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Chris Tucker talks with DeKalb teens

Chris Tucker, left, greets Interim DeKalb CEO Lee May as he speaks at the county’s Dream Symposium on Wednesday. Delta Air Lines executive Karmetria Burton is pictured in the center.
Chris Tucker, left, greets Interim DeKalb CEO Lee May as he speaks at the county’s Dream Symposium on Wednesday. Delta Air Lines executive Karmetria Burton is pictured in the center.
By Mark Niesse
June 29, 2016

Actor and comedian Chris Tucker is meeting with DeKalb County children about making their dreams come true.

Tucker, Interim DeKalb CEO Lee May and other entertainment professionals spoke today to youths ages 12 to 15 at the Porter Sanford III Performing Arts & Community Center.

Others in attendance included Kandi Burruss, Darian “Big Tigger” Morgan, Shanti Das, Rashan Ali, Glamour, Karmetria Burton and Byron Wright.

The discussion was organized by the Chris Tucker Foundation, the DeKalb Office of Youth Services and the DeKalb Department of Recreation, Parks and Cultural Affairs.

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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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