About Denise Dunbar

What: We will be standing up, speaking out, and fighting for fair pay at the MASSIVE rallies around the globe for the Fight for $15. It’s time for McDonald’s and billionaire corporations like them to pay workers enough to support their families. It’s time for $15 an hour and union rights. Will you join us? […]

Get the facts, and then decide. By Denise Dunbar March 25, 2015 Plans are in the works to fix Georgia’s failing schools, or are they?  Seems like the more information that’s released about a new piece of legislation that’s progressing at the state capitol, the more confused some people become. Governor Nathan Deal calls it […]

Let’s take a good long look at HIV rate in our community. By Denise Dunbar We have to stop ignoring this!  New CDC numbers show a distressing trend. There’s an increasing number of young people, ages 13 – 24 becoming infected with the HIV virus!! (What’s really going on?!!) According to health professionals, of all […]

Friday – March 20, 2015 WHAT- Concerned Clergy and Activists speak out against Education Bill WHO-  Rev. Frank Brown, President of Concerned Black Clergy Dr. Verdaillia Turner, President of the Georgia Federation of Teachers Concerned Parents WHEN-  Friday, March 20, 2015, 12:30 pm WHERE-  Georgia Capitol Rotunda   Sunday –  March 22, 2015 WHAT-  Church […]

“The day they bled for your vote” By Denise Dunbar Millions of people are getting ready to mark the 50 year anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Alabama. That’s the day marked in history as the day that hundreds of civil rights marchers and advocates were brutally attacked by Alabama State Troopers. They were attempting […]

GABEO’S 45TH Annual Winter Conference “Where Do We Go From Here” (CHAOS OR COMMUNITY….DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.) February 27– March 1, 2015 Hosts: The City of Douglasville 6700 Church Street Douglasville, GA  30134 678-715-6094     GABEO (Georgia Association of Elected Black Officials) is focusing its winter conference on explosive and relevant topics such […]

By Diane Larche’ Celebrating Our Heritage, Our History: Saluting African Americans in the Arts is the theme of the annual Georgia Legislative Black Caucus Heritage Dinner set for Thursday, February 26 at the Georgia World Congress Center, 7 p.m. in the Thomas Murphy Ballroom. Hosted by Actor Comedian Chris Tucker and Fox TV News Anchor […]

This Year’s Measles Outbreak Underscores the Importance of Making Sure Children Receive All of Their Vaccinations February 22-28th is Georgia Preteen and Teen Vaccine Awareness Week. It’s a reminder that all children between the ages of 10 and 18 must adhere to the provisions of Georgia Department of Public Health Rule 511-2-2. Newly implemented in […]

  WHAT: Historic Summit of Iconic and Emerging Civil Rights Leaders   WHEN: Sunday, February 15, 2015 – 6:00pm ET   WHERE: Mount Olive Baptist Church, 2174 M.L. King, Jr. Drive, SW, Atlanta, GA 30310   WHY: To establish a new, modern and relevant national organization to address burgeoning civil and human rights challenges facing this generation. […]

Bus Pilgrimage to Selma, Alabama Sunday, March 8, 2015 Leaving Atlanta 6:00 a.m. Return 9:00 p.m. Retrace the steps of the historic march from Brown Chapel AME Church to Edmund Pettus Bridge   WHY: To Commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery March To preserve and make permanent the Voting Rights Act of […]