APRIL IS NOW GENOCIDE PREVENTION MONTH IN GEORGIA
- GC2PG coalition members on the floor of the State House L-R: Itai Tsur, Assistant Director American Jewish Committee Southeast; Vicki Staley, ED Georgia Commission on the Holocaust; Ayak Raeth, Sudan Peoples Liberation Movement-GA; Semir Dulic, Bosniak Community Leader-GA; Melanie Nelkin, GC2PG chair; Representative Elena Parent, resolution sponsor; Majority Leader, Larry O’Neal Chamber
March 13th was an historic day under the Gold Dome in Atlanta. Please read the details of the day here and the actual text of House Resolution 1830 here. We encourage you to call and thank all House sponsors as well as State Senator Judson Hill for sponsoring the resolution in the Senate as well.
JOIN US ON TUESDAY MARCH 13th
at The State Capital
Georgia State Legislators have invited us to the House and Senate Chambers when they declare
April as Genocide Prevention and Awareness Month in Georgia
GC2PG and coalition partners have been working with GA state legislators on Senate and House resolutions that declares April as Genocide Prevention and Awareness Month in Georgia.
We invite you to join us for this historic event. This is your chance to see how our state government works, meet legislators and take part of the legislative process.
ITINERARY FOR THE MORNING’S EVENT:
8am-9:30am
Arrive at the Coverdell Building where breakfast will be served for coalition members and legislators. You are welcome to hand out any of your own flyers. We will be educating them about what our mission is.
Room #514
18 Capital Square SW, Atlanta, GA 30334
10am-noon
Between this time we will be called across the street to the Gold Dome also known as the Capital building and we will proceed up to the third floor which is where the gallery is for seating. Once the resolution has been read and pictures have been taken we can head home.
Parking: The first three choices are the closest to the Gold Dome.
1.
If you exit off of the expressway on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive you will see the lot on your right after you pass the Capital building on your left. It is on the corner of Washington Street and MLK Drive.
Atlanta, GA 30312
You can use a credit card or cash here to pay in advance
It will be between $7-15 depending on the amount of time
2.
After exiting the interstate on MLK Jr, Drive you will drive through the 2 lights on Washington Street and Central Avenue. The lot is on your right.
75 Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. SW, Atlanta, GA 30303
There is a cashier booth when you exit with an $8 daily maximum fee
3.
The Gold Dome is .22 miles away.
When you exit the expressway on MLK Jr Dr. you will continue straight to the light at Central Ave. and go left one block. Turn left onto Pryor Street and parking will be on your left after crossing Mitchell Street.
$8 daily maximum, Cashier booth on exit