Senator Doc Rhett October Legislative & Community Update 2021

Your October 2021

Legislative

Community Update!

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District 33

What's Happening

District 33!

Help Senator Doc Rhett build a world-class

veterans memorial in Cobb County

The Cobb County Veterans Memorial is a project designed as a memorial to honor our United States Armed Forces and their families.

For those who served, for those who suffer, your open hands bring solace. Your gift and commitment is not only an opportunity to build a legacy for veterans, but it will also educate and inspire future generations to live meaningful and purposeful lives of service. Steps you can take right now to support the project are:

Click Facebook.com/CobbVetMemorial to “Like” the project on Facebook

Make a donation HERE to help us raise the funds to start construction of the Memorial. No amount is too small. Every dollar helps!

Take a “virtual flyover” of the park here and watch “the vision” here.

If you would like to host a fundraising event, make a corporate/foundation donation, or help in some other way, please send us an email to contact@cobbvmf.com.

Voter Registration Deadline

October 4

Election Day, November 2

MY VOTER PAGE

In-person Early Voting, Oct 12 - Oct 29

Locations, Dates & Times

EARLY VOTE SCHEDULE

Rental and mortgage assistance available

Cobb County has rental and mortgage assistance available through its Community Development Block Grant program. COVID-19 hardships are not required to be eligible for assistance.

For additional information, visit http://www.cobbcounty.org/ERA and click the link for CDBG NON COVID ASSISTANCE.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month, also referred to in the United States as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, is an annual international health campaign organized by breast cancer charities every October to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure.

According to BreastCancer.org, in the United States the 2021 Breast Cancer stats are as follows:

About 1 in 8 U.S. women (about 13 percent) will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime.
In 2021, an estimated 281,550 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in women in the U.S., along with 49,290 new cases of non-invasive (in situ) breast cancer.
About 2,650 new cases of invasive breast cancer are expected to be diagnosed in men in 2021. A man’s lifetime risk of breast cancer is about 1 in 833.
About 43,600 women in the U.S. are expected to die in 2021 from breast cancer. Death rates have been steady in women under 50 since 2007 but have continued to drop in women over 50. The overall death rate from breast cancer decreased by 1% per year from 2013 to 2018. These decreases are thought to be the result of treatment advances and earlier detection through screening.
For women in the U.S., breast cancer death rates are higher than those for any other cancer, besides lung cancer.

To find out more information about breast cancer, to donate to local organizations or to volunteer, visit the following local organizations:

gabcc.org

georgiacancerinfo.org/cancer-resources/national-foundation-and-nonprofit/13

BNRAC.org

sistersbychoice.org/support

komen.org

U.S. Taiwan Education Cooperation

Since Taiwan-US Education Cooperation Initiative launched, we have had intensive education cooperation between the two countries.’ DG Wang said.

Today, we are pleased that our friends, Georgian State Senator Michael "Doc" Rhett , Rep. Scott Holcomb, Doraville Mayor Joseph Geierman, Chamblee Coty Council memeber Karen Lupton, Councilwoman, attended the grand opening of the Taiwan Center for Mandarin Learning in Atlanta.

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本日亞特蘭大 #台灣華語文中心正式啟動，由駐亞特蘭大辦事處王處長、僑委會亞特蘭大僑教中心 OCAC in Atlanta賴主任、喬治亞州州參議員Michael Rhett、州眾議員Scott Holcomb、Doraville 市市長Joseph Geierman、Chamblee市市議員Karen Lupton共同揭牌，象徵華語文教育里程碑由K-12拓展至成人華文教育，也期盼華語教學能在美國東南區扎根，實踐百年樹人的教育理念。

Cobb Democrats

at the

North Georgia State Fair 2021!

Senator "Doc" Rhett delivering a word of encouragement and First Sunday Communion to homebound members in District 33

Congressman David Scott

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On 27th Anniversary of Violence Against Women Act, Rep. David Scott Urges Senate Support for VAWA Reauthorization

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Congresswoman McBath

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Congressman Loudermilk

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Hispanic Heritage Month

We celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 to October 15) to recognize the achievements and contributions of Hispanic American champions who have inspired others to achieve success.

The observation began in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period.

It was enacted into law on August 17, 1988.

View related records on the Hispanic and Latino Heritage resource page and in the Archives Catalog here.