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GA HR1814

Resolution

Status

Passed

3/13/2012

Primary Sponsor

Stacey Abrams

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Origin

House of Representatives

2011-2012 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Georgia House Resolution commending Ms. Kiran Ahuja for her dedicated public service, sponsored by Representatives Abrams of the 84th, Hugley of the 133rd, Thomas of the 100th, and others
  • Ms. Ahuja is a graduate of Spelman College and the University of Georgia School of Law, and served as one of five Honors Program trial attorneys in the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, where she filed the department's first peer-on-peer student racial harassment lawsuit
  • Appointed in 2009 as Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs), directing efforts to advise federal agency leadership on programs affecting AAPI communities
  • Served as founding Executive Director of the National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF) from 2003 to 2008, building it from an all-volunteer organization to one with paid professional staff and expanded volunteer chapters nationwide
  • Dedicated nearly 20 years to improving the lives of women of color in the United States and is recognized as a leader among national and grassroots AAPI and women's rights organizations

Legislative Description

Ahuja, Ms. Kiran; commend

Last Action

House Read and Adopted

3/13/2012

Full Bill Text

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