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SECTION A: VOL 29* NO. 17
The Official Legal Organ ofDeKalb County, GA. Serving East Atlanta, Avondale Estates, Brookhaven, Chamblee, Clarkston, Decatur, Doraville, Dunwoody, Lithonia, Pine Lake, Tucker, Stonecrest and Stone Mountain.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24 - 30,2019
www.THECHAMPIONNEWSPAPER.com
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DeKalb County resident Ed Williams stands with
supporters outside of a Supreme Court of Georgia
courtroom.
Commissioner
pay increase
case heard in
Supreme Court
BY HORACE HOLLOMAN
horace@dekalbchamp.com
DeKalb County resident Ed
Williams said he struggled to
find an attorney who would help
present a case against the DeKalb
County Board of Commissioners
for allegedly violating the Open
Meetings Act by not giving proper
notice of the board’s intent to pass a
pay increase for themselves.
However, Williams received
the help he needed when a group
of University of Georgia School of
Law students represented Williams
in a hearing before the Supreme
Court of Georgia Oct. 22 in Atlanta.
Domestic violence conversations
designed to fight stigma
BY HORACE HOLLOMAN
horace@dekalbchamp.com
M ore than 13,000
misdemeanor cases are
prosecuted by DeKalb
County Solicitor-General’s Office
each year. Of those cases, nearly
one-third involve charges of
domestic violence.
According to the Georgia
Domestic Violence Fatality
Review Project, approximately
150 Georgians are killed each year
due to domestic violence.
On Oct. 20, the solicitor
general’s office hosted Sunday
Night Lights to educate residents
on domestic violence. The family-
oriented program was held at
New Life Church and Community
Center in Decatur.
Sunday Night Lights is
part of the Not In My DeKalb
campaign, which includes a
domestic violence prevention and
mentorship campaign, community
programs and a second-response
personnel to DeKalb County
Police Department’s South
Precinct for domestic violence
calls.
“We talked about how to build
healthy relationships and how
to break barriers,” said DeKalb
County Solicitor General Donna
Coleman-Stribling who has
launched two programs to combat
A group of women listen to guest speakers during a domestic violence awareness campaign event.
#NOT IN NY
DEKALB
STAND WITH
SOLICITOR-GENERAL
'Donna, Co-teman- Slu&iinq
EVENT
A conflict resolution professional speaks with
teens during Not in My DeKalb.
DeKalb County Solicitor-General’s Office hosted Sunday Night Lights to discuss domestic violence issues.
SEE COURT ON PAGE 6
SEE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ON PAGE 6
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