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Take Action, Get Power in Georgia!

Micky · October 16, 2020 ·

Sheriffs are elected and therefore need to be held accountable for the communities they claim to “serve and protect.” Sheriff Butch Conway is finally retiring after caging and handing over our people to ICE for much too long. The election in November is our best opportunity to improve the lives of our communities by replacing him with a Sheriff who will value our Black and immigrant communities of Gwinnett county. 

During the past couple of months SONG Power has been part of Take Action, Get Power, a campaign to build the power of Black and Brown voters in GA, specifically in Gwinnett county. Take Action, Get Power is made up of members of SONG Power, GLAHR Action and members of Mijente.  These three groups  have historically done grassroots organizing work in Georgia and the South. We want to continue to talk to our folks about the issues that are important to them and bring them into this work.  We particularly took on Gwinnett county targeting the Sheriffs elections in Georgia and Trump through the Mijente PAC, #FueraTrump.

Gwinnett has been a county where for the past 24 years the sheriff, Butch Conway has voluntarily signed a contract between the county sheriff’s department and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). 287(g) agreements are voluntary contracts that is re-signed every 2 years by the county sheriff. 287(g) agreements include federal funding for training 6-8 local officers to “ICE Accreditation” and create processes to honor every hold, administrative warrant or demands that come from ICE. Having a 287(g) county means that every person brought into the jail without citizen privilege will have some contact with ICE. 287(g) is only one of the voluntary ways that the sheriff collaborates with ICE. We must make sure that we demand that they #EndAllCollaborations. Being Black or Brown and driving though a 287g county Gwinnett is unsafe. We know that any encounter with law enforcement can lead to folks being stuck in jail and or ending up in the deportation pipeline which is another part of the prison industrial complex. 

We have been going out in Gwinnett and talking to our folks about the sheriff’s race and what they can do to keep their communities safe. SONG Power is canvassing door-to-door building with Black and Brown voters letting them know about the candidates running who are Democrat, (Kebo Taylor) and Republican (Luis Solis). 

It’s a scary time, however, we felt the best way to connect with our people was to go to them. In order to do so, we took proper safety precautions to ensure everyone’s health and wellness. We have been able to talk to thousands of voters who were all eager to learn more about how to get involved and vote.

Take Action, Get Power will continue going out and talking to Black and Brown voters all the way up to the election in November. If you’d like to get involved please reach out to Tayleece (tayleece@songsouth.org) or Monse (monse@songsouth.org). If you wanna plug in but aren’t in GA please be on the lookout for future phone canvassing events that you can participate in from anywhere.

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SONG Power is the political and advocacy arm of Southerners on New Ground (SONG). We are organizing to shift power and build beloved community in the South.

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therealnews The Real News @therealnews ·
14 Jul

Poverty can be its own form of voter suppression. So these organizers, with the group @songpowerc4, are using mutual aid to help get out the vote: by @jaisalnoor w/ @soljourno https://therealnews.com/you-cant-think-about-voting-if-youre-thinking-about-feeding-your-kids

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songpowerc4 songpowerc4 @songpowerc4 ·
12 Oct 2021

We're hitting the streets again!

This fall we're Canvassing For Survival and Liberation – a 6 week base building program focused on canvassing across the region through 3 selected sites ran by paid Local Power teams!

Learn more + apply to be a site >>> http://songsouth.info/c4survival

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songpowerc4 songpowerc4 @songpowerc4 ·
7 Oct 2021

We're hitting the streets again!

This fall we're Canvassing For Survival and Liberation – a 6 week base building program focused on canvassing across the region through 3 selected sites ran by paid Local Power teams!

Learn more + apply to be a site >>> http://songsouth.info/c4survival

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songpowerc4 songpowerc4 @songpowerc4 ·
1 Jul 2021

Help us sharpen the tools in our toolbox for liberation by completing this survey that will allow us to push our demands further, drastically build our base & contend directly for power across the South

Survey >>> https://bit.ly/songsurveyesp

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ngpaction New Georgia Project Action Fund @ngpaction ·
25 May 2021

on holding law enforcement accountable, protecting the right to vote, fighting employment discrimination, and increasing equity to housing and education for marginalized communities.

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