What has happened over the past few months in Brunswick with the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, and the subsequent effort to cover it up is disgusting. It’s clearer now more than ever before that Georgia must finally begin address violence against the African American community and all marginalized communities — and it needs to happen now.

Georgia in one of only 4 states without a hate crime law. At present, a bill that would change that is stuck in the State Senate Judiciary Committee. Click here to send a message to republican members of the committee urging them to support a hate crime law in Georgia. 

House Bill 426 is a penalty-enhancement hate crime bill that would provide increased penalties for crimes committed based on bias or prejudice against someone because of their race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability. Nearly every other state in our country has a hate crime law on the books. Georgia needs to join them. Join us in sending a message today.