rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/event/gfadp-day-at-the-capitol-2025?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-event-area-gfadp-day-at-the-capitol-2025' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> GFADP https://actionnetwork.org/groups/gfadp https://actionnetwork.org//images/generic_facebook.jpg Join GFADP and Partners for the 2025 Day at the Capitol on Wednesday, February 12, 2025, from 9am to 2pm. Advocacy Days at the Georgia Capitol give us the chance to connect directly with our state leaders. They are a great opportunity for both new advocates and seasoned ones to have a real impact on our state's policies. This year, we are advocating for a bill sponsored by Chairman Bill Werkheiser (R) protecting people with intellectual disabilities from death sentencing. This bill is supported by the Georgia Speaker of the House, Jon Burns. Intellectual Disability and the Death Penalty After the execution of an intellectually disabled man, Jerome Bowden, on June 24, 1986, Georgia legislators drafted and passed a bill to protect the intellectually disabled in Georgia from death sentencing. However, that legislation has not done what it set out to do. Georgia is now on the oopposite side of the coin: we are the true outlier of all states and even the U. S. Supreme Court. We do not protect people with intellectual disabilities from being executed. On March 20, 2024, the State of Georgia executed Willie Pye, who had an IQ of 68. We need to change the law so that no more Georgians with intellectual disabilities will be sentenced to death. Proposed Agenda: 9:00am – Gathering and Greeting time. Continental breakfast served. Trinity Methodist Church 9:30am - Welcome by Cathy Harmon-Christian of GFADP and co-partners 9:45am - Introduction of the bill and how to advocate for it. 11am - Advocates go to Georgia State Capitol to visit with Legislators, Press Conference 12:30am - Lunch and wrap up 1PM - Time at the ropes and with legislators in their offices Find Your Legislator: Your Georgia state representative and state senator represent your district in the Georgia General Assembly. Additionally, it's important to know what committees they sit on and what bills they have sponsored in the past. Find your Senator and Representative online using Plural. https://actionnetwork.org/events/gfadp-day-at-the-capitol-2025