Knowledge. Thank you. Plublack power. I need a video, yall. All right. We are now moving into a section that is very important, very important to me, very important to all of you here, which is the women. Lets give it up for the women. Women for justice. [applause] we had two powerful sisters that you will be hearing from. Arst, we are going to watch video. Immediately after the video, you will hear from the president of naacpeat d. C. Chapter d. C. Chapter. [video clip] r are women are the key ou women are the key. [indiscernible] justice for women. [applause] good morning. It is an honor to stand before you on this is sort day, commemorating this historic day, commemorating the anniversary of the million man march. 20 years ago, the honorable minister Louis Farrakhan, and nearly 2 million men, from across the country joined to deliver one powerful message. We are strong when we stand together. Today, i stand on the shoulders of many men and women, civil thats leaders, activists have
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Mayor Bottoms announces council tasked with combatting gun violence
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ATLANTA - A little more than a week after she called on state politicians to react to a surge in gun violence in Atlanta, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced a new Anti-Violence Advisory Council to address the problem.
The council is comprised of 14 people non-profit leaders, former law enforcement leaders and city councilmembers tasked with finding solutions to surges in crime across Atlanta.
The first meeting of the council will be on May 19.
Members of the council include:
Sally Yates: Partner, King & Spalding Law Firm; Special Matters & Government Investigations (Former Deputy U.S. Attorney General
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