Emily Sanders, Chairman and CEO of Sanders Financial Management, moderated a panel at the 14th Annual Women’s Leadership Forum, held May 4, 2012, at the Cobb Galleria Centre in Atlanta. Sanders, consistently ranked one of the top women in wealth management nationwide, led a discussion on “Developing Relationships That Support Entrepreneurial Success.”

The Women’s Leadership Forum is presented by Atlanta Business Chronicle, in partnership with the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at Georgia State University.

The experts on the panel included:

DECATUR, Ga. -- The last day of school is right around the corner for DeKalb County students.

Public schools, as well as Decatur City Schools, will dismiss for the summer on Thursday, May 24.

The last days of school in other metro Atlanta districts are staggered throughout the second half of May. They include:

Wednesday, May 16
Clarke County

Thursday, May 17
Hall County

Friday, May 18
Bartow County
Clayton County
Fulton County

Tuesday, May 22
Atlanta Public Schools
Barrow County

Wednesday, May 23
Carroll County
Gwinnett County
Newton County

Thursday, May 24
Cobb County
Rockdale County

ATLANTA -- Politics and religion collided on the first Sunday since President Barack Obama said same-sex couples should be able to get married.

It's a controversial issues for churches, especially African-American churches.

At Victory for the World Church in Stone Mountain, Senior Pastor Dr. Kenneth L. Samuel first voiced his support for gay marriage years ago and lost members as a result.

During Sunday's sermon, he had strong words for other pastors who oppose it.

"You know, some of them got wives in front of them and boyfriends behind them," Dr. Samuel said. "And rather than tell the truth and set people free, they'd rather preach a lie."

A Pew Research Poll from April shows only 39 percent of black Americans favor gay marriage compared with 47 percent of white Americans.

In 2004, thousands marched in Atlanta to protest gay marriage.