Regular Events
Trade Bureau Meeting
This business networking group meets each month on the First Wednesday morning from 8:00 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at Atlanta Life, 100 Auburn Avenue, Atlanta, GA 30303. For more information call Tina Jones at 404 525 5663. Come Grow with Us!... More»
Listen to Rainbow/PUSH Community Talk WAOK-AM 1380 with Janice L. Mathis, Host
Each Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. Available live on the world-wide web at WAOK.com... More»
|
Take Action
Genarlow Wilson has been released! Thanks to the Georgia Supreme Court, B.J. Berstein, Senator Emanuel Jones, Representative Alisha Thomas Morgan, Senator Vincent Fort, Dr. Joseph E. Lowery and Helen Butler of Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda, Francis Johnson of the NAACP the SCLC, Concerned Black Clergy, National Action Network and everyone who participated in this fight. We have good reason to celebrate – Justice has been administered. We wish Genarlow and his family God’s grace and mercy.
But too many young people are receiving sentences that are disproportionate to the behavior they are accused of. Genarlow admits that he exercised poor judgment. That is not the question. The question is whether the time fits the crime. We have more work to do. We must make changes to the law to give other young people a chance to lead productive lives, despite youthful mistakes. No person should receive cruel or unusual punishment. If you would like to see other youngsters avoid long periods of incarceration for behavior similar to Genarlow’s, contact your Georgia state Senator or Representative to urge passage of Senate Bill 37, offered by Sen. Emanuel Jones... More>> |