Rep. Bennett Presents “Purple Sunday” Special Resolution to Alzheimer’s Association and African Methodist Episcopal Church

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.”

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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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