Georgia: What Winning Looks Like
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In this Episode:
It’s definitely December because holiday movies are streaming everywhere. But it feels like we’re in the middle of election season with the flurry of energy surrounding the upcoming Georgia U.S. Senate runoffs. In this week’s episode, we’re joined by one of the architects of the political transformation of the Peach State—New Georgia Project Action Fund CEO Nse Ufot.
We introduce a new segment called “Don’t Get Me Started.” In this inaugural take, we sound off on the Democratic hand-wringing about the purported negative electoral impact of activist calls to defund the police. [4:26]
We talk to Nse about how community organizers won Georgia for Biden, what it’s going to take to make it happen again in January, and the multiracial coalition that’s putting in the work (we also learn about Nse’s long-standing relationship with Oprah!) [14:45]
References:
Nse Ufot - @nseufot - CEO of The New Georgia Project, a nonpartisan effort to register and civically engage Georgians.
And She Could Be Next - Documentary
Emily Badger // The New York Times - How Atlanta’s Politics Overtook the Suburbs, Too
Carlos Granda // abc7news - LA school district returns grenade launchers; keeps armored vehicle, M16s
Rashawn Ray // Brookings - What Does Defund the Police Mean and Does It Have Merit?
Donate or Volunteer
Donate - The New Georgia Project Action Fund
Volunteer - The New Georgia Project