Atlanta Mayor-elect Keisha Lance Bottoms will be inaugurated Tuesday, along with incoming City Councilmembers, City Council President Felicia Moore and municipal court judges.

The ceremony will be held at the Martin Luther King Jr. International Chapel at Morehouse College, 830 Westview Drive SW, at 1 p.m. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. Mayor Kasim Reed is expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony.

The inauguration will be streamed live by Channel 2 Action News on AJC.com and WSBTV.com. The city also plans to livestream the event on Twitter via @cityofatlanta.

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Before the ceremony, Bottoms spoke at the Inaugural Interfaith Worship Service at Impact Church, 2323 Sylvan Road, at 8 a.m. Afterward the inauguration, she'll host a citizen's reception in the City Hall Atrium, 55 Trinity Ave. SW. The free and public event begins at 5:30 p.m. 

Bottoms’ first community service project will run from Wednesday through Jan. 8. The public can donate school supplies and backpacks for Atlanta Public Schools teachers and students in the City Hall atrium.

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