Life The Griot was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. He came to Atlanta as a teenager and then to Macon, GA, where he graduated from Southwest High School. He attended Gordon State College in Barnesville, GA, then the University of Georgia, where he earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Social Work. A poet and…
Mark Cooney
Mark Cooney was born and raised in Dublin, Ireland. He attended University College Dublin where he studied law and met his wife. They came to the United States in 1980. He has a PhD in Sociology from the University of Virginia and a Doctor of Juridical Science from Harvard Law School. Mark is a…