Lula is from Vicksburg, Mississippi. She has a double major in mass communications and sociology from the University of California, Berkeley.

Lula is the founder of Youth Enhancement Services (Y.E.S.), a community-based nonprofit organization, where she has worked for 32 years.

Lula Gillam's campaign for State Senator is her first entry into politics.

Plans to restore the voting rights of individuals as soon as they are released from prisons and jails.

Supports legislation that "strengthens voting rights and access to the ballot box (i.e., drop boxes, extended voting hours, weekend voting)."

- Plans to restore the voting rights of individuals as soon as they are released from prisons and jails.
- Supports legislation that "strengthens voting rights and access to the ballot box (i.e., drop boxes, extended voting hours, weekend voting)."

Voting & Elections

Plans to advocate for a "Five-Year Affordable Housing Plan" that would eliminate housing wait lists.

Wants to prioritize the elderly, disabled, and children in foster care for state funded affordable housing programs.

- Plans to advocate for a "Five-Year Affordable Housing Plan" that would eliminate housing wait lists. 
- Wants to prioritize the elderly, disabled, and children in foster care for state funded affordable housing programs.

Economy

Wants to expand in-patient drug and alcohol treatment options for individuals and families with households up to 200% of federal poverty level.

Plans to fund case management and mental health resources for incarcerated individuals and former inmates to help community re-entry.

- Wants to expand in-patient drug and alcohol treatment options for individuals and families with households up to 200% of federal poverty level.
- Plans to fund case management and mental health resources for incarcerated individuals and former inmates to help community re-entry.
- Supports Medicaid expansion.

Healthcare

Plans to restore the voting rights of returning citizens as soon as they are released from prisons and jails.

Wants to advocate for workforce readiness, training, and placement opportunities to guarantee living-wage opportunities for former inmates.

-Supports Individual Education Plans (IEPs) for Department of Corrections‘ returning and incarcerated citizens who have served five years or less.

- Plans to restore the voting rights of returning citizens as soon as they are released from prisons and jails. 
- Wants to advocate for workforce readiness, training, and placement opportunities to guarantee living-wage opportunities for former inmates. 
-Supports Individual Education Plans (IEPs) for Department of Corrections‘ returning and incarcerated citizens who have served five years or less.

Public Safety

Supports the creation of a House Study Committee to identify what resources are needed to successfully educate and transition children in state custody to their communities.

Wants to re-evaluate the education process of special needs students receiving Certificates of Attendance and unable to continue to the state’s technical and two-year colleges without obtaining a GED (General Education Diploma).

-Supports Individual Education Plans (IEPs) for Department of Corrections’ returning and incarcerated citizens serving five years or less.

- Supports the creation of a House Study Committee to identify what resources are needed to successfully educate and transition children in state custody to their communities. 
- Wants to re-evaluate the education process of special needs students receiving Certificates of Attendance and unable to continue to the state’s technical and two-year colleges without obtaining a GED (General Education Diploma).
-Supports Individual Education Plans (IEPs) for Department of Corrections’ returning and incarcerated citizens serving five years or less.

Education

Lula Gilliam

- Your state senator represents the interests of your district in the Georgia State Senate.
- Your state senator can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws after going through the legislative process. 
- State Senators are involved in approving some appointments by the Governor.
- The State Senate, along with the State House of Representatives, makes up our state lawmaking body: the Georgia General Assembly.
- There are 56 Georgia senators, each representing a single district.
- State Senators are elected to two-year terms. They are paid a yearly salary of $17,342.