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khalid kamau
khalid kamau (born October 5, 1976) is an American activist, singer-songwriter and politician in the city of South Fulton, GA. He serves as the inaugural District 6 City Councilman for South Fulton. He is also a former realtor with Coldwell Banker.

He is the youngest son of Willie E. Stevens and the late Elsie Mae Redden. He has an elder brother, Michael B. Stevens.

Advocacy and Politics
In 2016, khalid served as a Field Organizer for the Georgia House Democratic Caucus. During the democratic presidential primaries, he became increasingly impressed with the platform of Senator Bernie Sanders. kamau became a vocal proponent of Sanders' desire to increase the federal minimum wage to $15. As his political interests grew, kamau successfully sought to be elected as an (Sanders) At-Large Delegate for the state of Georgia to the 2016 Democratic National Convention held in Philadelphia.

Upon returning home from the convention, which ultimately selected (then) Senator Hillary Clinton as the nominee, kamau increased his political engagement. A few months later, a referendum on the 2016 Fulton County Election Ballot would successfully garner the support to establish city-hood for the unincorporated sections of south Fulton County, Georgia. khalid, a native of the "Old National" section, announced his candidacy for City Council on December 5, 2016. He gained attention quickly as an outspoken member of the Black Lives Matter movement. Having previously co-organized the Atlanta chapter of Black Lives Matter, he made known to his potential constituents it would serve as the theoretical basis for his candidacy.

Primary elections for South Fulton were held on March 21, 2017. kamau was one of four candidates running for the District 6 seat. He finished first with 43 percent of the vote and more than twice the vote count lead over the second place candidate. He would later go on to win in the run-off election held on April 19, 2017 with 67 percent of the vote, one of the highest margins in the city's races. The win was considered significant to grassroots left-wing organizations seeking to have more representation in political office.

Black Lives Matter was not his only leadership presence in the community. He had also served as a labor organizer for the Amalgamated Transit Union Local 732 and was active in Atlanta's Neighborhood Planning Units (NPUs) and the Metro Atlanta Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). He garnered public endorsements from Our Revolution (a political action organization seeking to continue the work of Senator Bernie Sanders' Presidential Campaign), Teamsters Local 728, and Street Groomers (an organization with a mission to reform "gang" culture ), and the DSA.

Personal Life
kamau, who was born and raised in the former unincorporated section of Fulton County, GA.

kamau spells his name using lower case letters. According to the blog of the Metro Atlanta Chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America, "He chooses to use lower-case letters for his name as an homage to his Yoruba roots -- it shows a stronger tie to the community than to the individual, a sentiment echoed in his activist work and community outreach projects."

Education
kamau attended Tri-Cities High School in East Point, GA. Upon graduation, he traveled to Ithaca, NY where he received his Bachelor of Science in Communications from Ithaca College. khalid decided to attend law school in April 2011. In a few short months, he studied and took the LSAT exam, applied and was accepted to Atlanta's John Marshall Law School as a member of 2011 incoming fall class. While he would later forego the idea of entering the field of law, he considered the opportunity to be a worthwhile experience.