Victory Count-Down Celebration for East Point, College Park, Union City & Fairburn Cities Join Forces

A combined “Victory Count-Down Celebrative” for East
Point, Union City, Fairburn, and College Park, Georgia, has been designed by
the Voter Empowerment Collaboration.  The election party will be held on Tuesday
night, November 5, from 7:00 to 11:00
p.m. at the Windsor Hotel, located at 5010 Old National Highway, College Park,
GA 30349 on the corner of Old National Highway and Interstate 285..  The public is invited to come out and meet
the candidates and their supporters as they wait for the results to come in
form the polls. 

Reverend Albert E.
Love, organizer of the election night celebration, says “this party will be
family-friendly.  We invite mothers,
fathers, and grandparents to bring their children so they can share in the
festivities and see the results of the political process.  This just might encourage some young person
to run for office and to contribute community good.”

While Atlanta often over-shadows the election of the many
neighboring cities, the Voter Empowerment Collaboration wants to remind voters
all over the Metropolitan area that their elections are very important to the
vitality of the region.

The Voter Empowerment Collaborative will host an election
night party for all candidates from Metropolitan Atlanta area cities including the
following offices.  Candidates from Union City for mayor include Mary
Copeland-Lampkin, Angelette Mealing, Shayla Neely, Jarious McDaniel, Vince
Williams, Bernard Ellis, and Joyce Robinson. 
Candidate for the city of Fairburn
include Mario Avery for mayor; City Council candidates are Lydia Glaize, Hiram
Heath III, Hattie Portis-Jones, Irene Carter May, Jean Barkley Russell.  East
Point’s city elections for mayor include Earnestine Pittman (Incumbent),
Andrew Lprta. Clyde Mitchell, and Jannquell Peters; City Council Ward A At-Large,
Shronda Hubbard (Incumbent), John Fowler, Alexia Ryan, and Sharon Denise
Shropshire; City Council Ward B At-Large, Corrie Claiborne, Karen Rene’, and
Marie Williams; City Council Ward C At-Large, Marcel Reed (Incumbent), and
Nanette Saucier; and City Council Ward D At-Large, Jacqueline Slaughter-Gibbons
(Incumbent), Delores Harmon, Deana Ingraham, Derrick Foreman, and DeAndre
Pickett. Candidates from College Park
city council include Joseph A. Carn, Vice Mayor from Ward 2 (Incumbent);   Charles
E. Phillips (Incumbent), R. L. “Coco” Bright, and Roderick Gay from Ward 4.

Other invited guest expected to attend this Victory
County-Down celebration include Fulton County Commissioners and Georgia State
Senators and Representatives.  For more
information, please call Reverend Love at 404-788-4542.