We’ve got two exciting opportunities for you to get 
involved with HIV Advocacy next week! Take a look at both events below and we’ll see you next week! Continue reading
The Latest
Action Alert: Call for a hearing on Hate Crimes!
We’re excited about the possibility of seeing real progress on 
passing hate crime legislation in Georgia this year, but we need your help now!
Will you take 3 minutes today to make 3 phone calls? Three important Committee Chairs need to hear from you today on why we need a hearing on hate crimes as soon as possible.
Call now:
Chairman Wendell Willard, House Judiciary Committee,404.656.5125, email hidden; JavaScript is required
Chairman Rich Golick, House Non-Civil Judiciary Committee, 404.656.5943, email hidden; JavaScript is required
Chairman Jesse Stone, Senate Judiciary Committee, 404.463.1314, email hidden; JavaScript is required
Welcome GE’s newest staff member: HIV Policy Field Organizer Eric Paulk
Eric Paulk is the HIV Policy Field Organizer at Georgia 
Equality. In this role, he manages statewide advocacy and policy related to HIV. Prior to coming to Georgia Equality, Eric served as the Tyron Garner Fellow at Lambda Legal, the oldest and largest organization dedicated to advancing the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and individuals living with HIV. There, Paulk’s work focused on the intersections of race, class, and sexuality with an emphasis on HIV and the law. Recognized as an emerging leader and passionate advocate for civil rights, Eric has spoken at leading law schools, and national advocacy conferences on HIV criminal reform, the impact of the school-to-prison pipeline on black queer youth, and the intersectionality of race, poverty, HIV, and LGBTQ issues. He serves on the Board of the Atlanta Harm Reduction Coalition and is the former board chair of GLSEN New York City. Paulk is also a 2017 Victory Empowerment Fellow. He is a graduate of Pace University Law School, and received his bachelor’s degree in Business from Morehouse College. Eric is most excited about working with our Youth HIV Policy Advisors and helping to empower them to be advocates and advance policy.
To reach Eric, email email hidden; JavaScript is required
we still have work ahead of us
Friend,
Over the last few 
weeks, you’ve heard Amy and Melanie, Kenyatta, Joseph and Steph, and Glen Paul talk about Georgia Equality’s work over the past year. I hope you had a chance to read what they had to say. After all, you and your support are the reasons why Georgia Equality has been so successful over the past year and have contributed to our success over the past several years.
However, despite those successes, we still have work ahead of us.
In January, legislators will return to the State Capitol, and there are already threats that we will again have to fight against efforts to write anti-LGBTQ discrimination into law. Continue reading
Staff Spotlight: Gender Inclusion Organizer Chanel Haley
Wondering what Georgia Equality’s Gender 
Inclusion Organizer has been up to? She’s going around the state talking to students in Columbus and University staff in Atlanta about the importance of trans inclusion.
On December 11, 2017, Chanel will be speaking to the Gay- Straight Alliance (GSA) at Hardaway High School in Columbus, GA about being resilient and growing up LGBTQ during these contentious times. Continue reading