CLARKE COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY COUNTY MEETING
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
6:00 P.M.
Country Inn & Suites, 236 Old Epps Bridge Road, Athens 30606
UG(A)TH:
What happens when crime and an out of control homeless population
impacts the residents of a town and a university?
SPECIAL GUESTS
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
6:00 P.M.
Country Inn & Suites, 236 Old Epps Bridge Road, Athens 30606
UG(A)TH:
What happens when crime and an out of control homeless population
impacts the residents of a town and a university?
SPECIAL GUESTS
LYNN GAINOUS is a recent retiree with 30 plus years in the National Security realm working for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and State. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Journalism and English from Kent State and a Master’s Degree in Human Resource Management, Training and Development from Marymount University.
CINDY FURMAN has dedicated 30 plus years of her life to wholly supporting the well-being and safety of all children. She is Co-Chair representing the State of Georgia’s non-profit Georgia AAU Gymnastics program and a National educator for the USA Gymnastics program. She is an authorized facilitator of the Steward of Children workshops through the Darkness to Light Program, a non-profit committed to empowering adults to prevent child sexual abuse.
Co-founders of UGA Parents for Safety and Security, and the nonprofit SafeD Athens, Lynn Gainous and Cindy Furman have pooled their years of experience and their fervor as responsible parents to address growing concerns regarding safety and security both on the campus of UGA and off campus on the streets of the City of Athens. Gainous and Furman, each parents of current or recently graduated University of Georgia students, have their own personal stories of how a steady migration to Athens of vagrant homeless, increasing and more violent crime, aggressive panhandling, and the unsurprising results is impacting their lives.
Parents of current and recently graduated UGA students “have had enough,” and a coalition of parents have emerged to address and tackle the growing alarm. Extensive research and organization has built a strong base of interest and support to address these concerns. These two accomplished women will share what they are doing to represent thousands of university parents who, in good faith, have sent their sons and daughters to the City of Athens, GA for education at a major Research University and how that trickles down to the permanent residents and countless visitors to our great city.
CINDY FURMAN has dedicated 30 plus years of her life to wholly supporting the well-being and safety of all children. She is Co-Chair representing the State of Georgia’s non-profit Georgia AAU Gymnastics program and a National educator for the USA Gymnastics program. She is an authorized facilitator of the Steward of Children workshops through the Darkness to Light Program, a non-profit committed to empowering adults to prevent child sexual abuse.
Co-founders of UGA Parents for Safety and Security, and the nonprofit SafeD Athens, Lynn Gainous and Cindy Furman have pooled their years of experience and their fervor as responsible parents to address growing concerns regarding safety and security both on the campus of UGA and off campus on the streets of the City of Athens. Gainous and Furman, each parents of current or recently graduated University of Georgia students, have their own personal stories of how a steady migration to Athens of vagrant homeless, increasing and more violent crime, aggressive panhandling, and the unsurprising results is impacting their lives.
Parents of current and recently graduated UGA students “have had enough,” and a coalition of parents have emerged to address and tackle the growing alarm. Extensive research and organization has built a strong base of interest and support to address these concerns. These two accomplished women will share what they are doing to represent thousands of university parents who, in good faith, have sent their sons and daughters to the City of Athens, GA for education at a major Research University and how that trickles down to the permanent residents and countless visitors to our great city.