Gloria Johnson
Gloria Johnson, Democratic candidate for the Tennessee House of Representatives in District 13 in Knoxville, will be the guest speaker at the Monday, May 23, meeting of the Anderson County Democratic Women’s Club.
The club will meet at 6 p.m. at the Pizza Inn, 1501 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge.
Johnson is a retired Knox County school teacher with 27 years’ experience educating special needs children, a press release said. Her advocacy work during the past year with health care and education has inspired her new consulting business, Tennessee Alliance for Learning and Leadership, or TALL.
In 2012, she was elected to the state House for a two-year term. She served in the 108th General Assembly as a strong advocate for public education, affordable health care, the Tennessee mountains, and good jobs with good wages, the press release said. She has served as chairwoman of the Knox County Democratic Party and as an organizer in President Obama’s 2008 campaign.
While in the state legislature, she passed the Community Schools Act, and she has been collaborating with others locally, statewide, and even nationally, to develop the Community Schools model, the press release said.
No reservations are required for the meeting. For more information, send an email to Ann Mostoller at [email protected] or call Mary Matheny at (865) 483-8937.
This press release was submitted by Kay Brookshire.
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