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22 maconmagazine.com | OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 2022 CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: Wesleyan President Meaghan Blight took a selfie with young women in Mumbai, India, after speaking to the group about leadership and equality. | Wesleyan President Meaghan Blight visited schools around India discussing how to accelerate equality through education. | Wesleyan President Meaghan Blight posed with Insha Makani, from Mumbai, India, who hopes to study at Wesleyan next fall. | CFCG Board and Staff. L to R: Darius Maynard, Hazle Hamilton, Malcolm Burgess, Myrtle Habersham, Karen Lambert, Sylvia McGee, Rachel Ayres, Monique Pitts-Taylor, Julia Wood, Kathryn Dennis and Carol Johnson. | CFCG awarded $338,000 in grants to 21 nonprofit organizations on Sept. 28 at the Museum of Arts and Sciences as part of the Community Foundation's Nonprofit Grant Program. | Blake Sullivan visited with Bruce Elementary School students and Principal Kizzie Lott on Sept 7. Student leaders were the guides for the visit, displaying and discussing their favorite Leader in Me habits, learning about forestry, and dialoguing about their favorite books. Thanks to the support of OneMacon, all schools in the Bibb County School District are now Leader in Me schools, teaching students about the 7 Habits. | Lynn Murphey, Knight Foundation's Community and National Initiatives Director/Macon; Kristina Christy, Wells Fargo Vice President, Community Relations for Georgia and Tennessee; and Alex Habersham, Macon Black Pages founder and publisher celebrated with Deon Aiken, owner of Total Health Chiropractic and Total Fuze Apothecary, one of the winners of the 2022 Cohort of the Downtown Diversity Initiative, a partnership of NewTown Macon and Macon Black Pages. Wells Fargo was the sponsor of this year's program. | Recently, this group of Macon thought leaders presented at the International Downtown Association conference in Vancouver and of course they brought a Macon Magazine along for their city excursions. | Dessa Dimbat takes her favorite issues to Alaska to share her new hometown with her old one, North Pole. Seen here in Salcha, Alaska, at the Knotty Shop. Faces