You Can’t Hand Out Water in Georgia Voting Lines Anymore. What Does That Say About Us?

A Faith Organizer Reflects on a Decade of Nonpartisan Organizing at the Polls

Georgia has become the epicenter of the voting rights fight in the United States. The reasons for this are myriad, but include a progressive civic engagement movement in the state that captured the attention of the American public when it pulled together the votes to elect Democratic Senators Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff—and President Joe Biden. Stacey Abrams’ high-profile bid to become the state’s first African American governor, which in 2018 energized a previously unengaged group of voters who now believe a progressive wave is possible in Georgia, also placed …