There is an intersection of two main roads on the south side of Americus, Georgia, this small town where the world’s affordable housing movement began and where The Fuller Center for Housing is headquartered. The streets at the intersection bear the names of two great Christian leaders β Martin Luther King Jr. and Millard Fuller. […]
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Georgia Power employees help refurbish derelict Macon house that will become decent home
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: What are you doing for others?” β Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. That’s a question about 20 employees of Georgia Power were happy to answer on the MLK holiday Monday as they teamed up with The Fuller Center for Housing of Macon, Georgia, to help renovate a once-derelict […]
David Snell: Remembering Millard Fuller’s dream of “No more shacks!”
In 1992, upon accepting the Martin Luther King, Jr. Humanitarian Award, Millard Fuller said, “He was a man of aggressive goodwill. Because of his dreams and because others dreamed with him, we do live in a better day.β He was speaking, of course, of Dr. King, but itβs a statement that applies to Millard as […]