Sharon Beasley-Teague: District 65
Community. Faith. Empowerment.
Welcome Letter
Representative Sharon Beasley-Teague
Dear Friends and Supporters,
Thank you for taking the time to visit my website to learn more about me. I pray that you will have the confidence to let me continue serving as your Georgia State Representative for District 65.
I can assure you that I am on the front-line working diligently for the communities I serve. As stated in 1 Corinthians 4:12 NIV "We work hard with our own hands. When we are cursed, we bless; when we are persecuted, we endure it."
Who is Rep. Sharon Beasley-Teague?
Representative Sharon Beasley-Teague is a Democrat representing House District 65. She was first elected as a member of the General Assembly in 1992, and continues to serve today. Presently, she serves on the following committees: Games, Fish, & Parks, Human Relationships & Aging, Legislative & Congressional Reapportionment, and Ways & Means.
She has proven to her constituents and general public alike that she is a committed and able legislator. For more than 28 years, as an incumbent and senior woman legislator, her political involvement has been focused toward improving the standard of living for the working poor, thus helping to enhance the quality of life for those unable to speak up for themselves.
Representative Beasley-Teague's presently is a coordinator for Retirees for the International Association of Machinists Union in Georgia. After 30 years, Representative Beasley-Teague retired from Lockheed Martin, located in Marietta, Ga. She has participated with the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the National Black Caucus of State Legislators Executive Committee, the NOBEL/Women-Chaplin, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the National Council of Negro Women, the National Jewish Fund, Operation Bread Basket, Head Start, Inc., the United Youth Adult Conference and the AD King Foundation, Board member. She is an active member of the Temple of Prayer Family Worship Cathedral, Fairburn GA., and is an ordained evangelist.
Issues & Political Concerns
Sharon Beasley-Teague upholds many core values, one of them being the fight for social justice where it is needed. We need to live in a society where people do not merely support progressive change, but fight for it. Read on to learn more of the issues facing Sharon Beasley-Teague and how they plan to overcome them.
Education
For a Better Future
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Key Policy
Working to make life better for the 65th District!
Working to make life better for the 65th District!
Working to make life better for the 65th District!
Dear My Sisters, Brothers, Nices, Nephews, Sons and Daughters,
We are all reeling from the recent events in Minnesota. We are reeling from the murders of George Lloyd in Minnesota, and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, and Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia, and Joel Acevedo and Dontre Hamilton in Milwaukee. We are reeling from centuries of racism and violence. We are reeling from red-lining, neglected communities, crumbling schools, and economic stagnation.
We are reeling. We hope every time is the last time. The idea of each time being the last time heightens our emotions - the sadness, anger, confusion, frustration - evermore. We exhaust ourselves emotionally every time.
And yet it's never the last time. We can't seem to stop demanding blood sacrifice for the generation of tomorrow to commemorate. With every heart-wrenching new example, it gets harder to imagine an end to Sexism, to Inequality, to every problem. We will never see a "last time," until we all believe that reforming the system and catastrophic change are not the same.
It is up to all of us whether this is the last time or not.
I am here to tell you that catastrophe is not necessary for change. We must believe our world can change, that our world can go on without violence. We must believe that complete, structural change in our society is not catastrophic; it is necessary for progress.
I won't tell you not to look away. We cannot go on fetishizing violence against Black bodies and we cannot forget. We mustn't normalize this violence. We shouldn't force Black bodies to bleed on camera in order to raise awareness and advocate for progress. It must still shock. All the while, I think about the words of Audre Lorde:
"Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation. And that is an act of political warfare."
Please, brothers and sisters, take care of yourselves. Take care of each other. I am sending all of my love to you. My faith is in God, and in the power of our community to rise.
If you are able, I need you to join me in action. Whenever you are able. We must work not just out of rage or frustration, but with consistent purpose. Action in countless forms is needed right now.
Educate yourself. We can ALL, ALWAYS, be better. Along the way, we must face our imperfections with compassion, not violence. Black people don't have to be perfect; Black emotions should have space to be felt and acknowledged. Each and every one of us is part of the broken system. It will take all of us to fix it.
Above all, we must not turn to violence as a short-cut or a solution. Violence begets more violence, and Lord knows we have had enough of that.
Together in peace and in love and in power, #WeRise.
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Sincerely,
Rep.Sharon Beasley-Teague
Georgia State House of Representative
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404- 429-7326
Contact
PO Box 488
Red Oak, GA 30272
Capitol Address
509-A Coverdell Legislative Office Building
18 Capitol Square SW
Atlanta, GA 30334
Office 404-656-0229
