Bill Text: GA HR1330 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Georgia Citizens' Coalition on Hunger; Up & Out of Poverty Now!; commend
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-02-05 - House Read and Adopted [HR1330 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-HR1330-Introduced.html
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House
Resolution 1330
By:
Representatives Abdul-Salaam of the
74th,
Williams of the
89th,
Brooks of the
63rd,
Baker of the
78th,
Jordan of the
77th,
and others
A
RESOLUTION
Recognizing
and commending Georgia Citizens' Coalition on Hunger and the Up & Out of
Poverty Now! Coalition on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of Poor People's
Day at the state capitol; and for other purposes.
WHEREAS,
Georgia Citizens' Coalition on Hunger and the Up & Out of Poverty Now!
Coalition celebrate the 30th annual Poor People's Day at the state capitol on
February 10th and 11th, 2010, in Atlanta, Georgia; and
WHEREAS,
Georgia Citizens' Coalition on Hunger and the Up & Out of Poverty Now!
Coalition has convened in the City of Atlanta for Poor People's Day at the state
capitol for 30 consecutive years on behalf of low-income Georgia families;
and
WHEREAS,
this event has been instrumental in helping change welfare policy in the State
of Georgia, including the passage of legislation that implemented the
state-operated PEACH Program in 1986 and ended workfare; and
WHEREAS,
Georgia Citizens' Coalition on Hunger worked tirelessly with the Georgia General
Assembly in 2001 to pass this state's first minimum wage increase in over 30
years, from $3.25 an hour to $5.15 an hour; and
WHEREAS,
Georgia Citizens' Coalition on Hunger's executive director served as co-chair of
the Living Wage Coalition which encouraged the Mayor and Council Members to
establish a Living Wage Standard for all City of Atlanta employees of $10.50 per
hour, plus healthcare benefits and Pay Equity Standards, in 2003;
and
WHEREAS,
it also won a cost of living increase for all City of Atlanta employees in 2005;
and
WHEREAS,
it has assisted tens of thousands of underserved Atlanta families with access to
Food Stamps, WIC, and Welfare programs; and
WHEREAS,
it has collaborated with Georgia Coalition for the Peoples Agenda and Georgia
Vote Connection Center to register over 100,000 new voters in 2008, tens of
thousands of whom reside in the City of Atlanta; and
WHEREAS,
Georgia Citizens' Coalition on Hunger cultivates a 2 1/2 acre organic garden in
Southeast Atlanta, serving 2,000 families annually through four Umoja Outdoor
Farmers Markets in metro Atlanta and ensuring under-served Atlanta communities
have access to fresh, affordable produce; and
WHEREAS,
Georgia Citizens' Coalition on Hunger operates a year-round, full-time hunger
hotline in the City of Atlanta that assists 5,000 people a year with emergency
assistance, food, utilities, and transportation; and
WHEREAS,
Georgia Citizens' Coalition on Hunger has served more than 350,000 low-income
Georgians in the organization's 35 year history, most of whom reside inside the
City of Atlanta; and
WHEREAS,
Georgia Citizens' Coalition on Hunger and the Up & Out of Poverty NOW!
Coalition's annual Poor People's Day at the state capitol activities has brought
over 90,000 low-income Georgians to the Georgia State Capitol to advocate on
their own behalf.
NOW,
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of
this body commend the care, fortitude, and selfless dedication exhibited by
Georgia Citizens' Coalition on Hunger and the Up & Out of Poverty Now!
Coalition for services over the past three decades and extend to them their
utmost appreciation for having so purely and truly defined for others the
meaning of community advocacy in the City of Atlanta.
BE
IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized
and directed to transmit an appropriate copy of this resolution to the Georgia
Citizens' Coalition on Hunger and the Up & Out of Poverty Now! Coalition.