Please join the Georgia Federation of Teachers, the Georgia AFL-CIO and other religious and community leaders and organizations for a press conference on the Opportunity School District referendum, being voted on this November 6th.

Speakers will include parents, Labor and Community leaders and Pastors from across Georgia as they outline opposition to the Governor's takeover of our public schools. 

The press conference will conclude with a reading of a letter addressed to Governor Nathan Deal, Lt. Governor Casey Cagle, and House Speaker David Ralston, publicly announcing opposition and organized efforts against the referendum vote. 

The combined group of Labor, Community and Religious leaders represent hundreds of thousands of parents, activists and voters in opposition to the school takeover efforts.

Groups signed on to letter:

Georgia AFL-CIO

Atlanta-North Georgia Central Labor Council

Augusta East Georgia Central Labor Council

Savannah Regional Central Labor Council

Central Georgia Federation of Trades and Labor Council

Albany-Southwest Georgia Labor Council

Georgia Federation of Teachers

Atlanta-North Georgia Building and Construction Trades Council

Georgia Building and Construction Trades Council

American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees Southern Region

AFSCME Local 1644

Southern Region Workers United, SEIU Georgia District

United Food and Commercial Workers Local 1996

UAW Local 10

Teamsters Local 728

International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District 77 Council

RWDSU Southeast Council

United Steelworkers District 9

ATU Local 732, Atlanta

ATU Local 1324, Savannah

Coalition for the People’s Agenda

Georgia Stand-UP

Coalition of Black Trade Unionist

Fight for $15

Atlanta Jobs with Justice

Georgia 9 to 5

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REV. KENNETH W. CARTER, BISHOP, CHRISTIAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF GA

REV. KENNETH MARTIN, PRESIDENT, GENERAL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CONVENTION OF GA

REV. DOUGLAS STOWERS, PRESIDENT, NEW ERA BAPTIST CONVENTION OF GA

REV. AARON B. LACKEY, BISHOP, UNITED CHURCHES OF GOD IN CHRIST

ELDER WILLIAM WINSTON, PRES., SOUTH ATLANTIC CONF, SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS CHURCH

MINISTER A. SHARRIEFF MUHAMMAD, SOUTHERN REGIONAL STUDENT MIN, NATION OF ISLAM

REV. TIMOTHY MCDONALD III., PRESIDENT, AFRICAN AMERICAN MINISTERS IN ACTION,

PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY

REV. MICHAEL PADEN, BISHOP, METRO ATLANTA DISTRICT, CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST

REV. FRANK BROWN, PASTOR, MT. OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH

ELDER RALPH PEAY, PRESIDENT, CONCERNED BLACK CLERGY OF METROPOLITAN ATLANTA

REV. ALLEN HORTON, PRESIDENT, METROPOLITAN ATLANTA BAPTIST MINISTERS UNION

REV. FRANCYS JOHNSON, PRESIDENT, NAACP OF GEORGIA

REV. GERALD L. DURLEY, PRESIDENT, REGIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES OF ATLANTA

REV. MARK LOMAX, PRESIDENT, ATLANTANS BUILDING LEADERSHIP FOR EMPOWERMENT

REV. GREGORY FANN, PRESIDENT, COALITION OF BLACK TRADE UNIONISTS

REV. JOHN FOSTER, PRESIDENT, AME MINISTERS UNION OF ATLANTA

REV. RICHARD H. COBBLE, PASTOR, OMEGA HOLINESS CHURCH, ATLANTA, GA

REV. HENRY FICKLIN, CHAIR, SOCIAL ACTION COM., GEN MISSIONARY BAPT CONV OF GA

REV. JOYCE DORSEY, PRESIDENT, FULTON-ATLANTA COMMUNITY ACTION AUTHORITY

SISTER NANCY FLAKE JOHNSON, PRESIDENT, URBAN LEAGUE OF GREATER ATLANTA

BROTHER JAMES JONES, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT, SIMPLY UNITED TOGETHER (SUT)

