And when I went viral, I said, "Okay, I need to do the most with this. There's something called survivor Social Security, and when you lose a parent, you're able to receive that benefit. Advertisement'We are stronger when we help each other'After I went viral, my congressman, Rep. Hank Johnson, came to my town. It's been great to talk about these issues and the work I've been doing for years and to have a larger platform. And that's when those social safety net programs, like Social Security, that neighborliness of our country, that joy, that communal care, comes in because we should help each other.

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Persons: —, Parker, Atlanta —, Kendrick Lamar, Kamala Harris, Royce —, I've, John Lewis, Parker Short, Jon Ossoff, Jimmy Carter —, Trump, Sen, Hank Johnson, It's, she's, I'm Organizations: Service, Sanford School of Public, Duke University, Young Democrats, Democratic Party of Georgia, Young Democrats of America, Business, Civil Rights Movement, Social Security, University of Michigan's Ford School of Public, Medicaid, Medicare Locations: Georgia, Dunwoody , Georgia, Atlanta, America