Bill > SR147

This resolution recognizes and commends the Launch, Expose, Advise, Direct (L.E.A.D.) Center for Youth, a nonprofit organization founded in 2007 by C.J. and Kelli Stewart in Atlanta, which uses sports-based youth development to empower Black youth. The organization specifically uses baseball for boys and tennis for girls to help students in Atlanta Public Schools develop skills to overcome challenges like crime, poverty, and racism. L.E.A.D. provides high-quality youth programs that are earned through participants' commitment to academic performance, attendance, behavior, and community service, with an impressive 97 percent of participants showing improvement in social-emotional learning capacities. The resolution highlights the organization's future plans to create a $12 million sports complex in the Bankhead community that will serve over 1,000 young people annually. By recognizing L.E.A.D.'s work, the resolution aims to celebrate an organization that strengthens both Atlanta and Georgia by providing transformative opportunities for youth. The resolution formally commends the organization and directs the Senate Secretary to distribute an official copy of the resolution to L.E.A.D.

https://www.legis.ga.gov/legislation/70085