South Metro Advisory Committee Meeting with Commissioner Khadijah Abdur-Rahman, Fulton County
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South Metro Advisory Committee Meeting with Commissioner Khadijah Abdur-Rahman, Fulton County
Date:
April 19, 2022
Time:
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT
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Event Description:
Join the Council for Quality Growth's VIRTUAL South Metro Advisory Committee Meeting on April 19, 2022 at 12:00 PM via Zoom with Commissioner Khadijah Abdur-Rahman, Fulton County, District 6.
The South Metro Advisory Committee will resume IN-PERSON Meetings beginning next month on May 17 at the ATL Airport CIDs.
Khadijah Abdur-Rahman
Commissioner, District 6
Fulton County
The honorable Khadijah Abdur-Rahman is the Fulton County commissioner elected from District 6, known as “The Mighty6” covering Southwest Atlanta and Southern Fulton County.
In her role, Commissioner “Khadijah“ continues to make history. The first Muslim woman ever elected in Georgia, Khadijah has made a major difference in the lives of the one-million residents she represents countywide—and all in her first year if office.
Among the list of accomplishments, Khadijah Introduced a $206 million coronavirus pandemic Rescue Implementation Plan to help persons, homeowners, renters and small businesses impacted by the pandemic. She also successfully passed an employee pandemic payroll bonus, which employees nicknamed the “Khadijah Checks.”
On civil rights, Khadijah passed the resolution against voter suppression and Jim Crow 2.0 racism to fight Georgia law SB-202 and other anti-voter tactics. She also was a driving force behind the successful passage and establishment of the (County and City of Atlanta’s) new Pre-Arrest Diversion Center for non-violent offenders who need medical treatment—not so much a prison or jail cell. She also secured enhanced funding for the Sheriff's Office and the Office of the District Attorney.
Because of these efforts and more, Khadijah was awarded the Jeannette Rankin Foundation Shining STAR Alumna award. During the live worldwide broadcast of Foundation’s gala, Khadijah was interviewed about her life by media legend Monica Kaufman Pearson.
A business owner and community advocate, Khadijah came to office after being overwhelmingly elected in November 2020. She secured the seat after a record-setting victory in the June 2020 Democratic Primary—defeating the incumbent, by 16 points.
Khadijah’s priorities include public safety and criminal justice reform including reducing juvenile delinquency; senior services and youth programs; environmental justice; public health; economic development and entrepreneurship; and arts and cultural programming.
A community leader for years, Khadijah serves on the board of directors of Atlanta Legal Aid Society; is fundraising chairperson at Humanitarian Relief Inc., a faith-based program that feeds homeless and needy persons; is past board member of the Fulton County Council on Aging; and has been a longtime volunteer with the C.T. Martin Youth Fest.
In addition to her nonprofit volunteer service, Commissioner Khadijah has been a strong voice for social and economic justice. She has led boycotts of merchants who have mistreated members of the African-American community; resulting in forcing merchants to provide safe, clean and healthy establishments that rely on the hard-earned dollars of consumers from minority communities.
Commissioner Khadijah, the baby of six children to her late parents, James and Victoria Travis Jackson, is a native of Southwest Atlanta. Her mother and father, entrepreneurs in their own right, raised Khadijah in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement. They were the first African Americans to purchase a home in the Peyton Chalet community after the removal of the “Peyton Wall.” The wall was a three-foot barricade along Peyton Road, built in 1962, to dissuade Black people from moving into the Cascade Heights neighborhood. It was removed in 1963 after protests by African-American leaders and civil rights groups.
Khadijah is a proud graduate of Atlanta Public Schools: she attended Peyton Forest Elementary, Southwest Atlanta High and Benjamin E. Mays High. She was named a Jeanette Rankin scholar; an EMERGE scholar; and received the KAGRO International scholarship. The commissioner earned a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Degree at the Ambassador Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University and is pursuing a J.D. degree at Florida Coastal School of Law.
A fourth-generation family member of Big Bethel AME Church, Khadijah (formerly Beverly Jackson) converted to Islam in her twenties and practices her faith at Masjid Al-Muminun in Atlanta, led by Imam Furqan A. Muhammad. Formerly married, Khadijah is the mother of two adult daughters: Maleka and Madinah. Her son, Mustafaa Al-uqdah, recently completed his tour of duty and service to America, as a member of the U.S. Navy.
A believer in entrepreneurism and job creation, Khadijah followed in her parents’ footsteps, and owns and operates Jakar LLC. Her company provides good-paying jobs while offering customers tech- sales- and customer service-support to medium- and small-sized businesses.
When not creating jobs, or fighting for the least of those in need, Commissioner Khadijah enjoys sewing; gardening; baking and cooking; and bowling–a passionate hobby. She has even bowled a three-hundred game and been a part of competitive bowling leagues!
In the community (and during her campaign) constituents noticed that Khadijah always toted some purple-colored boxing gloves. The commissioner says those symbolize what Commissioner Darnell always called Khadijah: “a community fighter.” Commissioner Khadijah says it all stemmed from her witnessing (as a child) her mother being a fighter too. Particularly, watching her mother get arrested at a school board meeting when Black parents protested disparities in new-books distribution among black and white schools by the Atlanta Board of Education.
