Mayor Andre Dickens

You want to highlight and really revere and respect the past because the past is very valuable while also preparing ourselves and launching into the future.

So I say moving Atlanta forward.

So I say moving Atlanta forward.

We're trying to move Atlanta forward, but we're not trying to forget our past.

We're trying to move Atlanta forward, but we're not trying to forget our past.

We're blessed in Atlanta to have civil rights leaders that I get to see every day.

We're blessed in Atlanta to have civil rights leaders that I get to see every day.

I literally was with Ambassador Andrew Young yesterday.

I literally was with Ambassador Andrew Young yesterday.

I'm literally going to talk to Bernice King, the daughter of the late great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

I'm literally going to talk to Bernice King, the daughter of the late great Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

I talked to her yesterday and today.

I talked to her yesterday and today.

So I talked to Fortune 500 corporations this morning.

So I talked to Fortune 500 corporations this morning.

I have 40 of them at my table this morning where we talked about our quarterly meeting on where the city is going.

I have 40 of them at my table this morning where we talked about our quarterly meeting on where the city is going.

So literally all around me in a day, in less than 24 hours, I've been in touch with considerable contributors to our history.

So literally all around me in a day, in less than 24 hours, I've been in touch with considerable contributors to our history.

And I'm in touch with people that are right now holding together all of the businesses and economic development of our current environment.