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GA HR1219
Resolution
Status
Passed
2/15/2018
Primary Sponsor
David Dreyer
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AI Summary
- Georgia House Resolution 1219 recognizes and commends Radical Dishes Co-Operative ("RADDISH"), a grassroots Atlanta-based organization founded in September 2016 by Tyler Tolson and Rebecca Dickerson to prepare and deliver weekly vegan meals to homeless youth
- RADDISH coordinators and volunteers meet every Wednesday to prepare meals for next-day delivery, having completed over 400 weekly deliveries of healthy, vegan, nonallergenic meals serving 15 to 35 people per delivery
- The organization serves two Atlanta-area shelters: Covenant House Youth Shelter in the West End and The Living Room, Georgia's largest facilitator of emergency and transitional housing for people living with HIV/AIDS, where 90% of clients are classified as "extremely low income"
- A December 2017 WalletHub report ranked Atlanta as the sixth "Neediest City" in America among more than 180 U.S. cities based on 25 indicators of economic disadvantage, including child poverty, food insecurity, and uninsured rates
- The Clerk of the House of Representatives is directed to provide an appropriate copy of the resolution to RADDISH
Legislative Description
Radical Dishes Co-Operative "RADDISH"; commend
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
2/15/2018
Full Bill Text
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