Lithonia Councilwoman Diane Howard

06/18/2026

06/18/2026

Greetings City of Lithonia,

This will be the last meeting for Millage Rate. SPECIAL CALL MEETING
TOMORROW THURSDAY JUNE 18, 2026 at 5:30 PM. FOR DECISION - PROPOSED MILLAGE RATE.

Citizens interested in commenting on the public hearing portion of the meeting may comment in person. You may also submit your comment in writing to [email protected] by 2
pm the day of the Public Hearing to be read into the record at the meeting. If you choose to submit your comment in writing, please include your full name, address, the item you are speaking about and if you are for or against it. When it is your turn to speak, please state your
name, address, and relationship to the case.

Lithonia City Councilwoman
Diane Howard

06/08/2026

Greetings everybody, vegan oxtails. Just color me vegan. The dinner, juice was fantastic. On the corner of Main Street City of Lithonia, Open 7 days a week. I will be eating healthy foods every day 🫶🏾

06/06/2026

We welcome you to Sunday Worship & Communion Services at 10am. Invite, Share & Join Us at First Afrikan IN-PERSON or online.

👉 https://firstafrikanchurch.org/calendar/

06/05/2026

06/05/2026

The City of Lithonia is mourning the loss of former Police Chief Jerome “Pop” Woods, a longtime public servant remembered as one of the city’s most important civic figures and a trailblazer in local law enforcement.

06/05/2026

First Afrikan Church & the Caribbean Ministry is sponsoring Retreat Primary in Tower Isle St. Mary, Jamaica.

💚🖤 💛 We are asking for supplies for 300 children or make a donation.

For additional details reach out to Sis. Eva James or another Caribbean Ministry member.

👉 https://firstafrikanchurch.org/events/2026-caribbean-sunday-celebration

05/08/2026

Tennessee's Republican supermajority just pulled off one of the most brazen political power grabs in recent memory, and they did it at lightning speed. Republicans first repealed a state law that had barred mid-decade redistricting for around five decades, then changed legislative rules to limit public comment in order to expedite the whole process. The map they rammed through splits Memphis, a majority-Black city, across three separate congressional districts, effectively drowning out the political voice of hundreds of thousands of Black voters. Rep. Justin Pearson called it exactly what it is, saying the redistricting was "an attempt to have a new three-fifths compromise, to count the bodies for representational participation in Congress but deny the agency and humanity."

The tension on the floor was electric. Pearson described the entire process as a sham, saying it was "done in secrecy, behind closed doors, with backroom deals." Rep. Justin Jones made his feelings even more visceral, handing a printout of a Confederate flag directly to the Republican House Majority Leader on the floor and calling the GOP supermajority the "white sheet caucus," then walking into the hallway and burning another copy of it in front of protesters. Meanwhile, Pearson got into a heated physical confrontation with state troopers who were clearing protesters, telling one officer "you better let go of him," before declaring "this is what tyranny does, this is what white supremacy does."

Democrats fought the only way they could in a chamber where they are completely outnumbered. Pearson vowed that "we are not going to yield our ability to serve in the United States Congress because of tweets, because of threats, even because of a special session." Democratic Sen. London Lamar put it plainly: "You cannot take a majority Black city, fracture its voting power and then tell us race has nothing to do with it." She is right, and everyone in that chamber knows it.