SISTER HELEN BUTLER, EXE DIRECTOR, GEORGIA COALITION FOR THE PEOPLES AGENDA

REV. ALBERT E. LOVE, PRESIDENT AND CEO, THE VOTER EMPOWERMENT COLLABORATIVE (VEC)

SISTER ELAINE LUCAS, PRESIDENT, GEORGIA ASSOCIATION OF BLACK ELECTED OFFICIALS

BROTHER MICHAEL LANGFORD, PRESIDENT, UNITED YOUTH ADULT CONFERENCE

REV. ANTHONY MOTLEY, PASTOR, LINDSEY STREET BAPTIST CHURCH, ATLANTA, GA

REV. DR. CHARLES A. HARPER, III, PARADISE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. JESSE WILLIAMS, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR JUSTICE AND EQUALITY

REV. STANLEY A. SMITH, PASTOR, GREATER FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. ARUNDEL HOPE, PASTOR, ARIEL BOWEN MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

REV. DR. ARTHUR CARSON, JR., PASTOR, SPRINGFIELD BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. DR. DAVID B. RHONE, JR., PRESIDING ELDER OF NORTH-ATLANTA DISTRICT AME CHURCH

REV. DR. GREGORY V. EASON, SR., ST. PAUL AME CHURCH

REV. RAPHAEL ALLEN, SOCIAL ACTION COM. 6^TH DISTRICT, AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

REV. DEXTER ALEXANDER, PASTOR, ST. JOHN UNITED BAPTIST CHURCH

SISTER CELENA M. HAYNES, MINISTER OF COMMUNITY OUTREACH, BEREAN CHRISTIAN CHURCH

SISTER CHIANTI L. MITCHELL, PASTOR OF OUTREACH & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, GREATER PINEY

GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH

DR. T. DEWITT SMITH, JR., CO-CHAIR, NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN CLERGY NETWORK

REV. FREDERICK CALDWELL, SENIOR PASTOR, GRACE COMMUNITY FELLOWSHIP CHURCH

DR. JAMES WASHINGTON, JR., SENIOR PASTOR, NEW GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH, WINTERVILLE, GA

REV. MANCE MAPP, JR., PASTOR, CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH OF ATLANTA

REV. ABRAHAM MOSLEY, PASTOR, MT. PLEASANT BAPTIST CHURCH, ATHENS, GA

REV. VAN X. SHRIEVES, PASTOR, MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. LYNDON GREENE, PASTOR, PAN AFRICAN ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN CHURCH

REV. PAUL HARVEY, PASTOR, MORNING STAR BAPTIST CHURCH, ATLANTA, GA

REV. RUFUS SMITH, PASTOR, NEW MT. OLIVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH, LAGRANGE, GA

REV. DR. ROBERT RICE, JR., PASTOR, BROWN AVE. MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. DOUGLAS MARTIN, PASTOR, STANDARD OF GOD BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. MELVIN WARE, SENIOR PASTOR, MT. OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH, FAYETTEVILLE, GA

REV. JUDY T. WARE, CO-PASTOR, MT. OLIVE BAPTIST CHURCH, FAYETTEVILLE, GA

REV. MARY BETH WILLIAMS, PASTOR, EBENEZER BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. LEON C. MOORE, JR., PASTOR, SHY TEMPLE CHRISTIAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL

REV. GREGORY M. WILLIAMS, PASTOR, POWER COMMUNITY CHURCH

BROTHER GREGORY LEWIS, SR., PRESIDENT, ATLANTA ROME DISTRICT, CME LAY COUNCIL

REV. EDDIE HARLEMON, PASTOR, HILLSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. DR. DARRYL D. ROBERTS, PASTOR, MT. WELCOME MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. NORMAN THOMAS, JR. PASTOR, FIRST BAPTIIST CHURCH – GRESHAM RD.

