The Black vote is precious currency, and I’ve been arrested for protecting it
Deborah Scott, CEO of Georgia STAND-UP and We Vote We Win, passionately explains why more Black votes equal more leverage.
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Keyanna Jones
- Feb 4
- 3 min
Atlanta North GA Labor Council, Georgia STAND-UP and New Georgia Project lead Transit Equity March
Originally published on The Revolutionary Report Most people know that Rosa Parks was a Civil Rights leader, most known for her refusal...
AP - Associated Press
- Dec 12, 2022
- 5 min
Effect of Georgia's voting law unclear, despite high turnout
Posted originally in GPB Radio People gather during a get out the vote rally Nov. 27, 2022, in Atlanta, during early voting for the...
Jenny Jarvie
- Dec 5, 2022
- 7 min
Vampires, voter access and the turnout dance: Georgia’s Senate runoff remains a question mark
Originally published in the LA Times ATLANTA — Over the last week, LaTosha Brown has been in full-throttle mode, leading grassroots...
Adam Edelman
- Dec 4, 2022
- 5 min
HBCU students in Georgia face an extra obstacle in voting
Originally published on NBC News Under Georgia law, public colleges and university students can use their student ID to vote. But those...
Susanna Capelouto
- Nov 8, 2022
- 1 min
Groups find ways to hand out free food and water near Georgia polls despite voting law prohibitions
Originally published in the WABE Early Tuesday Cameron Britt stood in the corner of a parking lot across from the Metropolitan Library in...
Eugene Daniels
- Oct 22, 2022
- 5 min
Biden told Georgia voters he was up to the task on voting rights. They aren’t all feeling it.
Nine months after the president’s major address in Atlanta, those on the ground appreciate the rhetoric but still yearn for action.
Sudhin Thanawala
- Oct 16, 2022
- 5 min
Groups mobilize to help voters confronting new election laws
Originally published in The Associated Press ATLANTA - Rhonda Briggins spent much of Election Day in 2020 at an Atlanta polling place...
AL JAZEERA AND NEWS AGENCIES
- Mar 24, 2021
- 2 min
Georgia Republicans enact sweeping bill to restrict voting
Originally published on AL JAZEERA Bill targets surge in absentee voting by Democrats in the state Joe Biden won in the 2020 presidential...
Vanessa Williams
- Nov 19, 2020
- 7 min
In Georgia, get-out-the-vote operations that helped Biden win haven’t stopped
Originally published in The Washington Post ATLANTA — For Deborah Scott, executive director of Georgia Stand-Up, it's as if Election Day...
Anagha Srikanth
- Nov 6, 2020
- 3 min
Meet five women who helped get out the vote in Georgia with Stacey Abrams
Originally published in The Hill Stacey Abrams lost the 2018 gubernatorial election in Georgia. But the first Black female major party...
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