State Sen. Gail Davenport wants Clayton County to Wake Up

[Oscar Knight]

www.news-daily.com/news/2014/nov/20/state-sen-gail-davenport-to-gather-community-over/

[Oscar Knight]

....If Clayton County ever Wakes Up, People like Gail Davenport would be run out of this county. Gail Davenport is too close with Race Hustlers like Al Sharpton and Jessie Jackson. We don't need this in our county...Begone Gail Davenport !!!!!


...Sharpton visits Riverdale church, encourages residents to vote

Sharpton was joined by some of Clayton’s politico including county commission Chairman Jeff Turner, Riverdale Councilman An’cel Davis, College Park Mayor Pro Tem Joe Carn and state Sen. Gail Davenport. It was Sharpton’s second appearance in Clayton Tuesday, a week ahead of Election Day.

www.news-daily.com/news/2014/oct/28/sharpton-visits-riverdale-church-encourages/


......Let us see how our Clayton County Legislators react to the "Stand Your Ground Law" :

Clayton County Legislative Delegation Members 2013-2014
Sen. Gail Davenport, Chair

2013-2014 Regular Session - SB 147
Crimes and Offenses; duty to retreat prior to the use of force in self-defense; provisions

.....Sponsored By :
(1) Fort, Vincent 39th(2) Orrock, Nan 36th(3) Davenport, Gail 44th

(4) Butler, Gloria 55th(5) Harbison, Ed 15th(6) Lucas, David 26th

www.legis.ga.gov/Legislation/en-US/display/20132014/SB/147

Suit challenging Georgia’s stand-your-ground law may be dead

...Posted: 12:00 a.m. Sunday, April 6, 2014 : www.ajc.com/news/news/suit-challenging-georgias-stand-your-ground-law-ma/nfSGF/

From left: Georgia Senator, Gail Davenport, Carrie Johnson, Eugene Felton, Chris Stewart, Robert Patillo and Jesse Jackson at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Atlanta. A federal lawsuit was filed Nov. 1, 2013 challenging Georgia's "Stand Your Ground" law, claiming that the seven-year-old statute is too vague and unconstitutional.

John Spink, [e-mail]

[Oscar Knight]

She is a member of the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials, Georgia Legislative Women’s Caucus, Working Families Agenda Caucus, WILL/Women Legislators’ Lobby, National Black Caucus of State Legislators, National Organization of Black Elected Legislators, and the Vice Chairman of the Clayton County Legislative Delegation.

Ms. Davenport was a delegate to the 1988 Democratic National Convention in Atlanta, GA pledged to the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., a delegate to the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, MA pledged to Senator John Kerry, and a delegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, CO pledged to Senator Barack Obama. She has served on the Executive Committee of the Clayton County Democratic Party.

Her other achievements include:


Founder and President of the Concerned Black Citizens Coalition of Clayton County which spearheads the county’s annual ecumenical observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday. ∙ The organization led the charge to have the Clayton County School Board name a school in Dr. King’s honor.


Founder of the Clayton County Black History Center, Metro South Youth Association and the Clayton County Sojourner Truth Verse Speaking Choir.


Received the 1997 Outstanding Community Leader of the Year by the National Council of Negro Women, Clayton County Section.


Received the Community Leader of the Century Award by the Women in the NAACP, September 1999.


Received the 1989 and 1996 NAACP, Clayton County Branch Image Award for Distinguished Service
Legislator of the Year Award 2008 from the ARC of Clayton County for Mentally Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, and Legislator of the Year Award 2008 from the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, Clayton-Henry-Fayette-Spalding Chapter.


Past President of the American Business Women's Association, Greenbriar Chapter, 1992 Woman of the Year, Member Choice Award, Hall of Fame Award and Inner Circle Member.


2003 Pinnacle Leadership Award Recipient from the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, East Point/College Park Chapter.


Chairperson of the United Negro College Fund for the past twenty years. She has received the UNCF Distinguished Leadership Award, Star Volunteer Award and the 2000 Mayor's Masked Award, Atlanta, GA.


A 1989 Graduate of Leadership Clayton.


Recruited approximately 100 youth for the Hook-A-Kid on Golf Tee Level Clinics at River's Edge Golf Club in Fayetteville and Browns Mill Golf Club in Atlanta.


Hosted the Gail P. Davenport Golf Classic to raise funds for local charities for the past ten years.


President of the RainbowPUSH Coalition, Clayton-Henry-Fayette-Spalding Chapter

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