Alabama Lawmaker Awarded E Pluribus Unum Fellowship

NEW ORLEANS, LA — E Pluribus Unum announced its 2021 UNUM Fellows Tuesday, which includes Rep. Juandalynn Givan (D-Birmingham).

The select cohort of Southern elected leaders will participate in a year-long program to advance racial and economic equity in their states through sustainable change and collaboration. Just as with the inaugural cohort of EPU UNUM Fellows that included local elected officials, the organization will provide resources, training and technical expertise.

"EPU’s UNUM Fellows are on the front lines of shaping America and are passionate to unite and build upon our country’s promise," said Managing Director Scott Hutcheson of E Pluribus Unum, "Our research shows that when leaders emphasize equity across race and class, then we begin tearing down the old walls intentionally built to divide us. Our communities, states, and America herself thrives when united and the UNUM Fellows are a part of making us better."

"I am thrilled to partner with E Pluribus Unum as a 2021 UNUM Fellows and keep fighting for race and class equity here for a better, unite Alabama," Givan said.

Givan represents District 60 in the Alabama House of Representatives, which includes Birmingham, Forestdale, Gardendale, Graysville and Brookside. among other Jefferson COunty communities. She was elected in 2010.

E Pluribus Unum’s 2021 UNUM Fellows are:

• Teri Anulewicz, State Representative of Georgia
• Christopher Bell, State Representative of Mississippi
• Park Cannon, State Representative of Georgia
• Jay Chaudhuri, State Senator of North Carolina
• Ashton Clemmons, State Representative of North Carolina
• Royce Duplessis, State Representative of Louisiana
• Aimee Adatto Freeman, State Representative of Louisiana
• Juandalynn Givan, State Representative of Alabama
• Harold M. Love, Jr., State Representative of Tennessee
• Kim Schofield, State Representative of Georgia
• Zakiya Summers, State Representative of Mississippi