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Rep. Kendrick to Host Black-Owned Farms, Farm-to-Table Bistros Tour Event

ATLANTA – State Representative Dar’shun Kendrick (D-Lithonia), along with the Georgia Black Owned Farm Tours organization, will host a tour event to highlight Black-owned farms and farm-to-table bistros around the metro Atlanta area on Saturday, April 30, 2022, from 8:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. For information about each tour location, members of the press must contact Rep. Kendrick at dar’shun.kendrick@house.ga.gov.

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Reps. Dar’shun Kendrick, Doreen Carter, Billy Mitchell to Participate in “Vaxx & Vote” Caravan Event

ATLANTA – State Representatives Dar’shun Kendrick (D-Lithonia), Doreen Carter (D-Lithonia) and Billy Mitchell (D-Stone Mountain) will participate in the NAACP “Vaxx & Vote” caravan event on Saturday, October 30, 2021, from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Participants may meet in the parking lot outside of Big Lots (2738 Candler Rd.) in Decatur.

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Gwinnett Area State Legislators Commend Local Passage of CROWN Act

ATLANTA – State Representatives Donna McLeod (D-Lawrenceville), Jasmine Clark (D-Lilburn), Dewey McClain (D-Lawrenceville), Shelly Hutchinson (D-Snellville), Karen Bennett (D-Stone Mountain), Dar’shun Kendrick (D-Lithonia), Kim Schofield (D-Atlanta) and State Senator Nikki Merritt (D-Grayson) commend the Gwinnett County Board of Commissioners (BOC) on the local passage of the Creating a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair (CROWN) Act. These legislators will also hold a press conference to discuss the CROWN Act on Wednesday, October 6, 2021, at 1 p.m. in conference room C at the Gwinnett Justice and Administration Center in Lawrenceville (75 Langley Drive).

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Reps. Kendrick, Bennett to Host Third Annual Back-to-School Block Party

ATLANTA – State Representatives Dar’shun Kendrick (D-Lithonia) and Karen Bennett (D-Stone Mountain), along with Derrick J. Wilson, The Promised Land Open Market, The Chad Livsey Project, Lettum Eat!, Guardian Financial Services and the Alpha Alpha Pi Omega chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., will host the third annual Back-to-School Block Party on Saturday, July 31, 2021, from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at 4540 Lee Road SW, Snellville, GA, 30039. School supplies will be distributed from 12 – 2 p.m.

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