Mayor Andre Dickens

It is who we are.

It's our cultural DNA as a city.

It's our cultural DNA as a city.

It's in the DNA of my administration.

It's in the DNA of my administration.

And I live by that ethos daily.

And I live by that ethos daily.

So it's nothing I got to gear up for or try to figure out before somebody calls me and asks me a question about it.

So it's nothing I got to gear up for or try to figure out before somebody calls me and asks me a question about it.

It's already inside of me.

It's already inside of me.

To the next generation, I will tell you to be very, very bold.

To the next generation, I will tell you to be very, very bold.

To stand for something.

To stand for something.

To be your true, authentic self.

To be your true, authentic self.

And if you take advice from me, I would say state your goal as early as it hits you.

And if you take advice from me, I would say state your goal as early as it hits you.

Once I knew who I wanted to be, I said then at 16, I want to be the mayor of my home city, the city of Atlanta.