Resolution 160 passed unanimously
in both chambers of the Georgia
General Assembly. At the age of 14,
Logan became the youngest person
in U.S. history to write and lobby for
legislation that passed unanimously
in both chambers of the Georgia
Legislature.
On the day Governor Nathan
Deal signed the resolution into
law, the Georgia State Capitol was
filled with supporters. In addition
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to the Governor and Lieutenant
Governor Casey Cagle, Burt Lewyn,
the Holocaust survivor Logan had
originally contacted about speaking
to his eighth grade class was present,
among others. He remembers, “After
Senator Unterman addressed a full
Senate chamber, she turned to me and
said, ‘Come up and say a few words.’”
For young Logan, it was a moment
he will never forget. “As I left the
stage, Opher Aviran, the Consulate
General of Israel to the Southeast at
the time said to me, ‘You’re going to be
a great senator one day.’ And that has
resonated with me ever since.” From
that moment, Logan knew what he
wanted to do with his life.
When he was 16, Logan started
working at Captain D’s in Vidalia. “I
worked there for two and a half years.
Then Donna Collins, who was the
Computer Applications and Business
instructor at VCHS at the time, helped
me get a job with Chicken of the
Sea,” said Logan. “I was the Human
Resources Assistant for Nancy Palmer
for about a year. I learned so much
from Nancy about what it means to
work in a business environment. Those
are skills I use even today.”
Logan graduated from Vidalia
Comprehensive High School in 2014
and began college at Armstrong State
University in Savannah. “Being so
young, I thought law school was the
track you had to follow to be a good
politician,” said Logan, “so I took a lot
of classes on a track for law school.”
For the next three years, Logan
worked as an information services
specialist for Savannah-based law firm
Hunter, Maclean, Exley, and Dunn,
P.C. He also wrote columns for the
Savannah Morning News for about a
year.
Still feeling a strong connection
to Judaism, Logan began attending
services at Mickve Israel, the third
oldest Jewish congregation in
America. After several months, he
decided to reconnect with his own
Jewish heritage by going through the
conversion process. He then began
taking classes with Rabbi Robert Haas.
On October 20, 2016, his conversion
ceremony was held, and he was given
the Hebrew name Gabriel. “It means
‘God is my strength,’” said Logan.
His political journey continued.
In the summer of 2017, Logan
interned as a speech writer with
U.S. Representative Earl L. “Buddy”
Carter, who represents Georgia’s 1st
Congressional District in Washington,
D.C. Logan penned nearly two dozen
floor speeches that commemorated
important events in the lives of men
and women within Georgia’s 1st
District. “One specific speech that I
helped draft honored the life of former
Allman Brothers Band singer Gregg
Allman.”
ABOVE In 2017, Logan interned as a
speech writer for U.S. Representative
Buddy Carter.