In 2007, Georgia ranked in the top 10 for number of events to rally support for afterschool for all, totaling 129 spread out across the state. These exciting events built on Governor Perdue's recent proclamation in support of afterschool for Georgia's youth.
 
In addtion, in 2007 Atlanta put on the first Lights On Atlanta Afterschool with a citywide celebration, one of 7,500 events nationwide to make afterschool programs available to all. Click here to watch a short highlight video of this exciting event.
 
The first citywide event was a tremendous success with more than 500 people participating. At 3pm on October 18th, 2007 the auditorium of Brown Middle School was filled to capacity with 500 middle school students, parents, providers, and honored guests including: Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin; Emmett Johnson, Vice-Chair of the Atlanta Board of Education; State Representative Robin Shipp, District 58; State Representative "Able" Mable Thomas, District 55; Milton J. Little, Jr., president, United Way of Metropolitan Atlanta; and Dr. Susan Dyer from the Atlanta Public School system. Guests were entertained by lively student performances from each attending middle school including a jazz ensemble and African drum and dance. The show was emceed by Ann Cramer, director of IBM North America, and Jermaine Dupri, producer and rapper, closed the show with a special performance by R&B singer Johnta Austin.