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Georgia native | Executive Director of Care in Action, Senior Director of Civic Engagement, National Domestic Workers Alliance | Board: Emerge Georgia
Apr 20, 2023 5 tweets 1 min read
Here’s what’s happening in City of Atlanta:

1. Yesterday, the public learned that the police lied after they killed a Stop Cop City protester. Turns out, they didn’t have a gun and has 57 bullet wounds (family’s autopsy said their hands were in the air and has bullet holes) 2. The City of Atlanta then put together a “community task force” but then forced the “community” not to talk publicly about what happened. So today, the ACLU of GA announced they’re dropping out
Mar 26, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
A thread to explain the exhaustion.

2018: statewide elections full of voter suppression

2019: massive voter suppression legislation; an abortion ban attempt; horrible election equipment rollout 2020: SWGA had #3 highest death rate in the world; Ahmaud Arbery and Rayshard Brooks were murdered; June 9 primary meltdown; right wing and trump trying to overturn general election results; right wing trying to kill us; runoff elections; US Capitol insurrection in reaction to GA
Nov 13, 2020 13 tweets 4 min read
Thread: two years ago today, GA was alone & battling to #CountEveryVote. All the organizers, volunteers, & campaign staff hadn’t slept in months, but we were still fighting, alone.

Gov. Nathan Deal, who watched an election get stolen, called a special election during this time He called the special election supposedly to help GA’s farmers after their crops and fields were destroyed by Hurricane Michael, but we knew it was truly to parade Kemp around so he could look like governor-elect despite who knows how many ballots were left uncounted.
Jun 18, 2020 11 tweets 2 min read
Let me get this straight (and it’s a long list):
1. The party allowed Brian Kemp to target Black and Brown voters to prevent a Black woman—who is known for working across the aisle—from becoming governor 2. The party never condemned Brian Kemp for falsely accusing the Democratic Party of Georgia of hacking and calling the FBI which terrorized the diverse campaign staff, including myself.
Aug 28, 2019 11 tweets 3 min read
THREAD: Here's just a portion of our work at Fair Fight that Stacey Abrams is leading. This list is in no particular order: 1. House Victory Fund: A multi million dollar partnership to flip Georgia's House

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