HR576: HR576 Bryant, Janice Arnwine; receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award; commend

This resolution is a formal statement from the Georgia House of Representatives congratulating Janice Arnwine Bryant, a retired middle and high school science teacher, for receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award. The award is given each year during Women's History Month by the Georgia Legislative Women's Caucus to honor women who show the leadership exemplified by former Representative Nikki T. Randall, the first African American woman elected to the General Assembly from middle Georgia. The resolution describes Bryant's volunteer work, including nearly six years as secretary of the Fayette County NAACP, co-chairing the Fayette County Community Remembrance Coalition, and contributing to research with the National Center for Civil and Human Rights on the 1906 Atlanta Race Massacre. It directs the Clerk of the House to give Bryant a copy of the resolution.

• Formally congratulates and commends Janice Arnwine Bryant for receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award.
• Recounts her volunteer service, including work with the Fayette County NAACP and the Fayette County Community Remembrance Coalition.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to Bryant.
• Extends the House's best wishes for her continued success but creates no new law, funding, or legal requirement.

The resolution directly names Janice Arnwine Bryant, honoring her civic and historical preservation work in Fayette County. It has no legal effect on the public, state agencies, or other Georgians beyond this formal recognition.

This is a ceremonial honor with no practical or legal impact on Georgians; it simply records the House's recognition of one individual's community service and preserves that recognition in the official legislative record.

• Describes the history of the Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leader Award, given by the Georgia Legislative Women's Caucus during Women's History Month.
• States that the House of Representatives congratulates and commends Janice Arnwine Bryant for receiving the award.
• Directs the Clerk of the House to make a copy of the resolution available for distribution to Bryant.

1. 2025-03-11House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2025-03-11House First Readers (House)
3. 2025-03-11House Hopper (House)

• Debra Bazemore (D, HD-069)Primary sponsor
• Debbie Buckner (D, HD-137)
• Karen Bennett (D, HD-094)
• Rhonda Taylor (D, HD-092)
• Kimberly Alexander (D, HD-066)

• legislative honors
• Fayette County
• civil rights history
• women's history month