Greg Palast’s film, Vigilantes Inc.: America’s New Vote Suppression Hitmen, exposes a coordinated, racially targeted assault on the fundamental right to vote—one that reshaped the 2024 election landscape and continues to threaten American democracy. Narrated by Rosario Dawson and executive produced by Martin Sheen and George DiCaprio, the documentary reveals how vigilante voter challenges—filed by […]
On 60th Anniversary of Voting Rights Act the People’s Agenda Calls on Congress to Pass John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
ATLANTA, GA – On the 60th anniversary of the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965 (VRA), the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda (People’s Agenda), led by executive director Helen Butler, is calling on Congress to pass the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, reintroduced last week by U.S. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock. The […]
Civil Rights Groups File Lawsuit to Stop Georgia Law’s Outrageous New Pathway to Purging Eligible Voters
ATLANTA – The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, ACLU of Georgia, and Dechert LLP filed a lawsuit to bar enforcement of provisions in a new Georgia law that would permit baseless mass challenges to large swaths of eligible voters and create new barriers targeting unhoused and housing-insecure voters. The case was brought on behalf of the […]
Helen Butler, Executive Director of @GCPAgenda Statement On Election Integrity in the Georgia Primary
ATLANTA – Helen Butler, executive director of the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda, issued the following statement about election integrity during the Georgia Primary on May 24, 2022: “We are still assessing the impact of the numerous problems Georgia voters reported across the state, and will provide a formal briefing in the near future. […]
Nonprofit Groups Urge Voters to Review Proposed Georgia Unity Redistricting Maps Created to Reflect the Diversity of the State
By Edrea Davis – In an effort to advocate for redistricting plans that are fair and reflect the wide range of racial and ethnic diversity in Georgia as reported in the 2020 Census, the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda (People’s Agenda) joined with the GALEO Latino Community Development Fund (GALEO LCDF), the Georgia State […]
Georgia Black Women’s Roundtable Break from Battling Voter Suppression to Honor Valiant Women of the Vote
By Edrea Davis – Despite the ongoing efforts of many leaders to suppress the voices of Georgia residents, Black and Brown voters turned out in record numbers, electing the most diverse leadership in the state’s history. Last week, the Georgia Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR), took a short break from their fight against archaic voter suppression […]
Georgia Senate Runoff Amid Ongoing Efforts to Disenfranchise Black Voters
By Edrea Davis – Ongoing efforts to suppress and invalidate the voices of Black voters in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin and Georgia have galvanized the Georgia Coalition for the Peoples’ Agenda (Peoples’ Agenda), Clayton County Black Women’s Roundtable (BWR) and other groups to register, educate and mobilize voters for the upcoming Senate runoff elections. The disenfranchisement […]
Amendment 4 Leader, Desmond Meade, Expresses Disappointment with the Supreme Court’s Decision to Temporarily Block Florida Returning Citizens from Voting
“At the heart of this debate are hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of life, and all parts of the state,” said Desmond Meade, Executive Director of the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition. “People who a federal judge said should vote in this election, but that our own government is now blocking.” “We are […]
Nine Leading Racial Justice Organizations Release Report and Find Significant Efforts to Destroy the Right to Vote
WASHINGTON – Today, the Racial Equity Anchor Collaborative, a coalition of national racial justice and civil rights organization, released its groundbreaking voting rights report, “We Vote, We Count.” The report centers on the voices of people of color and describes accounts of voter interference which disproportionately affects communities of color, gathered through “People’s Hearings” in […]