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Citizens gather Saturday for deep dive on legislative issues

The Georgia General Assembly will begin its 2016 legislative session Jan. 11. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM
The Georgia General Assembly will begin its 2016 legislative session Jan. 11. BOB ANDRES / BANDRES@AJC.COM
By Mark Niesse
Dec 1, 2015

Georgia citizens are meeting this weekend to take a deep look at developing legislation to address child support reform, school discipline, mental health and the police, technology skills and treatment of the homeless.

The event, hosted by Rep. Dar'shun Kendrick, D-Lithonia, is an effort to get residents involved in the state's policy-making process.

Citizens will have an opportunity to meet with industry experts, legislators, attorneys and activists.

The event will be held Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the Atlanta campus of ITT-Tech at 485 Oak Place, Suite 800. Registration is required through kendrickforgeorgia.com.

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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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