changes Everything at Global Village Project
Elise Witt for AlternateRoots, 2016
2015 and Before
Global Village Project: Filling educational gaps
Atlanta Magazine, August 2014
School targets teen girls from war torn nations
CNN, November 2011