As Atlanta Grew, Rev. Murphy Davis Ensured City’s Homeless Stayed In View

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October 26th, 2020

The Reverend Murphy Davis, who founded the Open Door Community with her husband Ed Loring, inspired a new kind of protest against Atlanta’s neglect of the poor. She died last week at the age of 72.

Courtesy of Open Door Community

The Rev. Murphy Davis, a pioneer for homeless activism in Atlanta and co-founder of the Open Door Community, died last week at the age of 72.  

She and her husband, Ed Loring, began their work on behalf of the homeless in 1970s Atlanta, a time when those on the margins had few advocates–and even fewer places to sleep. 

In that era leading up to the 1996 Olympics, Davis and Loring inspired a new kind of protest against Atlanta’s neglect of the poor.

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