A Thank You To The Voters Of Georgia

"Thank you for launching a framework in Georgia to give urban, suburban, and rural communities the same access to the decision-making process of government as lobbyists, special interest groups, and corporations. The work continues."
-- Al Bartell
U.S. Public Policy Leader
Candidate for Governor of Georgia, 2022

"We will never, ever, ever surrender the future of Georgia in the United States of America to forces of cultural separation." -- Al Bartell

Reminiscent of the original “Sherman’s March To The Sea”, Al Bartell  invoked a 21st century “March To The Sea” in 2020 to re-presence Georgians and America to the original intent and language of the Emancipation Proclamation (Presidential Executive Order 95) -- which Sherman’s March To The Sea fulfilled on during the American Civil War.

The Emancipation Proclamation did more than free 3.5 million of America’s blacks from slavery.  It specifically addressed the protection of black Americans during the coming days.

Particularly, the Emancipation Proclamation prohibited violence against black Americans -- newly freed -- by the police, the military, or any others. That prohibition against violence included the prohibition of punishment of black Americans from the court system, or the “law of the land” of that time -- for being free, by law.

155 years later, in remembrance of the 13th Amendment, which ensured black Americans freedom from slavery/prohibition from violence in perpetuity, U.S. Public Policy Leader Al Bartell  travelled to 13 cities reminiscent of the original "March to the Sea" :

Atlanta(Rayshard Brooks News Conference);
Dalton, Kennesaw, and Marietta;
Jonesboro, McDonough, Forsyth, and Macon;
Milledgeville, Dublin, and Soperton;
Metter and Savannah

At each of the thirteen cities, Al read the Emancipation Proclamation on the steps leading into each City Hall, giving an advance courtesy communication to each city's Mayor and City Council.