Anita Beaty (Anita Law)

Columbia High School

Class of 1960

→ Join 1650 Alumni from Columbia High School that have already claimed their alumni profiles.
→ There are 74 classes, starting with the class of 1936 all the way up to class of 2023.

ANITA'S PROFILE

This is a limited view of Anita's profile, register for free or login to view all their profile information.

First Name	Anita
Last Name	Beaty
Maiden Name	Law
Graduation Year	Class of 1960
Gender	Female
City	N/A
State/Province	GA
Country	United States
Occupation	Director Metro Atlanta Task Force for the Homeless
Married	Yes
Favorite School Memory	Being a cheerleader, pep rallies, Ms. Graham's English classes; Ms. Lugenbeel's math classes, out of town games, dances.
About Me	I have done poverty work, advocacy and organizing -- locally, nationally and internationally. Although I was on a track in graduate school and teaching at USC in the English Department on an assistantship, we moved to SUmter, where I taught at Morris College, then to the beach where I taught at Horry-Georgetown Tech, then went to work at Waccamaw EOC writing programs and grants and directing literacy programs all over the three-county area. At the same time, as a hobby I was designing costumes for community theaters where we lived and loving it and painting on the side. When we moved to Atlanta in 1983 I decided to get into that costume work and created a non-profit design resource to provide costumes to all the theaters in Atlanta and environs. Did that until we adopted Donnie in 1985 and everything changed for us. Jim and I were asked to come and work for the Task Force for the Homeless as directors, and we have done that ever since. I have been President of the National Coalition for the Homeless, on the board of the HIC international Coalition, and still working. I guess retirement is a state of mind. And I absolutely adore what I do. Still pa...(read more)