People Power Augusta

[ACLU of Georgia @ACLUofGA]

Fulton County has reversed course on its plan for a new $1.7 billion jail, and we think this is a step in right direction. https://t.co/mXDc7iKyhC

[People Power Augusta @PplPwrAugustaGA]

Join the League of Women Voters of the CSRA this Monday for a drop in Democracy Happy Hour to kickoff our Making Democracy Work activities this summer. RSVP here: https://t.co/0hDlmmMjvZ

[People Power Augusta @PplPwrAugustaGA]

CBP must limit its detention of people who are pregnant, postpartum, and/or nursing, and their families to the minimum time period necessary to process them for release to networks of care in the United States. https://t.co/iaOazJjsWE?

[ACLU of Georgia @ACLUofGA]

Georgia’s newest election law is inconsistent at best and unwittingly harmful at worst. If the governor signs this bill, we will see him in court. https://t.co/rRnjEknOZ7

[Defend the Atlanta Forest/Stop Cop City @defendATLforest]

Inspire Brands, even an army of police cannot keep your investment safe. Today, Georgia Tech students and community members disrupted Paul Brown, Inspire CEO and Atlanta Police Foundation (APF) board member, and demanded that his company divest from Cop City/APF.

[Amn Intl Augusta GA @AIAugustaGA]

Tell #POTUS to close the prison at Guantánamo Bay https://t.co/Hys2ZAwRh2 #GTMO #Gitmo #HumanRights

[Americans Unitd CSRA @AmersUnitedCSRA]

In-person: 3rd floor, HQ Library, 823 Telfair St, Augusta, GA 30901. Exit the elevator. Turn left. Proceed past the Georgia Room and the exhibit cases to an open door. Follow the hallway until the last room on the right.

[Americans Unitd CSRA @AmersUnitedCSRA]

What has the #Georgia legislature done to advance or restrict #religiousfreedom so far in the 2023-24 session? Join in person in #AugustaGA or remotely
Tue, Apr 11, 6:30 pm EDT https://t.co/9GxD9zxlJC #gapol

[People Power Augusta @PplPwrAugustaGA]

https://t.co/CMDJ6FX2eZ

[Defend the Atlanta Forest/Stop Cop City @defendATLforest]

Hundreds have camped, shared meals, celebrated and circulated through the Weelaunee Forest daily during the #StopCopCity Week of Action, in spite of police violence against movement participants.

Defiant and joyous, shoulder to shoulder with the trees.

[Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks]

The Abolitionist Struggle to Stop Cop City

Join @micahinATL, @KwameOlufemi, @stschrader1, and @sahaley for a discussion of the ongoing struggle in Atlanta and its lessons.

Tuesday, March 14th at 5:00 pm ET

RSVP to attend:
https://t.co/kUhJuY0JVL

[People Power Augusta @PplPwrAugustaGA]

Why should government not force women to carry pregnancies to term? #abortion
https://t.co/Ek8Gg1yiqL

[People Power Augusta @PplPwrAugustaGA]

Successive U.S. administrations have tried to deter Haitian people from claiming asylum in the United States through the application of various policies designed to intercept, detain, and remove them, starting in the 1970s and continuing with Title 42. https://t.co/lvz5D68L1Y

[stephen fowler @stphnfwlr]

(My NPR/ProPublica investigation in 2020 found 2/3 of Georgia's polling places that had to stay open late because of long lines in the primary were in majority-Black neighborhoods, despite those neighborhoods comprising about 1/3 of the state's polls)

https://t.co/7RUpEg2mCn

[stephen fowler @stphnfwlr]

Limiting access to drop boxes could also worsen existing voting problems in these mostly communities of color, which already have more voters assigned to polling places and longer lines on Election Day.

https://t.co/wCDL5sY6t7

[stephen fowler @stphnfwlr]

In 2020, more than 70% of urban and suburban Georgia voters lived within 10 minutes' travel of a drop box, the analysis by NPR, WABE and GPB found.

That number dropped to less than 50% for this year's midterms. #gapol

https://t.co/wCDL5sY6t7

[stephen fowler @stphnfwlr]

Republicans touted “uniformity” of the law, which mandates and caps number of drop boxes per county.

But our investigation found that uniformity across the state came at the expense of urban and suburban voters, who make up most of the electorate.

https://t.co/wCDL5sY6t7

[stephen fowler @stphnfwlr]

We know how many people used drop boxes and where by spending hundreds of hours manually entering more than 9,000 drop box collection forms used in the 2020 presidential election from 295 drop boxes across the state.

https://t.co/wCDL5sY6t7