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Fox 5 Atlanta: Community frustrated over Wellstar’s choice to close East Point clinic
“New Georgia Project Healthcare Organizer, Kierra Stanford, called the move ‘ridiculous’ and ‘disrespectful.’ Stanford says the closures have disproportionally impacted poor and working-class families - the majority of whom are Black.”
Georgia’s Liberal Organizers Warn of a Cash Crunch and Apathy
“Black voters, Ms. Davenport Cotton said in an interview, are “not hearing enough about what he’s done for them, which according to our research is how they understand their political power and feel motivated to turn out again.”
Atlanta News First: Voting advocacy groups say don’t ignore local elections
“If we’re talking about potholes and speed bumps and school curriculum and shelters in our communities and addressing issues of poverty and homelessness, who ends up on the city council is going to have a lot more to say and [...]
Atlanta News First: The Atlanta Medical Center closure: one year later
“’An urgent care, a primary care, just something for these people to come to,’ said Jon’Luk Young when asked what he would like to see at the site. He was one of the organizers of the display. ‘It’s just so [...]
Fox 5 Atlanta: A year later, still no solutions following closure of Atlanta Medical Center
“’If you look at Wellstar’s other hospitals in the nicer areas, northern areas, even where I used to stay in Douglasville, they have a hospital out there. It looks very, very beautiful,’ said John-Luke Young, another activist. "Why would you [...]
AJC: Forks placed in ground mark low-key anniversary of AMC hospital closure
“’We want to hold corporations accountable,’ Kierra Stanford, lead organizer of the New Georgia Project’s My Community, My Hospital campaign, said. ‘We knew that Wellstar definitely had the funds to keep AMC open or at least keep some type of [...]
New Georgia Project Mourns Atlanta Medical Center on Anniversary of Closure
For Immediate Release November 1, 2023 New Georgia Project [email protected], (470) 485-7333 New Georgia Project Mourns Atlanta Medical Center on Anniversary of Closure (Atlanta, GA) - New Georgia Project’s My Community, My Hospital campaign released the following statement on [...]
Atlanta News First: Judge orders new Georgia voting maps ahead of 2024
“’This is going to give an opportunity to kind of revitalize people’s opportunities to feel connected to their vote’, said Stephanie Ali of the voting rights group New Georgia Project.”
The Atlanta Voice: Local non-profits, MARTA host national voter registration day events at several stations
“At the station, two members of New Georgia Project Ghanda Davis and Michelle Morrison were catching people off the train and buses to ask if they were registered to vote.”
WRDW: Here’s where you can register to vote today in Augusta
“A team from the New Georgia Project will be registering students at Richmond County Technical Magnet School in the morning.”