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The BIG Partnership
is a statewide partnership of Georgia business and civic leaders committed to strengthening Georgia’s economy by tapping the potential of the state’s New Americans.

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Removing Barriers to

The 2024 Doug Hooker Award for

Excellence in Workforce Equity Winner

"In a few short years, BIG has made remarkable progress, raising awareness about Georgia’s untapped global talent, building partnerships across parties, sectors, and the metro-rural divide. They have worked to advance needed policy change, including bipartisan legislation to expand access to in-state tuition for refugee and other forcibly displaced students and to streamline the pathway to licensure for experienced physicians from the state’s refugee and immigrant communities."

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