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Statement from New Georgia Project Action Fund CEO Following Georgia’s Important Presidential Primary Election
For Immediate Release [email protected] (646) 673-4191 Statement from New Georgia Project Action Fund CEO Following Georgia’s Important Presidential Primary Election (Atlanta, GA) - New Georgia Project Action Fund CEO, Kendra Cotton, released the below statement following Georgia’s Presidential [...]
New Georgia Project Action Fund Launches Massive Get-Out-the-Vote Field Program During Pivotal Election Year
For Immediate Release March 1, 2024 [email protected] New Georgia Project Action Fund Launches Massive Get-Out-the-Vote Field Program During Pivotal Election Year (Atlanta, GA) With eight months to go before a contentious, high-stakes Presidential election, New Georgia Project Action [...]
AJC: Democratic voters in South Carolina and Georgia compare
Kendra Cotton works to increase civic engagement from Black voters and other marginalized communities as CEO of the New Georgia Project Action Fund. She strives to encourage more people to vote and to teach them about other civic activities, such [...]
theGrio: Joe Biden’s PR problem is not Black voters’ fault
“Despite innumerable challenges moving key pieces of his agenda forward, the president has made significant progress on policies that will help Black communities. But if you ask a Black voter what Joe Biden has done for them, you’ll get side-eye [...]
New Georgia Project Action Fund Launches “Thank You, Georgia” Campaign to Educate Voters and Build Power Ahead of 2024
For Immediate Release November 22, 2023 [email protected] New Georgia Project Action Fund Launches “Thank You, Georgia” Campaign to Educate Voters and Build Power Ahead of 2024 (Atlanta, GA) — In 2020 and the years since, Black Georgia voters [...]
AJC: OPINION: The gathering storm for Joe Biden in Georgia: ‘He’s in trouble.’
“’(Biden’s) administration is inarguably one of the most successful first-term administrations, policy-wise, that we’ve seen in a generation and that is irrefutable throughout history,’ Kendra Cotton, CEO of New Georgia Project Action Fund, said. ‘So what I’m saying is it’s [...]
TODAY, 10/27: New Georgia Project Action Fund Joins Georgia Coalition for Cannabis Reform
Media Contact: [email protected], 646-673-4191 TODAY, 10/27: New Georgia Project Action Fund Joins Georgia Coalition for Cannabis Reform The group will announce its plans at a press conference in Atlanta at 4pm. (Atlanta) - New Georgia Project Action [...]
WSB: Community activists and Ga. state reps are calling for support of cannabis reform
“Scotty Smart with the New Georgia Project Action Fund said this is a call for action. ‘What we are doing is we are looking to have safer access to medical marijuana,’ Smart said.”
Fox 5 Atlanta: Georgia state rep announces plan to introduce marijuana legalization bill
"That’s just 2% of our state cities," said Takia Tinsley, an activist in favor Bell’s bill. "The other 98% unfairly target Black people, even though Blacks and whites and other races in our demographic statistically use marijuana at similar rates."
Georgia Recorder: Georgia special legislative session on tap for the holidays after judge tosses political maps
“The state has the right to appeal. I doubt that will go very far because the Supreme Court has already made it pretty clear where they stand on this issue. Alabama tried to do that, it didn’t work well for [...]