ATLANTA – State Representative Park Cannon (D-Atlanta), along with Atlanta Councilmember-elect Liliana Bakhtiari, Sarah Riggs Amico, executive chairperson of Jack Cooper, and Dan Rosenfelt, founder of Electric Owl Studios, recently held a press conference to urge the U.S. Congress to pass the Build Back Better Act (BBBA). The U.S. House of Representatives passed the measure in mid-November, and the U.S. Senate is expected to vote on the legislation by the end of the month.
Rep. Park Cannon Joins Good Trouble Network, First National Network of Black LGBTQ+ Elected Officials
ATLANTA – State Representative Park Cannon (D-Atlanta) today announced that she has joined the founding cohort of the National Black Justice Coalition’s (NBJC) Good Trouble Network, which is the first national network of Black LGBTQ+ elected officials. The Good Trouble Network seeks to coordinate and synthesize political priorities that benefit Black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer+ and same-gender loving (SGL) people, including people living with HIV/AIDS.
Rep. Mike Wilensky, Georgia House Democratic Caucus Leadership Issue Statement on Anti-Semitic Incidents in Cobb County
ATLANTA – State Representative Mike Wilensky (D-Dunwoody), along with House Democratic Caucus leadership, today issued the following statement regarding the recent anti-Semitic incidents in Cobb County:
Rep. Park Cannon Selected to Yearlong Future Now Fellowship
ATLANTA – State Representative Park Cannon (D-Atlanta) has been selected for a yearlong fellowship with Future Now, an advocacy organization that focuses on empowering state legislators to help create a more representative democracy.
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House Democratic Caucus Elects Officers
ATLANTA – The House Democratic Caucus met and elected its key leaders on Tuesday, November 10, 2020. The Minority Caucus elected the following caucus members for leadership positions: