Atlanta · Founded 2014
Connecting veterans
with community.
Atlanta's companies, campuses, agencies, and nonprofits were all helping veterans separately. VETLANTA puts them in the same room, four times a year, and keeps them working together in between.
Sponsored and powered by ATLVets
A 501(c)(3) nonprofit
Every summit runs the same way
01
Doors and open networking
Walk in cold. Nobody expects you to know anyone.
02
The host organization presents
A different Atlanta employer hosts each quarter.
03
Pillar committees on site
Education, employment, housing, business, healthcare.
04
You leave with names
Not a brochure. An actual person to call Monday.
2014
Founded in Atlanta
5,000+
Members and allies
4x
Summits every year
100+
Partner organizations
See it for yourself
This is what the room
actually looks like.
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Inside a VETLANTA summit
What we are
Collaboration was
the missing piece.
Veteran leaders at The Coca-Cola Company started calling other Fortune 500 employee resource groups across metro Atlanta. Everyone was already doing good work for veterans. Nobody was doing it together. VETLANTA is what came out of that call, and it has met every quarter since.
- Mission
- Empower veterans and their families by connecting them to each other, and by driving collaboration across nonprofits, employers, government, and academia.
- Vision
- Make greater Atlanta the premier community in the country for veterans and their families to live, work, and play.
- Who joins
- Transitioning service members, veterans, military spouses and family, corporate VBRG leaders, and civilian allies. Membership is free.
- How it works
- Quarterly summits hosted by a partner organization, plus year-round committee work across five pillars.
Five pillars
Pick the door you need.
Every pillar is run by a standing committee of Atlanta volunteers. Tell us which one applies and we will connect you to the person who can actually help.
Pillar 01Education
Pathways into the university system, technical colleges, certifications, internships, and apprenticeships for veterans and family members.
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Pillar 02Employment
Introductions to veteran-friendly Atlanta employers, plus the open career board run by ATLVets. Bring a resume, leave with a contact.
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Pillar 03Housing
Working with members, stakeholders, and change agents to end veteran homelessness, find affordable housing, and move metro-Atlanta veterans into ownership.
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Pillar 04Business
The VETLANTA Entrepreneurial Center of Excellence (VECOE) helps veteran founders build the foundation to launch, grow, and sustain a venture.
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Pillar 05Healthcare
Knowledge, resources, and best practices for veterans, caregivers, advocates, providers, and employers. Physical health and mental health, both.
Get connected ›
Cost to attend
$0
Registration required
The room
One afternoon.
The right people.
A different Atlanta organization hosts every quarter, and the guest list is built the same way each time: hiring managers, program directors, founders, and veterans who were sitting where you are one summit ago. Come alone. You will not leave alone.
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Two ways to carry this.
Become an ambassador
An ambassador is an appointed veteran, family member, or advocate who carries VETLANTA's mission into their own network. You open doors with businesses, campuses, agencies, and nonprofits we have not reached yet.
It is a real commitment and a real title. We appoint people who already show up and already know everybody.
Apply to be an ambassadorTell your story on Vets-Talk
Real people. Real stories. Short, honest, and recorded by someone who has been through the same transition you have.
Vets-Talk is co-sponsored by VETLANTA and ATLVets: a platform for veterans, military family members, and allies to share what actually happened. Listen to an episode, then book yours.
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The relationship, plainly
VETLANTA is a volunteer-led networking club. ATLVets is the 501(c)(3) nonprofit that sponsors and operates it, and that runs the year-round leadership institute, career board, and events calendar. Same mission, two front doors. If you came here for programs and training, that side lives at ATLVets.