On Tuesday, August 20th, at 5:30pm, join the Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection for a screening of "Saving the Chattahoochee” at the University of Georgia Special Collections Libraries. Following the screening, director and filmmaker Hal Jacobs will discuss the documentary with author and former director of Chattahoochee Riverkeeper Sally Bethea, how the Media Archives assisted with the film, and take questions from the audience. This event is sponsored by the Stephen E. Draper Center and Archives for the Study of Water Law and Policy. About the documentary: “Saving the Chattahoochee" is about one of the first woman riverkeepers in the country, Sally Bethea, and how she stepped up to the challenge and paved the way through one of the most pivotal development periods in Atlanta, GA history. The documentary looks into Bethea on a more personal level, and how she teamed up with Atlanta mayor Shirley Franklin, the first Black woman to be mayor of a major southern city, to change the course of the river's future. The story of the Chattahoochee is a part of a bigger picture, however, about the efforts to protect our rivers and streams. No one owns the water. It belongs to all of us, and we all have a stake in its protection. Location Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries Room271 Event Contact Name Meredith Young Event Contact Phone 706-542-8205 Event Contact Email meredithbyoung@uga.edu CostFREE Group University of Georgia Libraries Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library Richard B. Russell Special Collections Libraries Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection.

Saturday, August 24 Annual Meeting at Camp Kiwanis Meeting 12 pm – 4 pm Annual Meeting for BRWA members. If you are a current or lapsed member in the coming weeks there will be a BRWA postcard in your mailbox about the Annual Meeting. Please reach out to info@brwa.org or message us here if you haven’t received communications from us via US mail

Keeping Elbert County Beautiful and BRWA will be host a Rivers Alive clean up Sept 7 8:00am-12:00pm. Join us to do the good work for the river! Register with Bill Hood if you would like a t-shirt!