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AJC CONTINUING COVERAGE EDUCATION; Gwinnett parents seek end to police in public schools
A parent-led grassroots organization has called for the removal of school resource officers from Gwinnett County Public Schools. In an open letter sent recently to Superintendent J. Alvin Wilbanksandboardmembers, Marlyn Tillman, co-founder of the Gwinnett Parent Coalition to Dismantle the...Wellness collective Mixed Greens Savannah for all abilities can be found at Forsyth Farmers' Market
by Stephen Alford, June 28, 2020 For more than a decade the grassroots group Mixed Greens has been sowing the seeds of happiness in Savannah. The gardening and wellness collective began as an offshoot of the Forsyth Farmers Market, which each Saturday offers a place for area farmers to sell..."Considerable action on health bills puts cap on interrupted session
by Andy Miller, Max Blau, Georgia Health News State Rep. David Knight had a triumphant look Friday when talking about his quest for more oversight and restrictions on the PBM industry. Pharmacy Benefit Managers are basically corporate middlemen between health insurers or large employers and...Grassroots Group Petitions to Get Officers Out of Gwinnett County Schools
by Martha Dalton, June 26, 2020 A grassroots group in Gwinnett County wants to replace School Resource Officers (SROs) with counselors, restorative justice practitioners, and community intervention workers. The group is called the Gwinnett Parent Coalition to Dismantle the School-to-Prison...A State Of Crisis: Georgia Families Affected By Proposed Disability Budget Cuts
By Jade Abdul-Malik, June 25, 2020 Come July 1, families in Georgia already struggling to provide quality care for their children with disabilities will brace for the elimination of programs and services they need most, provided by the Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental...Group demands school resource officers be removed from Gwinnett Schools
