Category: Random
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What’s Next?
For those of us who’ve been observers and erstwhile participants in the Georgia Progressive Community we still have work to do. For me, I’ll attempt to reclaim a tiny piece of the vast “inter webs” by blogging here, encouraging local organizing and highlighting groups doing meaningful work. Many members of the original BfD community have found…
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John Lewis speaks for all of us
In searching for something, anything, to write to help make some sense of this national nightmare, I found the words of our own John Lewis to be particularly uplifting. I know many of you are feeling hurt, angry, frustrated and so much more at the result of the election. Just know that’s okay and that…
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Fulton Dems host Georgia State Director for Hillary for America
Join the Fulton County Democratic Party Thursday, September 8, 2016 7:00 pm, 6:30 refreshments & socializing IBEW Auditorium 501 Pulliam Street SW Atlanta, GA 30312 Meet and mingle with fellow Democrats at monthly meetings of the Fulton County Democratic Party, held on the 2nd Thursday of every month. On September 8, we welcome as our…
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Hillary Clinton office opens in Atlanta
Sign up and find out how to engage here. Make some calls, stuff some envelopes, knock on doors. Whatever floats your boat. Even small actions can make a big difference in a tossup state. Yes, Georgia is in play people! As is apparently South Carolina. Save Save
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Happy Revolution Day
AKA Democracy for America 2.0 Day: [Bernie Sanders’] group, dubbed Our Revolution, is set to debut Wednesday evening. But eight of the group’s 13 or so staffers resigned over the weekend after former campaign manager Jeff Weaver was brought in to run the group. The remaining staffers, some of whom stayed for personal reasons, all…
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Hot cocoa? Really?
On Tuesday I attended the 14th annual Georgia WAND Real State of the Union event. As in years past, Jay Bookman, liberal columnist for the AJC and Janice Mathis, President of the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) addressed the crowd with their take on the current “state” of our union. Initially meant to be a…