Encourage Your Legislators to Attend Southern Center for Human Rights’ Legislative Institute!
We know that Georgians care about making our state’s criminal legal systems fairer, smarter, more just, and more humane — but we need to ensure that Georgia’s elected officials do, too.
Can you contact the below lawmakers and urge them to attend our virtual Legislative Institute? They will learn more about the state’s criminal legal systems, the efforts of the Southern Center for Human Rights, and our priorities for the upcoming legislative session: Ending government-sanctioned violence; responding to COVID-19 in prisons, jails, and detention centers; protecting the right to counsel; eradicating inhumane prison and jail conditions; eliminating wealth-based detention, and ending extreme sentences and abolishing the death penalty.
Sample Script: Georgia has been on the forefront of smart criminal legal reform for years — but we need to sustain that progress now more than ever. I am urging you to attend SCHR’s Legislative Institute, so that you can be ready to go on Day 1 of the 2021 session. Your attendance is especially important this year, as our state’s prisons and jails have been ravaged by COVID-19, resulting in a serious constitutional crisis. Please RSVP for the December 10th event by contacting Ira Berkley at [email protected].
Senate Leadership: Senate President Pro Tempore Butch Miller, Senate Majority Leader Mike Dugan, Senate Majority Whip Steve Gooch, Senate Majority Chair John F. Kennedy, Senate Majority Vice-Chair Larry Walker III, Senate Majority Secretary Dean Burke, Senate Minority Leader Gloria Butler, Senate Minority Whip Harold Jones, Senate Minority Chair Elena Parent, Senate Minority First Vice-Chair Lester G. Jackson, Senate Minority Vice-Chair Jen Jordan, and Senate Minority Secretary Nan Orrock.
House Leadership: House Speaker David Ralston, House Speaker Pro Tempore Jan Jones, House Majority Leader Jon Burns, House Majority Whip Trey Kelley, House Majority Chair Matt Hatchett, House Majority Vice-Chair Micah Gravley, House Majority Chief Deputy Whip Mark Newton, House Majority Secretary/Treasurer Bruce Williamson, House Minority Leader James Beverly, House Minority Whip David Wilkerson, House Minority Chief Deputy Whip Debra Bazemore, House Minority Chair Billy Mitchell, House Minority Vice-Chair Erica Thomas, House Minority Secretary Park Cannon, House Minority Treasurer Mary Robichaux, and Legislative Black Caucus Chair Karen Bennett.
State lawmakers and members of their staff who would like to attend our Institute may register at the following links: