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Corporate Empire strikes resistors protesting Cop City

Corporate Empire Strikes Back At #StopCopCity Resistance

“A Political Prosecution: 61 Cop City Opponents Hit with RICO Charges by Georgia’s Republican AG” Georgia is intensifying its crackdown against opponents of Cop City, with the state’s Republican attorney general announcing sweeping indictments of 61 people on racketeering charges over protests and other activism related to the $90 million police training facility planned to be built …

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Vote To Stop Cop City: Atlanta’s Fight Against Corporate Control

Leave a Comment / Mapping and Story Mapping / By Deepak Puri

Cop City is a $90 million dollar, 381 acre police militarization center. The Stop Cop City Referendum Campaign has launched a ballot referendum to let the people of Atlanta decide. The campaign is collecting signatures for a referendum to stop the police militarization center. It represents the true Atlanta community, which is a diverse, passionate, …

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NAACP Atlanta uses relational organizing to get out the vote in Georgia

NAACP Atlanta Gets-Out-The-Vote with relational organizing

Leave a Comment / Campaigning during Coronavirus, Getting Out The Vote (GOTV), Mobilizing Supporters and Voters / By Deepak Puri

Increased Black voter turnout was key to Senator Warnock and Ossoff’s victories in Georgia. NAACP Atlanta worked with a broad coalition of partners to increase Black voter turnout. This blog covers changes in the general vs runoff election; the groups in their coalition; how they partnered with local community groups and the role of relational …

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