Aug 31, 2020
George is an educator, non-profit leader, and public policy
advocate who is committed to the academic, social, emotional, and
physical development of our youth and their families. He started
his service career as a teacher's aide and worked his way up to
becoming a certified teacher in the state of Texas and the state of
Mississippi. As an urban educator, seeing parents not armed with
basic education policy information, recognizing needed system
changes in education, and his son’s autism diagnosis, led George to
seek opportunities in youth/family advocacy and public policy. An
example of his advocacy is his service as board president of the
only family run organization, in the state of Mississippi, that
supports families who are raising children with mental health and
behavioral challenges. This organization serves families all over
the state of Mississippi. George has also shown leadership in the
public policy arena. He effectively advocated for a bill that was
written and introduced in the House of Representative as HB 490
during the 2020 legislative session. HB 490 is a bill that
addressed the issue that 50% of children, diagnosed with autism,
tend to wander away from their safe space.
George received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern
Mississippi and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree from the
New Life Fellowship School of Ministry. He is also a graduate of
the Mississippi Black Leadership Institute and the National
Education Association’s Teacher Leadership Institute. Last but not
least, George is a member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc. He
resides in the Jackson, MS area.
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