Whew! Y'all alright out there? We have entered the second half of the wildest year and decade we've ever experienced. Not to mention, it's an election year and many of our elder community leaders are leaving us to join the Ancestors. I had the opportunity to sit down with my local representative to talk civics, community, and "Jungle elections." She is in a highly contested race for a Senate seat left vacant by Jon Isakson which is currently occupied by Kelly Loeffler, plus 21 other candidates. Rep. Valencia Stovall is a native of southeast Atlanta and mother of two who has a strong diverse background in finance, entrepreneurship, and public policy, currently residing in Forest Park. In 2012, she was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives and has been a bi-partisan leader for eight years, working with both liberals and conservatives to develop a $45 million grant for local governments, authored and passed legislation to protect special needs students, authored legislation to reform Georgia’s education funding formula, and co-sponsored over a dozen bills to improve the lives of Georgians that have been signed into law. She has served on over twenty-one committees, state commissions and non-profit boards. She has earned respect for standing firm on her beliefs even when it's unpopular and strives to do her part in making Georgia the best place to live, work, and play through economic development, education transformation and voter empowerment. She is a U.S. Senate candidate for the November 3, 2020 special election to represent Georgia as one of 2 senators. Connect with Rep. Valencia Stovall: http://www.instagram.com/valenciastovall http://www.facebook.com/valenciastovallga http://www.twitter.com/valenciastovall Make sure to subscribe, comment, like, and share! Follow me @soainspired on Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook. Also, follow @doseofom on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook. Got a business, life, parenting, or general question you want me to answer? Email me at hello@thesoabrand.com or leave me a voice message on anchor.FM.