It’s definitely December because holiday movies are streaming everywhere. But it feels like we’re in the middle of election season with the flurry of energy surrounding the upcoming Georgia U.S. Senate runoffs. In this week’s episode, we’re joined by one of the architects of the political transformation of the Peach State—New Georgia Project Action Fund CEO Nse Ufot.

We introduce a new segment called “Don’t Get Me Started.” In this inaugural take, we sound off on the Democratic hand-wringing about the purported negative electoral impact of activist calls to defund the police. [4:26]

We talk to Nse about how community organizers won Georgia for Biden, what it’s going to take to make it happen again in January, and the multiracial coalition that’s putting in the work(we also learn about Nse’s long-standing relationship with Oprah!)[14:45]

References

Nse Ufot - @nseufot - CEO of The New Georgia Project, a nonpartisan effort to register and civically engage Georgians. https://ngpaf.org

And She Could Be Next - Documentary https://andshecouldbenext.com

Emily Badger // The New York Times - How Atlanta’s Politics Overtook the Suburbs, Too https://nytimes.com/2020/12/09/upshot/atlanta-suburbs-democratic-shift.html

Carlos Granda // abc7news - LA school district returns grenade launchers; keeps armored vehicle, M16s https://abc7news.com/lausd-los-angeles-unified-school-district-grenade-launchers-department-of-defense-weapons-program/314715

Rashawn Ray // Brookings - What Does Defund the Police Mean and Does It Have Merit? https://brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/06/19/what-does-defund-the-police-mean-and-does-it-have-merit

Donate or Volunteer 

Donate - The New Georgia Project Action Fund https://secure.actblue.com/donate/new-georgia-project-action-fund-1

Volunteer - The New Georgia Project https://mobilize.us/thenewgeorgiaproject