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Atlanta News First: National Voter Registration Day: Here’s how to get signed up in Georgia
“New Georgia Project (NGP) staff and volunteers will hit the streets Tuesday to help Georgians register to vote in communities across the state—including in Albany, Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Brunswick, Columbus, Macon, and Savannah.”
Fox 5 Atlanta: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month in metro Atlanta | 2023
“The New Georgia Project is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with a Si Se Puede Festival on Sept. 21.”
Decaturish: DeKalb Board of Elections rejects latest voter challenge
“Stephanie Ali of the New Georgia Project characterized the waste of time and money as deliberate.”
AJC: Floyd and Troup counties changing voting locations
“Stephanie Jackson Ali, policy director at the New Georgia Project, said there is a trend of counties across the state making changes, including cuts or consolidations, to their voting locations. Voters, she said, need to be educated before the next [...]
Bloomberg: Biden Needs Black Voters in Georgia. They’re Feeling Pretty Lukewarm
“‘Right now, they aren’t running and jumping that he is the candidate and would liked to have seen another voice,’ Billy Honor, organizing director at New Georgia Project said.”
Fox 5 Atlanta: Troup County board votes to move polling sites
“Officials with the New Georgia Project say they were disappointed by the decision, but not surprised as they're seeing similar trends statewide.”
AJC: An inside look at how Supreme Court’s student loan ruling affects Georgians
“Fear about mounting debt prompted Kairos Richardson to drop out of Kennesaw State University after the pandemic hit… He doesn’t have a diploma, and it’s been bittersweet watching his friends graduate. ‘I want to be up there so bad,’ Richardson [...]
The 19th: Voting organizers are breathing ‘a deep sigh of relief’ over Supreme Court rulings on elections — for now
“Kendra Cotton, CEO of the New Georgia Project, a voting rights organization, said she is encouraged by the recent court rulings… She feels frustration at the persistent efforts to disenfranchise communities of color. ‘It just simply doesn’t have to be [...]
AJC: Many Georgians criticize student loan ruling, while others celebrate it
“’With repayments resuming, my goals are not as tangible and as realistic,’ said Maggie Bell, lead organizer for a New Georgia Project campaign that’s been pushing for full loan forgiveness. ‘My short-term goals … it feels like it will be [...]
Statement by New Georgia Project Following Supreme Court’s Decision to Harm Black Futures by Halting President Biden’s Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Plan
For Immediate Release June 30th, 2023 Statement by New Georgia Project Following Supreme Court’s Decision to Harm Black Futures by Halting President Biden’s Student Loan Debt Forgiveness Plan (Atlanta, GA) - New Georgia Project (NGP) released the following statement [...]
