Mayor Andre Dickens

I was made this person that you see here today is because of other people that have helped me get to this point in life.

I was made.

This person that you see here today is because of other people that have helped me get to this point in life.

And so my because is it's time for me to give back and lift as I climb.

And so my because is it's time for me to give back and lift as I climb.

Yeah, I really can't explain where that might have come from.

I really can't explain where that might have come from.

I don't come from a family of people that are in politics.

I don't come from a family of people that are in politics.

Of course, my mom voted, but not necessarily.

Of course, my mom voted, but not necessarily.

She wasn't some campaign leader or political figure.

She wasn't some campaign leader or political figure.

She read the newspaper, talked about what she read, and she would fuss at local or national figures like everybody else.

She read the newspaper, talked about what she read, and she would fuss at local or national figures like everybody else.

She didn't go to college.

She didn't go to college.

I became the first in my family to go to college when I went to Georgia Tech.

I became the first in my family to go to college when I went to Georgia Tech.

But at 16, I just felt on my heart that Atlanta was the best place in the country.