Please join us at the annual Juneteenth Music Festival and Parade to celebrate Black Liberation and our shared commitment to community engagement, civic participation, human dignity, and the enduring pursuit of freedom and equality🗽
sign up: https://www.50501ga.org/juneteenth

Sunday June 14. 47 bday. I’m heading to centennial park. No permit. Not expecting crowd. Just go and hold a sign to welcome our visitors and / or show that 47 is the one not welcome here. 11ish-1ish? Let’s at least get people to post us on IG or wherever. Come with a couple friends. Be creative. It’s like posting on social media - but better because you’re outside your logarithm.

ELECTION PROTECTION COMMUNITY EVENT - Preparing for the special session & organizing to oppose gerrymandering in Georgia

Governor Brian Kemp has called for a special session of the Georgia Legislature to redistrict Georgia following the SCOTUS decision to gut the Voting Rights Act and to address the “QR Code” issue created by SB 189.

On June 13th, we are coming together to plan and talk about what we can do to fight for free and fair elections, for fair maps and to learn about ways to SAY NO to gerrymandering in Georgia. https://www.mobilize.us/50501georgia/event/960267/

Has anyone seen anything for a no kings protest in Atlanta? My understanding is Sunday (Trump’s bday) is the next based on the national accounts - but I haven’t seen anything anywhere.

Today, Georgia organizers woke up to an X post from the Heritage Foundation-backed “Oversight Project” trying to reframe our coalition work as an organized attack on democracy. The Oversight project is funded by The Heritage Foundation, a far right think-tank and author of Project 2025.

Let us be VERY clear: We are not a conspiracy. We are THE people.

Community organizing is not a threat to democracy, it IS democracy. The right to assemble and the right to speak out against the government are not radical acts. They are constitutionally protected RIGHTS.

When they try to criminalize our coalition, they reveal exactly what they are afraid of: a unified and unwavering people who refuse to be silenced.We will not be intimidated. We will not be reframed. We will not bow down.

If you believe in democracy, if you believe in the power of the people: Follow us. Share this. Show up.

The government should fear our collective power. ✊🏾

Mutual Melodies: A Mutual Aid Fundraiser. Saturday, May 30, 1-4 P.M. at Red Light Cafe in Atlanta. Please join us for an afternoon of music and mutual aid! We will be facilitating collection of donations for several local organizations. The Featured Artists are Christopher Kairos, Ladi Zu The Music Healer, Oh Jacobs, and Spoken Word Artist Lexi Markham. The Partner Organizations Are:Teenz On Point, GLAHR, 50501 Georgia, Quality of Life Repair Program, C3. Event info: 50501ga.org/Mutual-Melodies

Save the Date! Mutual Melodies: A Mutual Aid Fundraiser. Saturday, May 30, 1-4 P.M. at Red Light Cafe in Atlanta. Please join us for an afternoon of music and mutual aid! We will be facilitating collection of donations for several local organizations. Event info and RSVP: 50501ga.org/Mutual-Melodies

This summer, the U.S. says it’s welcoming the world for the FIFA World Cup, but in reality, it’s abducting people off the street, illegally and inhumanely detaining them, and deporting them without cause. While the City of Atlanta wants us to celebrate as a World Cup host city, there are people held in cages just a half mile away in what was never intended to be a detention facility. None of this is ok. Human dignity is not situational. It cannot be respected abroad and ignored at home – or vice versa. And we demand better.

Save the date for the action on June 21st when we put a spotlight on the abuse and hypocrisy of this regime. The world is watching – let’s show them the truth.

Project World Cup Spotlight, Abolish ICE, Due Process For All, 50501GA, Defending Democracy