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GA SR1108

Resolution

Status

Passed

3/7/2016

Primary Sponsor

Donzella James

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Origin

Senate

2015-2016 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Georgia Senate Resolution 1108, sponsored by Senator James of the 35th District, recognizes and congratulates Reverend Doctor Gloria Ward Wright on the occasion of her 70th birthday
  • Rev. Dr. Wright was born on March 9, 1946, in Albany, Georgia, and participated in the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, marching with Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Reverend Charles Sherrod in the Albany Movement
  • She earned degrees from Albany State College (B.A. in sociology), Georgia State University (M.A. in educational psychology), the Interdenominational Theological Seminary (Master of Divinity), and Covington Theological Seminary (Master of Ministry in 1998 and Doctor of Ministry cum laude in 2001)
  • She is the founder and pastor of Day Spring International Ministries, Inc., former pastor of Simmons Chapel A.M.E. Zion Church in Lawrenceville, Georgia, and a board member of the Concerned Black Clergy
  • The Secretary of the Senate is directed to provide an appropriate copy of the resolution to Rev. Dr. Wright

Legislative Description

Wright, Reverend Doctor Gloria Ward; recognize

Last Action

Senate Read and Adopted

3/7/2016

Full Bill Text

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