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GA SR757
Resolution
Status
Passed
2/19/2020
Primary Sponsor
Elena Parent
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AI Summary
- Recognizes February 20, 2020, as L'Arche Atlanta Day at the Georgia state capitol and commends the L'Arche movement for creating communities where people with disabilities find true belonging
- The L'Arche movement began in 1964 in France, came to Georgia in 2002, and established its first home in Decatur in 2012, where four people with intellectual disabilities live alongside five people without disabilities
- L'Arche Atlanta is nationally accredited by the Council on Quality and Leadership and has hosted community events for 10 years, bringing hundreds of people with and without disabilities together
- Over 140 individuals with disabilities from all 56 Georgia Senate districts have shared their stories through L'Arche Atlanta's Storytelling Project, an advocacy partnership with the Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities
- Directs the Secretary of the Senate to make copies of the resolution available for public and press distribution
Legislative Description
L' Arche Atlanta Day; recognize February 20, 2020
Last Action
Senate Read and Adopted
2/19/2020
Full Bill Text
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