Nan Grogan Orrock
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Nan Grogan Orrock is a Democratic
member of the Georgia House of Representatives
, representing the 58th district. She is the Vice-Chair of the House Democratic Caucus and the former Majority Whip. Following the retirement of State Senator Sam Zamarripa
, Orrock was a candidate for the State Senate, district 36; in the Democratic primary held on July 18, Orrock defeated Grace Davis to win a seat in the State Senate since she has no Republican opponent for the general election.
Orrock's successful legislative initiatives include passage of the Georgia Family Medical Leave Act, the Prescriptive Equity for Contraceptives Act, the Chlamydia Screening Act, Georgia Hate Crimes Act, and the Omnibus AIDS statute. She has been named Public Health Legislator of the Year for her efforts. In 1996 Orrock worked with a legislative team to pass landmark legislation regulating landfills and has continued to monitor landfill issues and advocate for environmentally sound policy on air and water, solid waste, and nuclear waste.
Orrock is the Chair of the Labor and Workforce Development Committee of the National Conference of State Legislators. She is a founding member and Secretary of the National Labor Caucus of state legislators. She is a member of the Bakery, Confectionery, and Tobacco Union and was employed at Nabisco for 17 years.
She is the Chair of the board of the Center for Policy Alternatives and serves as a Trustee of the Sapelo Foundation. She has served since 1997 as President of the Women Legislators’ Lobby, a national network of women state legislators launched by Women’s Action for New Directions.
Senator Orrock has been recognized and honored recently by the Center for Policy Alternatives, the Center for Democratic Renewal, Georgia Conservation Voters, the Human Rights Campaign Fund, Georgia Equality
, Georgia State AFL-CIO, and the American Civil Liberties Union
.
Her activism began as a young college student when she stepped into the streets with the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. She also worked with SNCC in Atlanta and Mississippi and led a community civil rights project in Black Belt counties of her home state of Virginia in the mid-sixties.
She is currently the President of Women Legislators' Lobby, a national, non-partisan group of legislators, which works for balanced budgets, increased spending on families, education, health and child care, and a reduction in excessive and wasteful military spending.
Democratic Party (United States)
The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...
member of the Georgia House of Representatives
Georgia House of Representatives
The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the Georgia General Assembly of the U.S. state of Georgia.-Composition:...
, representing the 58th district. She is the Vice-Chair of the House Democratic Caucus and the former Majority Whip. Following the retirement of State Senator Sam Zamarripa
Sam Zamarripa
Sam Zamarripa is the first Hispanic to serve in the Georgia State Senate, representing the 36th District located in eastern Fulton County, Georgia. Mr...
, Orrock was a candidate for the State Senate, district 36; in the Democratic primary held on July 18, Orrock defeated Grace Davis to win a seat in the State Senate since she has no Republican opponent for the general election.
Biography
Sen. Orrock’s legislative expertise includes health policy, women's issues, child/family policy, workplace issues, civil liberties, civil rights, and environmental issues. She is a founder of both the Georgia Legislative Women's Caucus and the Working Families Agenda caucus.Orrock's successful legislative initiatives include passage of the Georgia Family Medical Leave Act, the Prescriptive Equity for Contraceptives Act, the Chlamydia Screening Act, Georgia Hate Crimes Act, and the Omnibus AIDS statute. She has been named Public Health Legislator of the Year for her efforts. In 1996 Orrock worked with a legislative team to pass landmark legislation regulating landfills and has continued to monitor landfill issues and advocate for environmentally sound policy on air and water, solid waste, and nuclear waste.
Orrock is the Chair of the Labor and Workforce Development Committee of the National Conference of State Legislators. She is a founding member and Secretary of the National Labor Caucus of state legislators. She is a member of the Bakery, Confectionery, and Tobacco Union and was employed at Nabisco for 17 years.
She is the Chair of the board of the Center for Policy Alternatives and serves as a Trustee of the Sapelo Foundation. She has served since 1997 as President of the Women Legislators’ Lobby, a national network of women state legislators launched by Women’s Action for New Directions.
Senator Orrock has been recognized and honored recently by the Center for Policy Alternatives, the Center for Democratic Renewal, Georgia Conservation Voters, the Human Rights Campaign Fund, Georgia Equality
Georgia Equality
Georgia Equality is the largest LGBT rights advocacy groups in Georgia. Their mission is to advance Fairness, Safety and Opportunity for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Allied Communities in Georgia...
, Georgia State AFL-CIO, and the American Civil Liberties Union
American Civil Liberties Union
The American Civil Liberties Union is a U.S. non-profit organization whose stated mission is "to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties guaranteed to every person in this country by the Constitution and laws of the United States." It works through litigation, legislation, and...
.
Her activism began as a young college student when she stepped into the streets with the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. She also worked with SNCC in Atlanta and Mississippi and led a community civil rights project in Black Belt counties of her home state of Virginia in the mid-sixties.
She is currently the President of Women Legislators' Lobby, a national, non-partisan group of legislators, which works for balanced budgets, increased spending on families, education, health and child care, and a reduction in excessive and wasteful military spending.