HR1010: HR1010 Rustin/Lorde Community Breakfast; recognize

This resolution is a ceremonial statement from the Georgia House of Representatives honoring the Rustin/Lorde Community Breakfast, an annual event organized by The Southern Unity Movement Inc. The breakfast, now in its 25th year, takes place on January 19, 2026 at the Loudermilk Conference Center in Atlanta, just before the Martin Luther King Jr. Day March, and celebrates the legacies of civil rights activist Bayard Rustin and writer and activist Audre Lorde. The resolution does not change any Georgia law. It formally recognizes the event and the organization for their work on inclusion, justice, and activism, and directs the Clerk of the House to prepare copies of the resolution for distribution 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 recognition of the organization's contributions to inclusion, justice, and activism in Georgia.
• Directs the Clerk of the House of Representatives to prepare copies of the resolution for the organization, the public, and the press.
• Creates no new law, funding, or regulatory requirement, functioning solely as a ceremonial statement.

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

Because this is a ceremonial resolution rather than a law, its practical effect is symbolic: it gives official state recognition to a long-running community event and the organization behind it, without altering any Georgia statute, funding, or regulation.

• The whereas clauses describe the event's history, founding in January 2002, and its connection to the Martin Luther King Jr. Day March.
• The resolved clause formally recognizes the Rustin/Lorde Community Breakfast and The Southern Unity Movement Inc. for their work on inclusion, justice, and activism.
• 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