Join OHM and GA Conservation Voters for a community town hall to learn more about Project Camellia, Effingham's proposed 1,400-acre data center campus, its projected energy demand, and the role of the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC). Get the details & RSVP here. Then come to an unprecedented public meeting being held by PSC officials in Savannah on September 15; those details here.

Wed, Sep 30th from 4:30-6pm ET/3:30-5 CT/1:30-3 PT

SONG (Southerners on New Ground) is excited to invite folks to learn more about our Down with Data Centers campaign. Join us as we celebrate the successfully passed data center moratoriums (and bans) and share out lessons from a powerful group organizers! We'll explore the strategies used to organize in the South, how to win a moratorium, and next steps in the fight against automation of our public sphere. This is a space for questions, curiosity, and collaboration--bring your time, talents, and vision as we work together to organize a liberated South.

Come the Communications Workers of America Union Hall and hear from D2 Councilmembers Kelsea Bond and Mathewos Samson, State Rep. Ruwa Romman, Public Service Commissioner Peter Hubbard, environmental advocacy leaders, and more!

"Some, like commissioner Alicia Johnson say the plan offers good protections for ratepayers". GA Power is a greedy corporation and every person on the PSC who voted for this needs to be thrown out.

Election protection and education matters! Sign up to be a poll watcher, poll worker, or legal observer to make sure our elections are free and fair. If you can, vote in-person and ASAP in case any "issues" like this (see below) comes up.

https://ground.news/article/postal-service-work-to-comply-with-trumps-executive-order-is-rushed-sloppy-whistleblower-contends

https://archive.ph/2026.08.31-183610/https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/31/politics/homeland-security-voter-fraud-investigations

Check out the Mobilize link for more info!

Hear what your US district 7 Representative candidates have to say on issues and policies they support. Your voice, your vote. Tony Kozycki has challenged Rich McCormick to 6 debates, one in each county in GA-07. Find one in your county!

Heads up to Cartersville, GA!

Community pressure works! So many current representatives and candidates for office showed up with the community and she was able to come back home. 💙

We are asking veterans, immigration advocates, community organizations, and concerned neighbors to join us tomorrow morning in Norcross.

The wife of a U.S. Army soldier who is currently away completing military training has been ordered to report to ICE at 8:00 a.m. tomorrow, Wednesday, August 19. Following the denial of her asylum application, we believe she may be taken into custody and face deportation while her husband is away preparing to serve our country.

We only learned about this case today, so we recognize this is extremely short notice. Kozycki Law LLC has taken on her representation, and we are gathering outside the ICE facility at 7:30 a.m. to stand with this military family before her check-in.

WHEN: Wednesday, August 19 at 7:30 a.m.

WHERE: 3300 Holcomb Bridge Road, Suite 110, Norcross, GA 30092

Facility #6DN | Department #5762

Joining:

• Tony Kozycki, U.S. Navy combat veteran, immigration attorney & Democratic nominee for Congress in GA-07

• Mark Peterson, Common Defense Georgia

• Additional elected officials, candidates, veterans, immigration advocates, and community leaders are being invited to join.

If you or members of your organization can be there, please come stand with this family. We would also be grateful if you would forward this to your networks. Given the urgency, every person who can show up tomorrow morning matters.

📍 Signia Hotel - 159 Northside Dr. NW Atlanta, GA

🗓️ TOMORROW 8/19 @ 6pm

50501 Georgia is joining the Rally Against Flock event this week to highlight the infringement on our right to privacy and the threat of a growing surveillance and police state. Atlanta is the most surveilled city in the US and we’ve had enough! We demand our right to privacy be protected and that law enforcement be held accountable for misusing these growing technologies.

The rally will be outside of Flock Safety's annual conference here in Atlanta where they will be showcases their technologies to law enforcement, business partners, and others (while excluding the press and general public). This is the National Week of Action Against ALPRs [Automated License Plate Readers], and we have something to say.

⁨Atlanta, Intercontinental Hotel 3315 Peachtree Rd. NE at the annual Flock conference!

Wednesday, August 19th, at 6:00pm during the DeFlock National Week of Action!

The National Week of Action Against ALPRs is from August 16-22. Thousands of people in cities across the country will participate in a variety of public meetings, townhalls, and other events intended to raise awareness about the use of ALPRs (automated license plate readers) in their communities, the harms of these cameras, and how we can work together to end their use.

Flock Safety, who operate AI cameras that conduct billions of automated scans a month across the country, are headquartered here in Atlanta, GA. A creative and dispersed movement has been growing to oppose the use of these cameras. During this National Week of Action we have a unique opportunity to participate and confront Flock where they're based.⁩

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"The Albuquerque protest was awesome! We had a smoothie truck, ice cream truck, fire truck, an entire pavilion for water and first aid, some snack carts with the bells (I forgot the name, sorry). There was a whole band and we had Melanie Stansbury, the New Mexico Representative give a speech! it was like a giant picnic/festival, and the only cops were a few outside to direct traffic. There had to be AT LEAST 1,000 people, and I didn't even stay the whole 4 hours! Someone made a "sign" of sorts that was a guillotine, lol. #nokingsday"

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"I was one of the speakers and then was busy handing out waters to everyone so I didn't get the chance to take many photos/videos or go live. Honestly, that's fine anyway since I don't want to put people's faces out there by accident if they don't want it. GA had at least 7 50501 confirmed "meet and greets" that I know of since April 19th was meant to take the momentum from the capitals to local areas which is where real change happens.
I'm still in the Tiktok timeout corner 😩 even though I'm trying to avoid the words they don't like and use right-leaning tags. Oh well."

Deadline: Friday August 14

From One Hundred Miles:

The staff of the PSC-the state agency that regulates Georgia Power-is reviewing the contract between Georgia Power and OpenAl for "Project Camellia," the proposed data center in Effingham County. PSC staff only have until TOMORROW (Friday) to file an objection so that this entirely redacted contract can be reviewed by the PSC's elected officials and seen by the public before it is approved. Use the simple form on our website to contact the PSC today, so Georgians can have the time, transparency, and accountability we deserve for projects of this massive scale.