HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CARL GILLIARD STANDING COMMITTEES REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT 162 512-G COVERDELL LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BLDG. Chairman International Trade & Commerce [email protected] ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30334 Appropriations 404-656-7859 Office Transportation & Insurance 404-656-5605 Fax Interstate Commerce State Properties Creative Arts & Entertainment Work Group

*AGENDA*

TO: House Study Committee Members

Rep. Beverly Trotter – Savannah Youth City, Inc. Rep. Kit Cummings – Power of Peace Project Rep. Ana Pinto – Juvenile Court Cobb County Rep. Tyrone Oliver – Commissioner of Juvenile Justice Robyn Crittenden – GA Human Services Commissioner Richard Woods – GA School Superintendent

FROM: Chairman Carl W. Gilliard

SUBJECT: HR585 Study Committee Meeting on Gang and Youth Violence Prevention

The HR 585 Study Committee will meet on Thursday, October 17, 2019, at West Georgia Technical College, 1 College Circle, LaGrange, Georgia 30240.

AGENDA

9:00am – 9:25am Press Conference

9:25am – 9:30am Opening Prayer

9:30am – 9:35am Welcoming to LaGrange, GA – Mayor Jim Thornton

9:35am – 9:40am Opening Statement – Chairman Carl W. Gilliard

9:40am – 10:20am Presentation by LaGrange Police Chief Louis Dekmar

10:20am – 11:00am Bernice Frazier/Katina Stephens, Southern Christian Leadership Foundation

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CARL GILLIARD STANDING COMMITTEES REPRESENTATIVE, DISTRICT 162 512-G COVERDELL LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BLDG. Chairman International Trade & Commerce [email protected] ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30334 Appropriations 404-656-7859 Office Transportation & Insurance 404-656-5605 Fax Interstate Commerce State Properties Creative Arts & Entertainment Work Group

11:00am – 12:00pm Avenues to Keeping Youth Out of Gangs by the Tyrone Poole 38 Foundation Tyrone Poole, 2X Super Bowl Champion

12:00pm – 12:20pm Lunch

12:20pm – 1:00pm Presentation of Issues Facing Gangs by Georgia Retailers Thomas Beusse, Director of Georgia Retailers

1:00pm – 1:15pm Public Testimonial

1:15pm – 1:30pm Public Testimonial

1:30pm – 1:45pm Public Testimonial

1:45pm – 2:00pm Public Testimonial

2:00pm – 2:40pm Committee Wrap up – GMA Presentation of Municipalities Survey Thoemesa Bailey, GMA & Deborah N., ACCG

2:40pm - 3:00pm Committee Discussion

3:00pm Adjournment

*Agenda subject to change at discretion of the chairman*

cc: Speaker’s Office Clerk’s Office Richard Ruskell, Legislative Counsel Michelle Sloan, Media Services