HR 1010: Rustin/Lorde Community Breakfast; recognize

This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives honors the Rustin/Lorde Community Breakfast, an annual event organized by The Southern Unity Movement Inc. that takes place in Atlanta before the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day March. The 2026 event marks the breakfast's 25th year and is scheduled for January 19 at the Loudermilk Conference Center. The resolution describes the breakfast's history, noting it began in January 2002 and honors civil rights figures Bayard Rustin and Audre Lorde. It also names this year's host and keynote speakers. The resolution does not change any Georgia law; it simply states the House's recognition of the event and its organizers, and directs the Clerk of the House to distribute copies of the resolution to the organization, the public, and the press.

• Formally recognizes the Rustin/Lorde Community Breakfast and The Southern Unity Movement Inc. on behalf of the Georgia House of Representatives.
• States the House's appreciation for the event's contributions to inclusion, justice, and activism in Georgia.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute copies of the resolution to the organization, the public, and the press.

The Southern Unity Movement Inc. and organizers and attendees of the Rustin/Lorde Community Breakfast are named directly. The resolution also involves the Clerk of the House of Representatives, who is tasked with distributing copies of the document.

This is a ceremonial resolution rather than a change in law, so it creates no new rules, funding, or penalties. Its practical effect is public acknowledgment: an official record praising the event and directing that copies be shared with the organizers, public, and press.

• The resolution recites the history and purpose of the Rustin/Lorde Community Breakfast, founded in January 2002.
• The resolved clause formally recognizes the event and The Southern Unity Movement Inc. for their contributions to inclusion, justice, and activism in Georgia.
• A further resolved clause directs the Clerk of the House to make copies available to the organization, the public, and the press.

1. 2026-01-13House Read and Adopted (House)
2. 2026-01-13House First Readers (House)
3. 2026-01-13House Hopper (House)

• Park Cannon (D, HD-058)Primary sponsor
• Al Williams (D, HD-168)
• Imani Barnes (D, HD-086)
• Dewey McClain (D, HD-109)

• community recognition
• civil rights history
• Atlanta events
• legislative resolutions