Meet Kim

A Passionate Defender of Marginalized Communities

Kim Jackson serves as Senator for Georgia State Senate District 41, representing portions of Dekalb County. Kim works every day to build a safer, fairer, and more prosperous Georgia, and bring the diverse voices of her district to the Capitol: immigrants, refugees, the unhoused, and people living on the margins.

In her years in office, Kim has defended our voting rights against relentless attacks; authored life-saving legislation for stalking victims; secured unprecedented funds for Black farmers, preK programs, and those experiencing traumatic brain injuries; served as co-chair of the Mental Health Caucus and chair of the DeKalb County Delegation; and currently serves as Whip for the Senate Democratic Caucus. Most recently, Kim passed legislation to create an Address Confidentiality Program for survivors of domestic violence, stalking violence, and human trafficking.

Pictures of Kim with her goats and chickens plus one of her with her spouse and their newborn

Faith, Family, and the Farm

An Episcopal priest from the rural South, Kim made Georgia home over a decade ago. After graduating from Furman University, Kim volunteered as an EMT before receiving her Master’s of Divinity at Emory’s Candler School of Theology. Over the past 10 years of ministry, she has served as a college chaplain, a nationally-renowned consultant and preacher, and Vicar for the Church of the Common Ground, a parish in downtown Atlanta co-creating church with those experiencing homelessness. Kim is the Senior Vice President of Programs at State Innovation Exchange (SiX), a national organization working to drive progressive policy change through state legislator policy support, strategic advice, and capacity-building.

She, her wife, and two boys live on an urban farm in Stone Mountain with a menagerie of goats, ducks, honeybees, rabbits, and chickens