Georgia Senator Addresses UVI Student Convocation

An assembly of students from the University of the Virgin Islands welcomed a freshman member of the United States Senate on Wednesday. Sen. Raphael Warnock delivered the keynote speech at a student convocation program held at the Elridge Blake Sports and Fitness Center.

Warnock, a Democrat from Georgia, is also the pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. The church was also the base of ministry for civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the house of worship for the late Congressman John Lewis.

As the keynote speaker took his seat on stage at the sport and fitness center he was greeted by UVI President David Hall. The two leaders share Savannah, Georgia, as their childhood home.

Warnock, along with fellow Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff took their oaths of office as freshmen lawmakers on Jan. 5, 2021. Hall told the audience that the Georgia election of Warnock and Ossoff “created political earthquakes, yet the next day — Jan. 6 — reactionary forces attempted to shatter democracy through an insurrection at the Capitol.”