Georgia CommonsHouse · Passed · 2025-2026 Regular Session
HR 489: McMickens, Brinca Y.; receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leadership Award; commend
Last action March 4, 2025 · House Read and Adopted
A Georgia House resolution commends Brinca Y. McMickens of the Lithonia area for receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leadership Award, honoring her community advocacy work.
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In plain language
This resolution from the Georgia House of Representatives formally congratulates Brinca Y. McMickens for receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leadership Award, an honor given each year during Women's History Month by the Georgia Women's Legislative Caucus. The resolution recounts her history of civic advocacy, starting at age 11 when she helped create Georgia's Minority to Majority Program allowing students to attend schools outside their districts, and her later advocacy for the Olmstead Law protecting the community-living rights of people with mental health conditions and intellectual disabilities. It also lists her more recent community work, including feeding unhoused people, distributing hygiene supplies and hats, and hosting a podcast called The Equalyzer. The resolution directs the Clerk of the House to prepare a copy for her. It does not change any Georgia law.
What the bill does
- Formally congratulates and commends Brinca Y. McMickens for receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leadership Award.
- Recites her history of civic advocacy, including her childhood role in creating Georgia's Minority to Majority Program and her advocacy for the Olmstead Law.
- Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare and distribute a copy of the resolution to McMickens.
- Extends the House's best wishes for her continued success, without creating any new legal requirement or funding.
Who it affects
This resolution directly names and honors Brinca Y. McMickens. It has no regulatory effect on other Georgians, though it references programs affecting Georgia students, people with mental health conditions and intellectual disabilities, and unhoused individuals in the communities she has served.
Why it matters
The resolution has no legal force and changes no Georgia law; its practical effect is a ceremonial honor recorded in the House's official record and a printed copy given to McMickens recognizing her decades of community advocacy.
Key provisions
- The whereas clauses describe McMickens's advocacy history, including her role at age 11 in creating the Minority to Majority Program and her 1999 advocacy for the Olmstead Law.
- The resolved clause has the House of Representatives officially congratulate and commend McMickens for the 2025 award.
- A further resolved clause directs the Clerk of the House to make a copy available for distribution to McMickens.
From the bill
“Brinca Y. McMickens is a woman of unassuming greatness whose humble acts of kindness and generosity have uplifted the entire country”
“the members of this body congratulate and commend Brinca Y. McMickens for receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leadership Award”
Status timeline
- House Read and Adopted (House)
- House First Readers (House)
- House Hopper (House)
Sponsors
- Karen Bennett (D, HD-94)
- Debra Bazemore (D, HD-69)
- Park Cannon (D, HD-58)
- Terry Cummings (D, HD-39)
- Debbie Buckner (D, HD-137)
- Dar'shun Kendrick (D, HD-95)
Topics
- community service award
- Georgia House resolution
- Women's History Month
- civic recognition