Civil Rights

Whether you identify as Black, Brown, immigrant, LGBTQ+, Muslim, Jewish, woman, physically or mentally disabled, low-income, homeless, or as a member of any other marginalized community, I support you.

Your voice deserves to be represented at the table where decisions about Georgians are being made.

Too many Georgians face discrimination and systemic inequity across every area of life, including in our economic, health care, criminal justice, and education systems.

In the General Assembly, year-after-year, divisive and discriminatory legislation is proposed to score political points at the expense of marginalized communities. During my service as your State Representative, I have voted against these measures that try to isolate and encourage discrimination against the communities in House District 90.

  • I voted no to SB 63, which would require cash bail for non-violent offenses. I believe that this bill negatively impacts low-income individuals and criminalizes poverty, leading to further overcrowding of jails and incentivizing innocent people to plead guilty just to get out of jail. In addition, SB 63 severely restricts the use of bail funds, a powerful tool to combat injustice used throughout the civil rights movement and other critical points in our country’s history.

  • I voted against House Bill 1105, passed in the aftermath of the tragic murder on UGA's campus, which mandated local law enforcement to verify citizenship of suspected non-citizens and alert federal authorities if they encounter undocumented immigrants. This bill promotes racial profiling and discrimination against immigrants and unfairly burdens local law enforcement agencies.

  • I voted against SB 140, a harmful and discriminatory bill that goes against medical consensus and scientific evidence supporting gender-affirming care for trans children. In speaking out against the bill, I highlighted the negative impact it will have on the mental and physical well-being of transgender youth.

  • I spoke out publicly against HB 1128 (Georgia Women's Bill of Rights): This bill, despite its title, aimed to restrict protections for LGBTQIA community members by replacing "gender" with "sex at birth" in public records and excluding sexual orientation as a basis for hate crimes. This bill was another attempt by extremists to bring a national political campaign of hatred into our State’s laws.