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Georgia STANDUP
Oct 17, 20242 min read
Statement from Georgia STAND-UP on Georgia Sees Unprecedented Early Voter Turnout Amidst Hurricane Recovery and Political Tension
October 18, 2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE For more information, please contact: Alivia Duncan, alivia.duncan@georgiastandup.org Georgia Sees...
Patrick Quinn
Jun 25, 20243 min read
MARTA going forward with Five Points renovation plan despite growing cries against it
Originally published on Atlanta News First ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - On Tuesday, more opponents of MARTA’s planned renovation...
Jesse Nussman
Jun 24, 20245 min read
City leaders urge MARTA to pause renovation on Five Points station
Originally published on 11Alive. The planned renovation sparked some controversy and would essentially shut down the station for several...
Collin Kelley
Jun 24, 20243 min read
City leaders, stakeholders rally against MARTA Five Points Station renovation plan
Originally published on Georgia Public Broadcast. City leaders, stakeholders, and transit advocates continue to put pressure on MARTA to...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
Jun 24, 20243 min read
Activists mobilize to keep Five Points MARTA station open
Originally published on Atlanta Civic Circle. Several dozen activists and city officials gathered in sweltering midday heat outside the...
Deborah Scott
Feb 15, 20234 min read
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.
Keyanna Jones
Feb 4, 20233 min read
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, 20225 min read
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, 20227 min read
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, 20226 min read
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, 20221 min read
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, 20225 min read
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, 20225 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20207 min read
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, 20203 min read
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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