SafeD Athens will be in attendance to speak during public input.
Open to public, students encouraged and welcome to attend.

Organized by Make Athens Safe

This rally will be inside at the Mayor & Commissioner regular session. MAS is demanding ACC Gov to start putting the safety and welfare of the citizens above their own personal agendas. Public comment time is available. Bring signs! More details here.

Honoring the life of Ariana Parse though music and community.

In the Fall of 2021, we lost one of our sisters, Ariana Zarse, in a hit-and-run accident in downtown Athens. Better known as Ari to the chapter and her close friends, she was a light in our chapter and loved by everyone. From her involvement in our chapter as Director of Social Events, to participating in on-campus philanthropy events, and working at Saucehouse and Boar’s Head Lounge, Ari is well-known among the UGA community. We are dedicating this event to her through her love of music and social events. All proceeds from this event will be donated to The University of Georgia’s Sunshine Fund. This fund was established through the University’s Student Care & Outreach by a group of UGA parents in 2020 to help support the mental well-being of UGA’s students. Money from this fund is awarded to students to assist them in affording mental health services and/or to help mitigate circumstances that may be impacting their well-being negatively. More information about the Sunshine Fund and its eligibility criteria can be found here. Ari meant so much to many people; this event will help her memory live on.

If you want to read more about Ari’s Story, SafeD Athens’ website is linked here. From there, click on Dawg Stories, where you will find Ari's story written by her father, Jeff Zarse. SafeD Athens is a nonprofit dedicated to improving safety and security infrastructure for the University of Georgia’s campus and the city of Athens, Georgia.

Bands will be announced at a later date! Follow us on Instagram @arisbattleofthebands for all updated information!

UGA Parents for Safety and Security and SafeDAthens invite you to an evening with experts in the areas of Homeless Outreach, Mental Health, and Law Enforcement for discussion of new solutions to Chronic Homelessness and Crime on the Streets of our Classic City. Learn about how the new ABH Mental Health Treatment Housing (MHTH) facility may reduce chronic street homelessness in Athens.

Listen to how the new Real-Time-Crime-Center (RTCC) will operate with the Athens-Clarke County Police Department and how it will proactively deter and stop crime.

Thank you to all who attended the monthly regular session. To view the session click here.

SafeD Athens will be in attendance to speak during public input.
Open to public, students welcome to attend

Thank you to all who attended the rally! To view the rally speakers click here.

Let’s support our UGA students and the community of Athens to demand for our mayor and commissioners to do whatever is necessary to Make Athens Safe Again. Show up with Laken Riley signs, or signs stating anything your heart tells you to say.
Meet at the Arch and we will walk over to the rally at City Hall.
Please share this event, and we hope to see you there!

A Town Hall meeting in East Athens sponsored by Commissioner Taylor entitled “Let’s Talk About Our Community” with guests Georgia House Representatives Houston Gaines, Spencer Frye, and Marcus Wiedower and Georgia Senator Frank Ginn. Topics listed are Planning, Housing, and Funding.

For 24 hours, UGA Alumni call on all students to make a gift of any size to any area of UGA. Their goal is 10,000 gifts by midnight on March 30th. Dawg Day Giving

SafeD Athens is taking this opportunity to ask everyone to make a second donation on this day of giving to help us bring safety and security measures to our student community.

To be held at Paloma Park 235 West Washington Street, Athens, GA 30601. This charity event will raise money for the Ariana Zarse Memorial Fund sponsored by Ari’s sorority Pi Beta Phi. The eventbrite can be found here for tickets and information.

Western Judicial Circuit District Attorney Deborah Gonzalez will host the listening session in the Athen’s Library’s Appleton Auditorium to discuss and address community and individual safety concerns facing Athens. All community members are invited to attend and encouraged to participate.

Introduction and meeting with Leadership Dawgs to kickoff our Community Impact Project (CIP) which will be creating a Safe Zone for the UGA Athens Campus. Projects are evaluated and participating nonprofits can win $10,000 for their project.

Founders Day at UGA: activities at the University of Georgia’s Tate Student Center mark the 238th anniversary of the charter for the country’s oldest land grant university. Celebrate and be safe.