Meet Zakia Dowdy, the standout 2025 graduate from Frederick Douglass High School in Atlanta, Georgia — one of the most decorated and awarded students in the state! 👏🏽
This young queen showed up to graduation with a massive stack of over 50 honors, awards, cords, sashes, and medals and walked away with more than $1 MILLION in scholarships!
Zakia has been killing it, she’s a Multiple-time A & B Honor Roll and Principal’s List student, Dual Enrollment Scholar who earned college credits while in high school, a early graduate (December), she’s Active in JROTC, Chorus, National Dance Honor Society, Student Athletic Advisory Committee, and multiple leadership roles, a Community advocate and poetry slam participant.
Now she’s heading to Kennesaw State University majoring in Political Science with a minor in Public Relations. She’s already involved with NAACP apprenticeship, KSU Collegiate 100, Mayor’s Ambassador Council, and the Political Science Civic Leadership program.
Her big dream is to become the Governor of Georgia and we have no doubt she’s going to make it happen!
This is what Black excellence and hard work look like. Proud of Zakia and her family for celebrating this moment so beautifully. The sky is truly the limit! Keep shining, Queen! 👏🏽
🙏🏽 We urgently need help:
•Safe housing / immediate relocation
•Food & basic necessities
•Community support to hold management accountable for their negligence and lies
💔 This is not just a nuisance—it’s life-threatening:
•My kids and I have asthma
•I rely on medical oxygen
•Rats and allergens are making it impossible to breathe safely
🚨 My kids and I are in immediate danger! 🚨
We’re living in a rat-infested apartment at Skyline/Redwood Communities. Management keeps claiming the issue is resolved—but it is NOT.
Mental health, mental health, MENTAL HEALTH = a resounding theme. Public safety, students, teachers, and parents ALL do better when we prioritize & support their well-being. Thank you to all the speakers who shared their deeply personal experiences 💜 @SassiGabbi
Out-of-School Time (OST) Programs matter to me. Join me and @dcpave parent leaders to support what PARENTS want to see: for all kids to have access to enriching programs that help them explore their passions, regardless of ward or income. #ParentPriorities https://t.co/kfdZrvI8oT
For our first meeting of the day, parent leaders are meeting with @DMEforDC Paul Kihn. Citywide and #Ward7 PLE Board Member @yolandacorbett5 is meeting chair! #DCPVCW