REV. FRED D. TAYLOR, ASSOCIATE PASTOR, TRINITY BAPTIST METRO ATLANTA

REV. CARLTON WILLIAMS, ASSOCIATE MINISTER, ANTIOCH BAPTIIST CHURCH NORTH

REV. STEVEN E. REID, PASTOR, NEW MT. OLIVE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. DR. AL CLARK, ASSOCIATE MINISTER, FIRST ICONIUM BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. HESHIMU JD SPARKS, ASSOCIATE MINISTER FIRST ICONIUM BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. J. D. SPARKS, PASTOR, FIRST ICONIUM BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. L. T. CRAWFORD, PASTOR, MT. ZION BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. DANIEL DICKSON, PASTOR, MACEDONIA BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. TONI BELIN INGRAM, PASTOR, GREATER TURNER CHAPEL AME CHURCH

REV. JOHN A. MARSH, MINISTER, COMMUNITY OF FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. MICHAEL A. SMITH, PASTOR, COMMUNITY CHURCH OF GOD

REV. WILLIE BLOCKUM, PASTOR, MT. ENON BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. DR. J. ALLEN MILNER, PASTOR, THE CHAPEL OF CHRISTIAN LOVE BAPTIST CHURCH

SISTER GLORIA ROSS, MINISTER, FOUNDATION COMMUNITY CHURCH

REV. CRAIG M. JOHNSON, PASTOR, CALVARY HILL MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. JANICE MCCRAY, PASTOR, SAINT PHILIP AME CHURCH

REV. MARK W. THOMPSON, PASTOR, REDEMPTIVE LIFE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP

SISTER BETTY KENNEY, EVANGELIST, TRINITY AME CHURCH

REV. MARILYN UDEH, PASTOR, TRINITY AME CHURCH

BROTHER MURJAN A. RASHEED, BISHOP, HEARTS OF COMPASSION COMMUNITY TRAINING, INC.

REV. HOKE L. SMITH, PASTOR, CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH, MADISON, GA

DR. EYVONNE H. WHITMAN, SENIOR PASTOR, FIRST AFRICAN METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH

REV. VANDY C. SIMMONS, PASTOR, TRINITY AME CHURCH

REV. ANTHONY HUDSON, ASSOCIATE MINISTER, WHEAT STREET BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. RONALD S. BONNER, PASTOR, THE LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE ATONEMENT

REV. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, JR., PASTOR, TRANQUIL AME CHURCH, DOUGLASVILLE, GA

REV. WILLIE J. WEBB, PASTOR, FOUNDATION BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. SHERRYL POWELL, PASTOR, COSMOPOLITAN AME CHURCH

REV. VIOLA R. PARKER, PASTOR, MOUNT PLEASNAT AME CHURCH, PALMETTO, GA

SISTER CELESTA SCOTT, DIRECTOR OF YOUGH FINANCIAL LITERACY, SPRING HILL BAPTIST CHURCH

BROTHER STEVE SUTTON, M. ED., BISHOP, SHILOH TEMPLE CHRISTIAN CHURCH

SISTER SANDRA HOLMES, CHAIR, ELECTION MINISTRY, NEW BEGINNING FULL GOSPEL CHURCH

REV. J. OTIS JACKSON, PASTOR, CALVARY TEMPLE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. DERRICK RICE, PASTOR, SANKOFA UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

REV. DARRELL ELLIGAN, PASTOR, TRUELIGHT MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. DR. AARON PARKER, PASTOR, ZION HILL BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. DR. GLORIA WRIGHT, PASTOR, DAY SPRING INTERNATIONAL MINISTRIES

REV. DR. TOUSSAINT K. HILL, JR., PASTOR, WEST HUNTER STREET BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. DR. DONALD EARL BRYANT, FRIENDSHIP COMMUNITY CHURCH

REV. JOHN S. BARTLEY, PASTOR, JOURNEY OF FAITH CHURCH

REV. EDWARD REYNOLDS, PASTOR, MIDWAY MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. GREGORY SUTTON, PASTOR, JACKSON MEMORIAL BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. R.L. WHITE, PASTOR, MT. EPHRAIM BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. PORTIA LEE, PASTOR, TRINITY TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH

REV. MICHAEL WRIGHT, PASTOR, TRANSFORM LIVES CHRISTIAN CHURCH

REV. LARRY HILL, PASTOR, WORD OF GOD MINISTRIES