Courageous Conversations:
​Citizen Surveys

We are interested in the advice and opinions of our residents! Please take the following surveys to share your thoughts.

    RSVP for Courageous Conversations: Open Records. Open Meetings.

    In response to recent controversies regarding possible violations of Georgia Open Meetings laws — including an investigation by Georgia's Attorney General into overcharging of fees for Open Records Requests —  Mayor khalid has partnered with the First Amendment Foundation & the University of Georgia (UGA) School of Law to offer citizens a full course on Open Meetings & Executive Session laws. 

    The Mayor will also take some time to respond to citizen questions & concerns. Click the picture above or links below to RSVP and submit a question for the Town Hall.
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    South Fulton Parks & Arts Survey

    The City of South Fulton is re-opening parks facilities shuttered during the COVID pandemic and writing a Parks Masterplan which will lay out designs and initiatives for the next 20 years of South Fulton Parks. Please come out to Mayor khalid's Parks Town Hall to voice your opinion on upcoming issues. 
    Not sure what District you live in? Input your address HERE.

    New City Seal with Motto

    Current City Seal
    Proposed City Seal
    Though the City of South Fulton is 92 percent African American, 0 percent of current City Seal contains any reference to African or African American culture. In 2018, then-Councilmen khalid & Mark Baker proposed a City Seal with minor revisions.

    The bird & Acropolis – which take up the majority of space on both seal – are a reference the Greek roots of western democracy. However, historical research reveals that Greece's first philosophers studied at universities in Alexandria, Egypt. In the New Seal, Ankhs have been added to represent western democracy's true, African origins.
    Read the Resolution
    The City of South Fulton currently has no city motto. Dissatisfied with the way our community was being managed by County Commissioners who lived on the "other side of town," South Fulton's founders fought for cityhood to gain local control of our tax dollars & economic development — so we could determine our own destiny. In recognition of this founding principle of "self-determination," and South Fulton's 92 percent African American population, khalid & Baker chose the Swahili word Kujichagulia - which literally means "self-determination." 
    The Resolution calls for a gradual phasing out of the current City Seal to eliminate any financial impact to the City to replace the Seal.
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    RENAMING OLD NATIONAL

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    As we consider re-branding South Fulton, conversations have begun to rename streets like Old National & Stonewall Tell — names which celebrate the Confederacy, in which a majority of South Fulton's current citizens would have been slaves. 

    One popular suggestion is renaming Old National in honor of America's first Black President in an effort to attract minority-owned business to the area.

    Councilman khalid has been a proponent of names that reclaim the street name from its racist history while paying homage to African American history. 

    Keeping suffix National Highway honors the centuries-old African American tradition of naming Black-led organizations "National" (e.g. NAACP, NABJ, NUL, NACME) and gives a nod to the organic marketing of contemporary urban music artists whose popular songs brought "Old Nat," "The Nat" and "Nat Way" international recognition. 

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Reality Show for City of South Fulton Government?

The City of South Fulton's female-led Court System was featured on HBO's Vice series.
After garnering national attention for its female-led justice system, including a HBO Vice special, Hollywood has come calling to South Fulton. Chief Judge Tiffany Carter Sellers, Solicitor Ladawn Blackett Jones and Public Defender Viveca Powell have signed an exclusive deal with Good Caper Content, the crime reporting division of ITV America, for an unscripted docuseries about South Fulton's Municipal Court.  The series is currently in development, and producers are shopping for a television network to air the reality TV show. 

While some denounce the move, worried about negative depictions of African American women in reality TV, others are excited by the possibility of a show. "Even though we're making history as Georgia's fifth largest city, the same size as Atlanta, and the Blackest City in America, many of our own residents still haven't heard of our new city." explains Councilman khalid. "This could put us on the map, and offer a chance to educate the masses on the court system and South Fulton's approach to restorative justice."  ​
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