It’s a new year indeed. We’re just seven days into 2021 and the country’s New American Majority has wasted no time flexing its political muscle. While Republicans and Trump supporters make dangerous and desperate last-ditch efforts to overturn the will of the people, Georgia voters clapped back with a resounding “time’s up” and handed Democrats the reins to the U.S. Senate by electing Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff.

Their victory is the result of a 10-year effort led by Stacey Abrams, the first guest on our “Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips” podcast. To kick off this episode, we reflect on how Steve and Stacey met and how her vision transformed the state, and the country.

But we also remind folks that the New American Majority is just getting started, and there are so many “Staceys” leading the way to turn the country’s demographic revolution into a political and electoral revolution. In this episode, we highlight seven people who are leading the way to real, systemic change in racial equity, immigration, and voter rights. [17:55]

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7 People to Watch

Jessica Byrd, @JessicaLBYRD, Founding Partner, Three Point Strategies https://threepointstrategies.org

Anathea Chino, @anatheabc, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Advanced Native Political Leadership https://advancenativepl.org

Maurice Mitchell, @MauriceWFP, National Director, Working Families Party https://workingfamilies.org

Alejandra Gomez, @Gomez_Alex07, Co-Executive Director, Lucha Arizona https://luchaaz.org

Andrea Guerrero, @guerreroandi, Executive Director, Alliance San Diego https://alliancesd.org

Vanita Gupta, @vanitaguptaCR, President and CEO, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights https://civilrights.org, and United States Associate Attorney General Nominee

Michelle Tremillo, @MtremilloT, Executive Director, Texas Organizing Project https://organizetexas.org

Other References

Stacey Abrams, @staceyabrams, Founder, Fair Fight

Ayanna Pressley, @AyannaPressley, Massachusetts Congresswoman

Nse Ufot, @nseufot, CEO, The New Georgia Project

“Democracy in Color with Steve Phillips” Podcast - Georgia: What Winning Looks Like https://democracyincolor.com/podepisodes/2020/12/9/georgia-what-winning-looks-like

Tweet - Stacey Abrams on Election Night https://twitter.com/staceyabrams/status/1346668456675061760