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Lucia McBath
– One of the Mothers of The Movement and Candidate for GA State
House – District 37
(By Diandra Loux, a
commentator for Millennial Politics)
“Lucy” McBath is the
National Spokesperson for both Moms Demand Action and Everytown
For Gun Safety.
Lucy is a Candidate for Georgia State House in
the 37th District and she’s fighting for justice and
equality for all.
In November 2012, Lucy’s son Jordan was fatally
shot by a man named Michael Dunn at a gas station in Jacksonville
Florida. Dunn expressed he was opposed to the “loud rap music”
the young men were playing and shot into the car 10 times.
Jordan was just 17 years old.
Lucy says that Jordan’s
death gave her a new sense of purpose in her life.
... Once Jordan was
murdered, I began to recognize that my family having a civil rights
background and everything I had been learning to do was actually
preparing me for the advocacy work that I do now.
... She
believes becoming a candidate and running for office was the most
natural progression from her family’s civil rights activism.
Lucy believes that the
road to taking the power away from the NRA starts with exposing the
truth to those who may not know how we got here by breaking down and
destroying the rhetoric.
... She believes its crucial that we internally
get into the legislatures and get the right people elected at the
state and local levels in order to start disposing of the fear
mongering and untruths told by the NRA.
Lucy says that the
catalyst for her to run for office in Georgia was the new Concealed
Campus Carry law that is putting students at risk and pushing
professors to leave teaching due to safety concerns.
Currently, in
the state of Georgia if you’re over 21 with a firearm license you
can legally carry a firearm on any public university. “It’s not
about taking your guns away. If you’re law abiding citizen, you
don’t need to worry. Those with severe mental instabilities and
domestic abusers should not have access to firearms. It’s a matter
of public safety. We have to make sure people are able to live the
way the constitution says they should be able to live. We must work
to preserve their civil and human rights.”
Lucy McBath is also a
two-time breast cancer survivor and knows she wouldn’t be here
without good healthcare.
... Currently there are
six hundred thousand people in the state of Georgia without health
insurance. Lucy believes that we must expand Medicaid because
everyone should be afforded the ability to live healthy fulfilling
lives with their families. Expanding Medicaid would allow those with
insurance to visit their doctor rather than making a trip to the
emergency room, which in turn will make it easier on our hospitals
and keep people healthy.
Preventive care keeps you living and drives
down cost.
Lucy has made it her
priority to keep her son Jordan’s legacy alive within their
community and that state in which he was murdered. She created
“Champion in the Making Legacy Foundation” which provides
charitable and educational assistance to graduating high school
students attending traditional as well as technical and training
colleges and universities.
They’ve recently expanded by adding a
mentorship program with an IT incubator program running in the
summer. For two weeks the kids will learn web building and design to
put on resume and necessary IT skills. They’ve also begun teaming
up with the organization 100 Black Men. All of the serving board
members played a part in Jordan’s life. She said that this idea
came about by discussions she had with Jordan in the past. “When I
prayed about what Jordan’s legacy would be and what he was
concerned about while he was living, I realized that helping to
financially support these kids would be exactly what he wanted me to
do.”
Lucy is inspired by those
who are fighting to preserve our democracy and civil justice for all.
“We’re spending a lot of time and effort externally building
these movements out and people are waking up to the problems that are
being fueled by this administration.” She believes that running for
office along with the current activism we’re seeing is exactly what
is needed to speed things up and pass legislation that will protect
the public.
When elected, she will provide an environment where
companies feel good about investing and bringing good jobs, she plans
to improve the public transportation options in Georgia, and also
level the playing field so that everyone receives equal pay for equal
work. Lucy is ready to put Georgia families first."
You
can read more here
( The photo is courtesy of TIME “ … where you can read
the story of the The Mothers of the Movement had to say at the
Democratic Convention
Seven mothers took the
stage to highlight a need to protect black Americans from gun
violence and police brutality on Tuesday night at the Democratic
National Convention.
“You don’t stop being
a mom when your child dies,” said Lucy McBath, mother of Jordan
Davis. “I lived in fear my son would die like this.”
McBath, Geneva Reed-Veal,
mother of Sandra Bland, and Sybrina Fulton, mother of Trayvon Martin,
spoke while the four other mothers looked on. They all said Hillary
Clinton understood the anger over the deaths of their children and
would help them find justice. … “ here )
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