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HR 489: McMickens, Brinca Y.; receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leadership Award; commend

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House Resolution 489

By: Representatives Bennett of the 94th, Bazemore of the 69th, Cannon of the 58th, Cummings of the 39th, Buckner of the 137th, and others

A RESOLUTION

Congratulating and commending Brinca Y. McMickens for receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leadership Award; and for other purposes.

WHEREAS, in 1999, Representative Nikki T. Randall became the first African American female elected to the General Assembly from middle Georgia, and over her 17 years of service as a legislator, she held numerous leadership positions, including chair of the Georgia Women's Legislative Caucus; and

WHEREAS, every year during Women's History Month, the Georgia Women's Legislative Caucus recognizes outstanding women in Georgia who exemplify the leadership and inspiration embodied by Representative Randall; and

WHEREAS, Brinca Y. McMickens is a woman of unassuming greatness whose humble acts of kindness and generosity have uplifted the entire country; and

WHEREAS, at age 11, Brinca successfully advocated for the creation of the Minority to Majority Program in Georgia, allowing students to attend schools outside of their districts, and she was chosen by Governor Jimmy Carter to represent Georgia in Boston, Massachusetts, as a spokesperson to encourage the integration of public schools; and

WHEREAS, in 1999, Brinca advocated for the Olmstead Law, affirming the rights of individuals with mental health conditions and intellectual disabilities to live in their communities; and

WHEREAS, Brinca has led numerous community initiatives, including organizing block parties to promote voter participation; partnering with Lady T's Homeless Ministry to provide meals for more than 900 unhoused individuals each week; sponsoring a pocketbook drive that distributed over 200 purses filled with personal hygiene items to homeless girls, women, and children; and coordinating a winter hat drive that provided over 100 personally knitted warm caps to unhoused individuals; and

WHEREAS, she has established a glowing reputation of renown throughout Georgia for her leadership as a board member for New Kids Productions, as chair of the Lithonia Community District, and as creator of "The Equalyzer," a community advocacy and activism podcast; and

WHEREAS, it is abundantly fitting and proper that the outstanding accomplishments of this extraordinary servant leader be appropriately recognized.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES that the members of this body congratulate and commend Brinca Y. McMickens for receiving the 2025 Yellow Rose Nikki T. Randall Servant Leadership Award and extend best wishes for her continued success.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed to make an appropriate copy of this resolution available for distribution to Brinca Y. McMickens.