Moral Monday Georgia to Rally for Medicaid Expansion Jan. 13

ATLANTA - Dec. 26, 2013 - PRLog -- CONTACTS:

         Mary Anne Smith, 404-217-5039, mary_anne_smith@hotmail.com

         David Robinson, 770-893-9134, gdavidrobinson@gmail.com

         La’Die Mansfield, 229-733-9615,  Ladiemansfield@gmail.com

         Tim Franzen, 404-414-5521, tfranzen@afsc.org

Mass rally urging Governor Deal to accept Medicaid expansion as provided by the Affordable Care Act, preceded by visits to legislators and a workshop. This will be the first in a series of Monday days of action on various legislative and policy issues during the 2014 Georgia legislative session.

For the Moral Monday Georgia platform and mission statement, see http://www.moralmondayga.org.

Monday, January 13, 2014

·         10:30 am – 1:30 pm - Visits to legislators

·         2 – 3:30 pm - Workshop with North Carolina NAACP President Rev. William Barber

·         4 – 6 pm RALLY

Where:      Rally: Georgia State Capitol, Washington St. steps

         Workshop: Central Presbyterian Church, 201 Washington St. SW, 30303

Who: Sponsored by Moral Monday Georgia, a broad coalition of Georgia community and faith-based organizations and individuals calling for moral and responsible state government.

Speakers will include:

·   Georgians directly affected by lack of access to Medicaid;

·    Rev. Timothy McDonald III, pastor, First Iconium Baptist Church;

·    Georgia State Senator Vincent Fort;

·    Francis Johnson, President, Georgia NAACP;

·   Other leaders of Georgia community and faith-based organizations, TBA;

·    North Carolina NAACP President Rev. William Barber

Medicaid expansion would provide health care to more than 600,000 uninsured Georgians; prevent an estimated 3,600 deaths per year; prevent severe funding cuts to Grady Hospital and other hospitals throughout the state; and provide some 70,000 jobs, at no cost to Georgia taxpayers for the first three years. Moral Monday Georgia is calling on our elected officials to enact moral, responsible policies and laws that help the people of Georgia.

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