Gwinnett GOP Sponsors 2 Black History Month Events

“Character over Color”

Distinguished Speakers Slated for Black History Events

Lawrenceville, GA. January 27, 2022 – With the theme of “Character over Color,” the Gwinnett GOP is inviting the public to join them at two events in February to celebrate Black History Month.

The festivities kick off on February 5th with a breakfast meeting featuring speakers Melvin Everson, Vice President of Economic Development, Gwinnett Technical College, and Reverend Garland Hunt, Founder, OneRace Racial Healing Movement and Senior Pastor for The Father’s House in Norcross.

The location of the breakfast meeting is Mountain Park First Baptist Church located at 5485 Five Forks Trickum Rd, Stone Mountain. Breakfast is served at 8:00 a.m. and the meeting will be from 8:45 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Register at http://gwinnettrepublicans.org/bhm

A celebratory banquet is scheduled for February 19th with Alveda King, author and founder of Alveda King Ministries, headlining the speakers. She will be joined by Dr. Lisa Babbage, author of “The Black History Bible” and Reverend Dean Nelson, Chairman of the Frederick Douglas Foundation and Executive Director of Human Coalition Action.

The Character over Color banquet will be held at 6:00 p.m. at the Mountain Park First Baptist Church located at 5485 Five Forks Trickum Rd, Stone Mountain. Register here: http://gwinnettrepublicans.org/bhm.

“We chose Martin Luther King Jr’s powerful message, Character over Color, as our theme because we believe people have forgotten his message,” Sammy Baker, Gwinnett GOP Chairman, said. He continued, “Dr. King wanted every individual no matter if the skin color was White, Black, Hispanic, or other, to be judged by their actions and their contributions to their community and the nation.”

Of the events, Dr. Lisa Babbage, author and philanthropist, stated: “Recognizing the contributions and the struggles of Black America is the responsibility of every American. As conservatives, we celebrate the impact that black heroes have had in building our nation and want to echo their contributions for generations to come. The Color over Character initiative is just one of many ways Republicans continue to live out the unity to which we are called as Americans. We understand the struggles and pains of our shared history. During Black History Month, we put our shared accomplishments in the spotlight; to conserve our future and the hope from our past.”

Babbage continued, “Conservative Republicans reject the conclusions reached by the author of “The 1619 Project” that America is intrinsically racist and is primarily the product of slavery and oppression, and the author’s assertion that the true founding of America was 1619. Without discounting the evils of slavery and oppression, we understand and affirm that America is primarily the product of the Declaration of Independence that established principles of freedom, the Constitution that established what Lincoln called “government of the people, by the people and for the people.”

Abendago B. Dahn, Jr is the chairman of the Gwinnett Black Conservatives Committee. Of the events, Dahn said, “When I think about our Theme ‘Character Over Color’, I think about how God sees everyone! He does not recognize our color; he recognizes our character. It's no wonder that this phrase came from a minister. Our characters define us. We are who we are because of our character.”

America is the product of the men and women of character, of all races, colors and ethnic backgrounds, that have lived and worked and studied together, fought wars together and built businesses, churches and civic organizations that have thrived through decades.

The Gwinnett GOP desires that all citizens celebrate the character of our Black American Heroes and that all citizens learn about and share the true history of America.

As we stand with conservative Blacks in Gwinnett County, we ask for policies that benefit all Americans such as the:

• Promotion of individual responsibility
• Protection of life through all stages of development and growth
• Education that focuses on exceptional reading, writing, math and science skills

For tickets and more information, go toGwinnettRepublicans.org/bhm.

For up-to-date information, Visit the Black Conservatives Facebook page at FB/GwinnettBlackConservatives.