GALEO Applauds Mayor Kasim Reed & City of Atlanta for Welcoming Atlanta Efforts
Jerry Gonzalez, GALEO Executive Director, welcomes the opportunity to continue to serve as part of the Advisory Committee
Press Statement
PRESS RELEASE: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.
Media Contact: Jerry González, GALEO Executive Director Tel.: (404) 745-2580 / Email: Jerry@2014old.galeo.org
September 17, 2014 (ATLANTA, GA)- Jerry Gonzalez, Executive Director of GALEO, released the following statement today in response to Mayor Kasim Reed & the City of Atlanta’s announcement of implementation of the Welcoming Atlanta’s Working Group recommendations.
“GALEO applauds the Mayor of Atlanta’s leadership and vision to make the City of Atlanta an international destination and place to call home for New Americans. With the implementation of 20 of the recommendations developed by the Welcoming Atlanta Working Group, it demonstrates a strong commitment to make Atlanta more diverse, more competitive and a great place to live for all residents.
GALEO also welcomes the opportunity to continue to work with the Advisory Committee established today to ensure we continue to make progress with the recommendations made and others yet to be made for implementation.
The City of Atlanta leads in the state, the Southeast and the nation in the process in which we worked on the recommendations and the depth of the recommendations we announced today.
GALEO challenges other cities across our state to embrace New Americans within their own jurisdictions and to implement similar recommendations all across the state.
GALEO is proud to have served in this capacity and will continue to work with the Mayor of Atlanta to make the Metro Atlanta region and our state more welcoming to all!”
The Mayor’s Press Release can be found here.
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