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Jerry Gonzalez

Friday, March 9, 2012

Cobb Residents Dialogue for Educational Solutions at Community Forum

The Cobb United for Change Coalition plans to meet monthly to develop an action plan to change the community for the better.

About 15 members of various community organizations gathered on Thursday night at Trinity Baptist Church in Mableton to discuss issues they plan to address and help solve throughout the county. The group, Cobb United for Change Coalition, plans to meet on a monthly or bimonthly basis and establish an action plan to bring about changes they wish to see. A panelist of five community members answered questions about immigration, racial profiling, education, jobs and prison industrial complex during the two-hour session. Rev. Lionel Gantt of Cobb SCLC, Cobb Works Program Services Manager Lisa Davis, GALEO Executive Director Jerry Gonzalez, District Four County Commissioner candidate Michael Rhett and Southern Regional Prison Reform Minister …

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Melanie

8:37 am on Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Well said, HHM. As a parent, I hear of teachers having to stop class to discipline constantly. How can anything move forward when it's constantly being stopped?   more ›

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