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Quilt show “Sacred Threads” now
through March 23rd: also yoga!
The Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum
invites you to experience the Sacred Threads
Exhibit, which will be on display from January
2 - March 23, 2024, at 306 C Bradley Street,
Carrollton, Georgia.
Sacred Threads features 38 quilts all
centered around the themes of Brotherhood,
Grief, Healing, Inspiration, Joy, Peace, and
Spirituality.
The Sacred Thread community storytelling
series will expand on the exhibit themes
allowing for greater community involvement
and connections. It will feature a mix of invited
storytellers, along with a safe platform for
audience participation. This series will be held
starting at 7:00 pm on the third Saturday of
each month from January through March of
2024. The series is geared tor adult audiences,
but everyone over the age of 12 is invited to
attend. This is a free public event.
The community is also invited to join us in
the Sacred Threads Exhibit Gallery for yoga on
the first Sundays of January - March. This 45-
minute relaxing yoga practice will be led by
FALSE PUBLIC ALARM from front page
member of the Georgia State House in 2016,
then-Representative Raffensperger authored
HB 790 which increased the penalty for trans
mitting a false public alarm to include prison
time of one to ten years.
Secretary Raffensperger calls on all elected
officials and community leaders to denounce
any form of political violence or intimidation,
and to create stricter protections using the lan
guage he proposed in 2016.
On Wednesday, at least eight Capitol com
plexes across the country received threats, cul
minating in a shocking incident of swatting
against a senior staff member of the Georgia
Secretary of State’s office. Raffensperger
stressed that such actions have no place in a
civilized society and go against the fundamen
tal principles of American democracy.
“Cowardice never wins,” said Secretary
Raffensperger. “It is deeply troubling to see a
rise in swatting and other physical threats. We
expect heightened tensions as we head into a
major presidential election. We expect
American citizens to engage in the democratic
process- not resort to cowardly acts of intimida
tion. We’re committed to upholding our demo
cratic principles and fighting for an environ
ment in which citizens can freely and safely
participate.”
The Secretary of State’s office is working
closely with law enforcement to investigate the
recent threats and hold accountable those
responsible.
“The integrity of our elections is non-nego-
tiable,” said Secretary Raffensperger. “We’re
unwavering in protecting the values that under
pin our democracy.”
The Secretary reaffirms Iris commitment to
protecting the integrity of Georgia’s elections
and upholding the public’s right to free and fair
elections - free from any form of intimidation.
Georgia continues to set records for voter
turnout and election participation, seeing the
largest increase in average turnout of any other
state in the 2018 midterm election and record
turnout in 2020, and 2022. 2022 achieved the
largest single day of in-person early voting
turnout in Georgia midterm history utilizing
Georgia’s secure, paper ballot voting system.
Most recently, Georgia ranked #1 for Election
Integrity by the Heritage Foundation, a top
ranking for Voter Accessibility by the Center
for Election Innovation & Research and tied for
number one in Election Administration by the
Bipartisan Policy Center.
Angie. Please bring your own mat, donations
are appreciated.
This project is supported by Georgia
Humanities, in partnership with the Georgia
Department of Economic Development,
through funding from the Georgia General
Assembly. This program is also supported in
part by Georgia Council for the Arts through
the appropriations of the Georgia General
Assembly. Georgia Council for the Arts also
receives support from its partner agency - the
National Endowment for the Arts.
The Southeastern Quilt and Textile Museum
is located at 306 C Bradley Street, in
Carrollton, Georgia. The museum is open
Tuesday - Saturday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Regular admission is $5.00, with group
discounts available.
For more information go to sqtmuseum.org
or contact us directly at 770-301-2187 or email
us at southeasternquilt@gmail.com
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