Recent study shows US has spent over $1B locking up innocent black & brown people; Georgia is the state with the highest prison population

Georgia jails are overcrowded and unsafe; pose huge risk for COVID-19 to spread

Supports legalizing marijuana, especially empowering communities affected by war on drugs to profit

- Recent study shows US has spent over $1B locking up innocent black & brown people; Georgia is the state with the highest prison population
- Georgia jails are overcrowded and unsafe; pose huge risk for COVID-19 to spread
- Supports ending cash bail
- Supports legalizing marijuana, especially empowering communities affected by war on drugs to profit

Criminal Justice

Provide grants to minority communities impacted by health disparities

- Has personal background in HIV advocacy
- Expand medicaid for all
- Provide grants to minority communities impacted by health disparities

Healthcare

Address disparities in environmental health among black and brown communities

Strengthen state-level environmental protections

Ensure harmful chemical plants are shut down

- Address disparities in environmental health among black and brown communities
- Strengthen state-level environmental protections
- Ensure harmful chemical plants are shut down

Environment

Increase incentives for employers to offer tele-work

- Invest smartly in transportation
- Increase incentives for employers to offer tele-work

Transportation & Infrastructure

Making sure that children have food, clothes, and housing outside of the classroom

- Fully fund education programs
- Making sure that children have food, clothes, and housing outside of the classroom

Education

Invest in entrepreneurial programs for minorities with higher unemployment rates

- Invest in entrepreneurial programs for minorities with higher unemployment rates

Economy

Devin Barrington-Ward

The State Senate plays an important role in setting policy around economic development, education, criminal justice, and the minimum wage.

Your representative in the upper chamber of the state legislature