ATLANTA (February 26, 2021) | Sen. Michelle Au, M.D. (D – Johns Creek) will host a virtual forum on Monday, March 1, 2021, at 5:00 p.m. to discuss the constitutionality of a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, as well as the intersectionality between community health and individual rights. Joining the discussion will be Professor Jamal Greene, a constitutional law professor at Columbia University Law School.
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ATLANTA (February 25, 2021) | This week, the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus (GLBC) Chairwoman, Senator Tonya Anderson (D – Lithonia), along with members of the Caucus, the Georgia National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, and others, stood in solidarity to announce their support for House Bill 45 and House Bill 479. They announced their support of legislation to end the practice of citizen’s arrest in Georgia on the one-year anniversary of the death of Ahmaud Arbery.
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ATLANTA (February 25, 2021) | Sen. Tonya Anderson (D – Lithonia), along with the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus (GLBC) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Georgia, will lead a discussion around collective opposition of SB 241 and HB 531, an omnibus elections bill.
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ATLANTA (February 24, 2021) | Today, Senate Bill 89, sponsored by Senate President Pro Tempore Butch Miller (R – Gainesville), was successfully passed by the Senate.
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ATLANTA (February 24, 2021) | Sen. Kim Jackson (D – Stone Mountain) will host a joint virtual town hall today, Wednesday, February 24, 2021, at 6:30 p.m. alongside Rep. Jasmine Clark, M.D. (D – Lilburn) and Rep. Zulma Lopez (D – Atlanta). The video conference and livestream is open to the public online and questions may be submitted in advance at: http://tinyurl.com/224townhall.
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