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I’m joining an Annual African-American Read-In for #BlackHistoryMonth! You can too! Continue 🎉all the greatness & achievements of AAs all year long with the book list on my blog👇🏽! Here is the live stream link to join today stream.meet.google.com/stream/7d98554…. Blog: meriacarstarphen.com/2021/02/25/sit…

Private school voucher bills like HB 60 take money away from public education, advance disparities in our community, and are ripe for fraud and abuse. We need to be invest in our public schools, not defund them. Ask your legislator to vote NO on school vouchers. #gapol

Please call your Representative and tell them to vote NO on HB 60! A voucher bill that defunds public schools! #gapol

An anthem for the fight. 👇🏾

Today we hosted our first #COVID19 mass vaccination event at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium! I am so thankful for our partnership with Fulton County Government and Fulton County Board of Health for making this event possible! I invite our ATL Public Schools family to please take advantage!

Grateful to Dr. Lisa N. Herring Dr. Katika D. Lovett Skye Duckett and the entire ATL Public Schools team for working with Fulton County Board of Health Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation to give the first dose of the Pfizer Inc. vaccine to thousands of our staff this week. On the road to being #vaccinated #vaccinatedAPS #protectedtogether

Check out this post from St. Luke's Episcopal Church: Pray with us this Monday stlukesatlanta.org/blog/prayer-vi…

Good news: NEW 👶 ARRIVED! APS Partnerships Rachel Sprecher, who has raised resources & support for so many, has had THE baby. Her name is Eliana Hope (for both of her grandmothers😍). She’s 3.5 weeks early but made a dramatic debut last🌙 11:30pm! 6 lbs 13 oz. & 19 inches! 🎉❤️

Please join us Monday, May 3rd at 6pm ET for the Interfaith Prayer Vigil for Peace!!! Host: Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church & Reverend John Vaughn. Join us for a powerful litany of interfaith prayers: stlukesatlanta.org/blog/prayer-vi…

Wonderful news! Congratulations Benteen Elementary! I am incredibly proud of your teamwork and dedication to academic excellence! #IBinAPS

Please join us for Georgia Forward's webinar: Bridging the Rural-Urban Divide in Healthcare. The event will be held on May 12 at 11am!!!!! Please go to georgiaforward.org/webinars/ to register!!!!! MANY, many thanks!!

Thousands of families are at the Georgia World Congress Center Authority this morning for the ATL Public Schools Back To School Bash to get school supplies, resources, PPE, and #COVID19 vaccinations! #APSBash School starts Aug. 5! Thanks to the APS staff, volunteers, partners and sponsors that made this possible!

I qualified for re-election to the Atlanta Board of Education this morning! The work continues. Check out jasonesteves.com for more information.

They’re making empty promises to do something that’s never been done before—while having no regard for the students that live in and around Buckhead. We can do better by uniting communities to fight crime and improve city services. I’ll take unity over division any day.

ALERT: Today I am announcing my candidacy to serve on the ATL Public Schools Board of Education. As a parent and believer in public ed, I am eager to serve. Check out why I am running at kenzeff.com.

Enjoyed spending time with Ismaili CIVIC Canada TheIsmaili USA @theismaili and metro ATL community leaders to celebrate Eid al-Adha! We toured the Jamatkhana and prayed together. Lovely ceremony.

The Senate just passed a bipartisan measure to rename the U.S. Post Office in Plains after Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter. Plains, of course, is the southwest Georgia town where they both grew up and later returned after Jimmy Carter’s re-election defeat. #gapol

Sen. Ossoff launched his reelection campaign by channeling the same Democratic furor that fueled his Senate victory four years ago, urging roaring supporters to reject the “luxury of despair” and ignite a new wave of resistance against MAGA policies. ajc.com/politics/ossof…