Khadijah maintains, the boxing gloves represent the continuation of that fight for justice—a fight that never ends.
The South Metro Advisory Committee will resume IN-PERSON Meetings beginning next month on May 17 at the ATL Airport CIDs.
Khadijah Abdur-RahmanCommissioner, District 6
Fulton County
The honorable Khadijah Abdur-Rahman is the Fulton County commissioner elected from District 6, known as “The Mighty6” covering Southwest Atlanta and Southern Fulton County.
In her role, Commissioner “Khadijah“ continues to make history. The first Muslim woman ever elected in Georgia, Khadijah has made a major difference in the lives of the one-million residents she represents countywide—and all in her first year if office.
Among the list of accomplishments, Khadijah Introduced a $206 million coronavirus pandemic Rescue Implementation Plan to help persons, homeowners, renters and small businesses impacted by the pandemic. She also successfully passed an employee pandemic payroll bonus, which employees nicknamed the “Khadijah Checks.”
On civil rights, Khadijah passed the resolution against voter suppression and Jim Crow 2.0 racism to fight Georgia law SB-202 and other anti-voter tactics. She also was a driving force behind the successful passage and establishment of the (County and City of Atlanta’s) new Pre-Arrest Diversion Center for non-violent offenders who need medical treatment—not so much a prison or jail cell. She also secured enhanced funding for the Sheriff's Office and the Office of the District Attorney.
Because of these efforts and more, Khadijah was awarded the Jeannette Rankin Foundation Shining STAR Alumna award. During the live worldwide broadcast of Foundation’s gala, Khadijah was interviewed about her life by media legend Monica Kaufman Pearson.
A business owner and community advocate, Khadijah came to office after being overwhelmingly elected in November 2020. She secured the seat after a record-setting victory in the June 2020 Democratic Primary—defeating the incumbent, by 16 points.
Khadijah’s priorities include public safety and criminal justice reform including reducing juvenile delinquency; senior services and youth programs; environmental justice; public health; economic development and entrepreneurship; and arts and cultural programming.
A community leader for years, Khadijah serves on the board of directors of Atlanta Legal Aid Society; is fundraising chairperson at Humanitarian Relief Inc., a faith-based program that feeds homeless and needy persons; is past board member of the Fulton County Council on Aging; and has been a longtime volunteer with the C.T. Martin Youth Fest.
In addition to her nonprofit volunteer service, Commissioner Khadijah has been a strong voice for social and economic justice. She has led boycotts of merchants who have mistreated members of the African-American community; resulting in forcing merchants to provide safe, clean and healthy establishments that rely on the hard-earned dollars of consumers from minority communities.
Commissioner Khadijah, the baby of six children to her late parents, James and Victoria Travis Jackson, is a native of Southwest Atlanta. Her mother and father, entrepreneurs in their own right, raised Khadijah in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement. They were the first African Americans to purchase a home in the Peyton Chalet community after the removal of the “Peyton Wall.” The wall was a three-foot barricade along Peyton Road, built in 1962, to dissuade Black people from moving into the Cascade Heights neighborhood. It was removed in 1963 after protests by African-American leaders and civil rights groups.
Khadijah is a proud graduate of Atlanta Public Schools: she attended Peyton Forest Elementary, Southwest Atlanta High and Benjamin E. Mays High. She was named a Jeanette Rankin scholar; an EMERGE scholar; and received the KAGRO International scholarship. The commissioner earned a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice Degree at the Ambassador Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University and is pursuing a J.D. degree at Florida Coastal School of Law.
A fourth-generation family member of Big Bethel AME Church, Khadijah (formerly Beverly Jackson) converted to Islam in her twenties and practices her faith at Masjid Al-Muminun in Atlanta, led by Imam Furqan A. Muhammad. Formerly married, Khadijah is the mother of two adult daughters: Maleka and Madinah. Her son, Mustafaa Al-uqdah, recently completed his tour of duty and service to America, as a member of the U.S. Navy.
A believer in entrepreneurism and job creation, Khadijah followed in her parents’ footsteps, and owns and operates Jakar LLC. Her company provides good-paying jobs while offering customers tech- sales- and customer service-support to medium- and small-sized businesses.
When not creating jobs, or fighting for the least of those in need, Commissioner Khadijah enjoys sewing; gardening; baking and cooking; and bowling–a passionate hobby. She has even bowled a three-hundred game and been a part of competitive bowling leagues!
In the community (and during her campaign) constituents noticed that Khadijah always toted some purple-colored boxing gloves. The commissioner says those symbolize what Commissioner Darnell always called Khadijah: “a community fighter.” Commissioner Khadijah says it all stemmed from her witnessing (as a child) her mother being a fighter too. Particularly, watching her mother get arrested at a school board meeting when Black parents protested disparities in new-books distribution among black and white schools by the Atlanta Board of Education.
Khadijah maintains, the boxing gloves represent the continuation of that fight for justice—a fight that never ends.
