Noel Lytle, David Myersky, Jon Greaves, and Lynne Patterson founded the Cobb Citizens Coalition (CCC) in August 1993 in response to Cobb County Commission's passing of anti-gay legislation the previous month. This legislation stated that Cobb County supported "traditional" families and that gay lifestyles were contrary to state law. The vision of the CCC was "to promote understanding, tolerance, and acceptance of all people." In January 1994, the Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (ACOG) announced that Cobb County would host the Olympic Women's Volleyball tournament.

In response to the announcement, CCC, along with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Olympics Out of Cobb Committee (AOCC), and Georgia Equality Project (GEP), initiated an effort to remove Olympic events from Cobb. The CCC held fundraisers; publicized their goal through radio ads, a billboard, and an educational video documenting the agenda of the radical religious right; and contacted businesses and politicians in Cobb asking them to boycott the Cobb Galleria Convention Center, which was chosen to host the volleyball tournament. CCC and its sister organizations were successful and ACOG moved the Women's Volleyball tournament from Cobb. The CCC continues their efforts to improve LGBTQ+ life in Cobb County.