www.PopcornandPolitics.com (http://www.PopcornandPolitics.com) Popcorn & Politics: What’s The Real Deal Hosted by Audrey Bell-Kearney & Derrick J. Wilson asking the questions you want the answers to from political leaders and political hopefuls from around the world. You can hear a new episode every Sunday at 3pm. The show is streamed live on AmericaOne Radio, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube & Roku.
He Was The Chairman For Fulton County For 11 Years, What's Next?
https://www.PopcornandPolitics.com (https://www.PopcornandPolitics.com) Dr. John Eaves is the former Chairman of Fulton County, the largest county in Georgia. He is the only candidate in the race with a proven record of increasing voter access, including creating Soul to the Polls and expanding early voting and the number of precincts in Fulton County.
He also oversaw the greatest economic growth and job creation in Fulton’s history by supporting Black and women-owned business, spearheaded the public-private partnership to restore Grady Memorial Hospital, worked with Rev. Raphael Warnock to expunge the records of 1,000 innocent Georgians to get jobs.
Dr. Eaves attended Morehouse College, has a Master’s from Yale, a Ph.D. from the Univ. of South Carolina, and is a two-time Fulbright Scholar. He is a small business owner and an esteemed professor at Spelman College. He lives in Atlanta and has two children, who attend Duke University and North Carolina A&T University.
Dr. Eaves is running for Secretary of State because we need a strong, experienced leader to protect our vote.
If elected, he will fight to expand access to the ballot box, particularly for underserved communities, and protect people of color and young people from being purged from voter rolls. He will also stimulate the economy by awarding state contracts to minority, women, and veteran owned businesses.
If elected, he will be the first Black Secretary of State elected in the South.
4 May 2022
Judge Tracie Cason Is Our Guest
www.PopcornandPolitics.com (http://www.PopcornandPolitics.com) Tracie Cason is a Superior Court Judge for Gwinnett County, having been elected in May of 2018. Tracie graduated Cum Laude with honors from the University of Georgia in 1993 with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice, during which she interned in the homicide unit of the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia. She attended and received her Juris Doctorate Degree from Baylor University School of Law in 1997. Before joining the bench, Tracie was a career prosecutor. She began her legal career in the Dublin Judicial Circuit in 1997 before coming to the Gwinnett District Attorney's Office in 2000. While working in the Dublin Circuit, Tracie was instrumental in establishing the Victim Assistance Program for the circuit, as well as the Domestic Violence Task Force and the Sexual Assault Response Team. She was also one of the founding members of The Stepping Stone Child Advocacy Center.
While in the Gwinnett District Attorney’s Office, Tracie worked in various courtrooms and divisions, including several years on the Child Protection Team, which was responsible for prosecuting all child molestation and cruelty cases. After being promoted to Deputy Chief, she supervised trial divisions, the Special Victims Unit (which she helped re-establish), the Appellate Division, and the Accountability Courts for Gwinnett County. She also helped create the Pre-trial Intervention and Diversion Program. She has served as the chairperson of the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit Child Abuse Protocol Committee and as the Chairperson of the Gwinnett Judicial Circuit Sexual Assault Protocol Committee.
As the focus of her career has been the protection of children and victims of sexual assault, Tracie is also actively involved in promoting the prevention of and improving responses to sexual assaults and abuse. She was invited to be a member of the Criminal Justice Coordinating Council’s State Expert Committee for Sexual Assault Response Teams. As a member of that Committee, she was critical in developing state-wide training for the creation and implementation of Sexual Assault Response Teams. She currently sits on the Advisory Council for that Committee.
Tracie was also a frequent instructor for the Gwinnett County Police Department Police Academy and Training Center and for the Gwinnett Sexual Assault Center. She has presented programs on Mandated Reporting for Georgia Gwinnett College, programs on Internet Crimes Against Children to various PTA’s, and also presented to the Gwinnett County Public Schools School Counselors about bullying and internet crimes.
In her free time, Tracie is an avid Dawg fan. She and her husband, David, regularly attend UGA sporting events, traveling all over the country to see the Dawgs play! They have 3 dachshunds named Munson, Dooley, and Erk and a chocolate lab named Emma Mae.
4 May 2022
JT Wu Wants To Bring Hope For A Bright Future
www.PopcornandPolitics.com (http://www.PopcornandPolitics.com) JT Wu is a lifelong Georgian and native Gwinnettian who's running to be District 97's voice in the Georgia State House (encompassing the cities of Berkeley Lake, Duluth, Norcross, and Peachtree Corners).
Experienced, energetic, and ready to lead, JT's first-generation story is living proof of the American Dream.
Born to immigrant parents, JT went from kindergarten in Gwinnett County Public Schools to graduating on scholarship from Princeton University, getting his start in public service working in the State Department during college. Since then, he's collaborated with diplomats on policy research, held executive roles across the private sector, fought for living wages of $15 an hour as the first-ever Asian-American on the Gwinnett County Public Library Board, and founded an early childhood literacy nonprofit called Preface here in Gwinnett County teaching kids of all backgrounds to read.
Thanks to deep relationships with local leaders, JT has a proven track record of bringing folks together to get things done. He's running to make sure the next generation of Georgians will have the same opportunities he had growing up - high-quality education, good healthcare, and HOPE for a brighter future.
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