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A Home For Everyone In DeKalb Leads Moral Monday at the Capitol 

  • Writer: Natalie Snedden
    Natalie Snedden
  • Mar 2
  • 2 min read

Updated: Mar 4

A Home For Everyone In DeKalb was the lead partner for Moral Monday at the Georgia State Capitol on February 23.  The focus was on housing cuts and voucher cuts. Executive Director Greg White offers his thoughts on the day, "I was honored to share a few words about this complex topic as I watched 50 or more community neighbors on the streets around the Capitol. I shared that our approach to emergency intervention, wraparound services, and housing depends on three areas: compassion, collaboration, and creative thinking. State Representative Omari Crawford took time to visit the group. Two of the ladies from the Oakhurst Women's Workforce Development program shared their lived experiences with legislators and the audience in attendance. This strategy was a powerful way to advocate for the most vulnerable population regarding basic needs and housing. David Lewicki, pastor at North Decatur Presbyterian Church concluded the morning with a powerful speech."

Special thanks to board members Annie Godfrey and Peter Plishka for attending.

Partners:

  • Interfaith Children's Ministry (SNAP and Hunger Moral Monday)- Cassandra Henderson and Aliza Ali.

  •  Nonviolent Medicaid Army (Medicaid and Healthcare Moral Monday) - Neil Tellier

  • A Home For Everyone In DeKalb (Housing and Homelessness Moral Monday) - Gregory White

  • The King Center: T-shirt design/volunteers - Barbara Harrison and Pam Houser

  • Georgia Budget and Policy Institute: providing data and review of fact sheets - Ife Finch Floyd

Georgia Poor People's Campaign Volunteers:

  • Leslie Withers: T-shirts, production and printing of fact sheets and signs.

  • Jim Holmes: T-shirts, press releases and hauling water.

  • Sam Henderson: T-shirts and hauling lots of stuff .

  • Nina Stephen provided communications and registration, and she also live-streamed each Moral Monday press conference.

  •  Xandria Armstrong: Speaking as a directly impacted person on SNAP Day.

  • JaMelle Hill: laying out our planning schedule and providing moral support.

Through each of you, we raised critically important issues at the Capitol on behalf of Georgia's poor and vulnerable. 

 
 
 

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