ATLANTA – State Representative Karen Bennett (D-Stone Mountain) today announced that the Georgia House of Representatives passed House Bill 1484 on Tuesday, March 15. HB 1484 would authorize a three-year pilot program to help diagnosis, treat and provide outreach for Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorder Associated with Streptococcus (PANDAS) and Pediatric Acute Onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS).
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ATLANTA – State Representative Karen Bennett (D-Stone Mountain) recently presented a special resolution to the national Alzheimer’s Association and the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church’s 6th Episcopal District of Georgia on Wednesday, November 10, 2021. Together, Rep. Bennett and the AME Church 6th district declared Sunday, November 14, 2021, as “Alzheimer’s Awareness Purple Sunday.”
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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Rep. Karen Bennett to Host COVID-19 Vaccination Drive Events
ATLANTA – State Representative Karen Bennett (D-Stone Mountain) will partner with Voices of Faith Ministries to host two COVID-19 vaccination events for its church members and the community. The free vaccination event schedule is as follows:
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Democratic State Legislators Donate Thousands of Masks to Gwinnett Area Schools
ATLANTA – Democratic members of the Gwinnett State House Delegation will donate more than 30,000 masks to local schools in solidarity with the Gwinnett County Public School Board’s decision to mandate masks for its students.
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