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GA HR1799

Resolution

Status

Passed

3/29/2018

Primary Sponsor

Deborah Gonzalez

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Origin

House of Representatives

2017-2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Georgia House Resolution recognizing and commending Mallory Harris of Dunwoody, Georgia, for her academic achievements, including graduating high school as Valedictorian and earning undergraduate degrees in math and computation at the University of Georgia as a Foundation Fellow
  • Honors her receipt of the 2017 Goldwater Scholarship, the most prestigious undergraduate STEM research award, for her work on disease forecasting at the Center for the Ecology of Infectious Disease
  • Recognizes her volunteer work in Athens-Clarke County educational outreach programs, including MathCounts, Barrow Elementary School's math and reading intervention program, and the Athens all-girls math team
  • Commends her gun safety advocacy efforts, including helping drive 14,873 calls against the 2017 guns on campus bill to the Governor's office, organizing multiple rallies, and serving as lead organizer of the Athens March for Our Lives event, which attracted over 600 attendees
  • Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to provide a copy of the resolution to Mallory Harris

Legislative Description

Harris, Mallory; scholarship, public outreach, volunteer work, and continued political advocacy efforts; commend

Last Action

House Read and Adopted

3/29/2018

Full Bill Text

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