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Here's a sneak peek at a new documentary about Burmese refugees in Atlanta, brought to you by Tomorrow Pictures, in collaboration with 285 South.

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At Aki Mart in Lilburn, Ethiopian food meets Ethiopian fashion

Zelalum Alemayehu dreamed of having a clothing boutique, but also wanted to open a grocery store. She decided: Why not both?

From sesame covered dates to online appeals: one Palestinian woman’s mission to get her family out of Gaza

“It's the hardest thing that you can do. But I will ask money or leave them to die,” she told 285 South.

Video Atlanta Police and Georgia State Patrol make arrests, fire pepper balls, breaking up Gaza encampment at Emory University, hours after it sets up

285 South witnessed multiple protesters being arrested and aggressive crowd dispersement on Thursday morning.

From Atlanta to the West Bank and back

Reverend Leo Seyij Allen of Park Avenue Baptist Church in Atlanta joined a national delegation to Palestine. 285 South spoke to him about what he saw.

Haitian-Americans respond to crisis in Haiti: “We really have to intensify how we provide help”

Watson Escarment, with the Good Samaritan Haitian Alliance Church in Lawrenceville, speaks to 285 South about the unfolding crisis in Haiti, and its impact on Metro Atlanta.

“We’re here, and we stand behind something.”

Organizers in Georgia channel frustration over Gaza to the ballot box

At a megachurch Christmas Eve service in Stonecrest, a call for a ceasefire.

"That’s what we want for Christmas” says senior pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church to hundreds of congregants.

As fighting in Burma escalates, Burmese in GA brace themselves

PLUS: A preview of “The Third Country” - documentary about Georgia’s growing Burmese community.

Atlanta City Council calls for ceasefire, new findings on Latinos’ health in Georgia, and school calendars in Gwinnett.

Your 285 South News roundup.