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GA HR1811
Resolution
Status
Passed
3/22/2016
Primary Sponsor
Mable Thomas
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AI Summary
- Georgia House Resolution 1811 recognizes and honors Brenda Joyce Davenport for her outstanding community leadership, civil rights work, and advocacy for African American youth
- Davenport served 26 years at the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and held roles including Atlanta coordinator for the Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute for Self Development and board member of MADIOC.INC
- She organized international opportunities for youth, including participation in the World Festival of Peace in Venezuela, Czechoslovakia, and Moscow, and led a youth delegation to Gabon for the Summit on Africa
- In September 2013, she produced a commemoration at the Martin Luther King, Jr., International Chapel at Morehouse College honoring the 50th anniversary of the Birmingham, Alabama, church bombing that killed four girls
- The Clerk of the House is directed to provide an appropriate copy of the resolution to Brenda Joyce Davenport
Legislative Description
Davenport, Brenda Joyce; recognize
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
3/22/2016
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