Jane Fonda (center) poses at the GCAPP Empower gala at the Egyptian Ballroom at the Fox Theatre Nov. 14, 2024, with actress Jessica Biel (left) and WSB-TV host Karyn Greer. GCAPP is focused on teen pregnancy prevention and sex education. (Courtesy of Cindy Lucas-Stone)
Legendary actress and social activist Jane Fonda lived in Atlanta for the bulk of the 1990s and 2000s during her marriage to Ted Turner.
But she left a genuine legacy for the city and state courtesy of Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention (GCAPP), a nonprofit she created in 1995, seeded with $500,000 from her then-husband’s foundation. At the time, Georgia had one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in the nation.
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Heather McMahan and Jane Fonda speak onstage at Jane Fonda’s 85th Birthday, a benefit for Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential (GCAPP) on Nov. 10, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Moses Robinson/Getty Images for GCAPP)
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GCAPP president and CEO Ronald McNeill and Jane Fonda attend the 2018 EmPower Party, a fundraiser for the nonprofit. (Rick Diamond/Getty Images for GAACP)
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“9 to 5” stars (left to right) Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin attend the GCAPP fund-raising gala on Monday, June 9, 2003. (Nick Arroyo/AJC)
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Ted Turner and Jane Fonda attend GCAPP’s “Eight Decades of Jane,” an 80th birthday fundraiser at The Whitley in Atlanta. (Rick Diamond/Getty Images for GAACP 2017)
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Rodney Ho writes about entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution including TV, radio, film, comedy and all things in between. A native New Yorker, he has covered education at The Virginian-Pilot, small business for The Wall Street Journal and a host of beats at the AJC over 20-plus years. He loves tennis, pop culture & seeing live events.
Rodney Ho writes about entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution including TV, radio, film, comedy and all things in between. A native New Yorker, he has covered education at The Virginian-Pilot, small business for The Wall Street Journal and a host of beats at the AJC over 20-plus years. He loves tennis, pop culture & seeing live events.
