Immigrants who helped build this nation are being hunted, profiled, and demonized. We must stand up, speak out, and organize—before it’s too late. Pledge of Action: Preamble: The Soul of Atlanta invites the community to come together and form a united front, using all means required, to push back against attacks on local governments’ MFBE programs, DEI, and diversity initiatives in general. These programs have promoted fairness, equal opportunity and democracy. 1. We affirm that DEI and minority and female enterprise programs (MFBE) have been incubators of Democracy, economic ladders into the mainstream economy, and wealth generators in African American and other underserved communities. 2. We encourage all businesses we patronize to announce publicly their commitment for diversity, fairness and equal opportunity and their support of Atlanta’s efforts to defend its MFBE program . 3. We stand in solidarity with mayors and local government officials who are fighting to protect their diversity initiatives, including MFBE programs. 4. We demonstrate courage by uniting, raising our voices and declaring that attacks on MFBE and DEI programs are morally wrong. 5. We stand together in public opposition to the rightwing movement toward authoritarianism that is taking over our Democratic institutions. We the undersign support this Statement of Principles in total:
Andrew Young, former U.S. Ambassador and Atlanta Mayor, 1982-1990 Bill Campbell, Former Atlanta Mayor, 1994-2002 Shirley Franklin, Former Atlanta Mayor, 2003-2010 Kasim Reed, Former Atlanta Mayor, 2010-2018 Keisha Lance Bottoms, Former Atlanta Mayor, 2018-2022 Jabari Simama, former Atlanta City Councilman You Sign Here:________________________
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