State of Tennessee, Department of Education Director of Policy, Aleah Guthrie (left) spoke about training and childhood experiences, trauma-informed discipline and school safety, and more at the town hall meeting sponsored by London Lamar, State Representative for District 91 in Memphis, TN, during the event held Tuesday evening, May 28, 2019, at the Riverside Missionary Baptist Church, 3560 South Third Street. Story and Photo by Dr. Yvonne D. Nelson The recently constructed edifice of Riverside Missionary Baptist Church, 3560 S Third Street near Mitchell (Winchester) Road in southwest Memphis, was the location of 28-year old, former TN Young Democrats President and first-term State Representative London Lamar’s Whitehaven Legislative Town Hall meeting. Held on the evening of Tuesday, May 28, 2019, the event turned out to be extremely informative for those who were in town and attended. Understanding the importance of and absence of college voters encouraged Lamar to push for early voting locations to be placed on college campuses. “I’m so excited to be able to come home, from Nashville, to be able to share some of the things that were done this year at the Tennessee State Capitol,” said Lamar, a freshman in leadership, secretary of the democratic minority caucus, and secretary of the caucus of TN Black Caucus of State Legislators. “Alongside a short presentation that I have, we will be talking about some key legislation that came down from the Capitol. We will also have presentations from the TN Department of Education to talk about key legislation concerning education, and also a presentation from the TN Department of Safety and Homeland Security about some new ID changes that are coming that every citizen needs to know about.” Lamar recapped major policy outcomes from the 2019 General Assembly and gave an overview of several of the bills she sponsored or co-sponsored (e.g., HB380 on health issues; HB988 on mental health; HB72 on maternal health and education, and reducing expungement fees to $0, and spoke about HB1264/SB765 on alternate gun permit system). Lamar made specific references to various laws that have recently been passed into law and those currently headed our way. “Drastic changes have been made in education and there is a federal mandate that ALL citizens will be required to receive new licenses call “real IDs.” Details for the “real ID” program are on the following page for your convenience and review. Visit online for more info. 10
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