Georgia-Pacific Funding Helps Complete Reimagined National Center for Civil and Human Rights in Atlanta

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December 8, 2025

Atlanta – On November 8, 2025, The National Center for Civil and Human Rights officially reopened its doors after completing a $57.9 million expansion. Georgia-Pacific provided $1 million in funding to the Center’s campaign in 2022, along with in-kind support through our industry-leading building products and GP PRO hygiene solutions.

Pictured here is a display of Martin Luther King Jr. hanging in the staircase at the NCCHR in Atlanta.
The Center's expansion adds two new wings to the facility, along with refreshed permanent exhibits. Pictured here is a display of Martin Luther King Jr. hanging in the staircase.

The company has long supported the Center; currently Curley Dossman, president of community programs at Georgia-Pacific and vice president of the Koch Companies Community Fund, serves as secretary on the museum’s board.

Pictured from the center: NCCHR President and CEO Jill Savitt, former Georgia-Pacific President and CEO Christian Fischer, Curley Dossman, president of community programs at Georgia-Pacific, and David Duncan, executive vice president, Consumer Products Group, Georgia-Pacific. 
Georgia-Pacific leadership took part in a hard hat tour at the Center earlier this year. Pictured from the center: NCCHR President and CEO Jill Savitt, former Georgia-Pacific President and CEO Christian Fischer, Curley Dossman, president of community programs at Georgia-Pacific, and David Duncan, executive vice president, Consumer Products Group, Georgia-Pacific.

The expansion adds 24,000 square feet of new space, including six new galleries, one updated gallery, three classrooms, flexible event and meeting areas and interactive experiences designed to connect history to current pressing issues.

The Civil Rights Gallery at the NCCHR in Atlanta, with an exhibit on the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, which took place on September 15, 1963, killing four children. 
This is the Civil Rights Gallery, with an exhibit on the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing, which took place on September 15, 1963, killing four children.

The National Center for Civil and Human Rights is a museum and cultural organization that inspires the changemaker in each of us. Opened in 2014, the Center connects the history of civil rights in America to the global human rights movement around the world today. The exhibitions highlight people who have worked to protect rights and who model how individuals create positive change. Learn more about the Center here.

The Everyone. Everywhere. exhibit in the Human Rights Gallery, educates visitors on the global struggle for dignity and justice, and links past lessons to today
The Everyone. Everywhere. exhibit in the Human Rights Gallery, educates visitors on the global struggle for dignity and justice, and links past lessons to today's challenges.

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