Former Atlanta Mayor Headlines AAMU’s Annual Tea on the Hill
Keisha Lance Bottoms to Address AAMU Students During Women’s Week
The Office of Student Activities & Leadership Development invites the ladies of AAMU to attend the 2024 Tea on the Hill on Thursday, March 21st at 12:30 p.m. in the T.M. Elmore Gymnasium. This year's color for attire is shades of green. The guest speaker will be former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms.
Bottoms was the first mayor in Atlanta’s history to have served in all three branches of government, having previously served as a judge and a city councilmember. Bottoms also served at Senior Advisor and Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement. In 2023, she was appointed a member of the President’s Export Council, which serves as the principal national advisory committee on international trade.
Sworn in as the 60th Mayor of Atlanta on January 2, 2018, Bottoms served during one of the most challenging times in the city’s history. In the midst of a global pandemic and a racial justice movement, she became a leading spokesperson regarding the challenges and opportunities facing cities and leaders across America.
While navigating these unprecedented challenges, the Bottoms Administration was able to remain focused on the resilience of Atlanta, negotiating and closing the largest real estate transaction in the history of Atlanta, and one of the largest in the Southeast United States, delivering millions of dollars in community benefits to people across the city.
Tracing her family’s roots to a slave plantation in Georgia, Bottoms earned her undergraduate degree from Florida A&M University, and a Juris Doctorate from Georgia State University College of Law. Bottoms is member of the State Bar of Georgia, Jack and Jill of America, The Links, Incorporated, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated.
Bottoms was named 2020 Georgian of the Year by Georgia Trend Magazine; one of Glamour Magazine’s Women of the Year and was also named a member of Ebony Magazine’s prestigious Power 100 List.
Seating for AAMU’s 2024 Tea on the Hill is limited and registration is required: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDS2V8h1zpWxY5ADNLYUEDEC2epDnhG-bV6hKnkdZnAxqMEw/viewform?pli=1
AAMU’s Women’s Week is March 18 – 23 and includes food, music and more. For all event details, follow AAMU Student Activities on Instagram.