Talk Radio – November 22, 2022: All Roads Lead To Georgia – Call In 1-800-450-7876 

GUESTS

David Daley: 12:00 PM – 12:57 PM ET
Senior fellow for FairVote and the author of “Ratf**ked: The True Story Behind the Secret Plan to Steal America’s Democracy” and “Unrigged: How Americans Are Battling Back to Save Democracy”

Greg Palast: 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM ET
Renowned investigative reporter with The Guardian USA, author and filmmaker of the book and film “The Best Democracy Money Can Buy” and “Vigilantes: Georgia’s Vote Suppression Hitmen”; known for his investigative reports for The Guardian, BBC Television, Rolling Stone and his string of New York Times bestsellers including The Best Democracy Money Can Buy and Billionaires & Ballot Bandits. 

C.K. Hoffler: 12:15 PM – 12:57 PM ET
Former President of the National Bar Association and Chair of the Board of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition

Dianne Wilkerson: 12:30 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time
First African American Female to serve in the Massachusetts Senate and TJC Board Treasurer

Helen Butler: 12:00 PM – 12:30 PM Eastern Time
Executive Director of the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda will provide an update on the intense battle to defeat some of the most vicious voter suppression measures in the nation which are pending in the Georgia State Legislature

Gerald Griggs: 12:45 PM – 12:57 PM Eastern Time
President of the Georgia State Conference of the NAACP, the First Vice President of the Atlanta Chapter of the NAACP, and former Third Vice President of the State Conference of the Georgia NAACP.

QUESTIONS

• Why is this Georgia runoff race important to the nation?
• Helen, what is your perspective on what is needed right now to maximize Black turnout for the December 6th Georgia Runoff? What will the Coalition be doing statewide to ensure that that happens?
• You have built a considerable expertise in mobilizing volunteers. Why are volunteers so critical to this Georgia runoff?
• What are the important dates for the Georgia Senate Runoff Election?
• Describe some of the special programming that you will be undertaking in Georgia for the runoffs.
• Describe the various volunteer opportunities: what will people be doing and how do people join in from around the country?
• How can people help support these programs and the organizations in Georgia?
• Why is it so important that TJC will be coordinating a cadre of Gen Z and Millennials to assist in this election?
• What do you think are going to be some of the most significant obstacles that voters will confront in Georgia?
• David, Greg, and CK, what is the implication of the lawsuit and Georgia’s ongoing voter suppression for the future of democracy in Georgia?
• On Monday, November 28th, TJC is going to have a Facebook Live TeleTown Hall focused on Georgia focused on Gen Z and Millennial voters. What topics will be discussed?
• How can people get involved, and again, how do people contact you to join your committees?
• How can people help with rides to the polls?
• Why do Youth Voters, Black, Latino, and Asian Voters Matter?
• Why Is It Important for Everyone to Help?
• How can Everyone Help?
• David, With the Democrats keeping control of the Senate, how will that affect the fight for voting rights legislation?
• Dianne, TJC will be refocusing our efforts again in Georgia for this Senate Runoff Election. Phone banking and texting start today. How can listeners get involved with phone banking and texting? (VotingRightsAlliance.org)
• Discuss the other elements of TJC’s on-the-ground voter mobilization.
• How can voters use this election cycle to force change?
• Thank you for all of your hard work. How do our listeners get in contact with you?

SHOW DESCRIPTION AND BACKGROUND

The Igniting Change Radio Show on Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022, entitled “All Roads Lead To Georgia: the Georgia Senate Runoff Program” will feature Radio Show Co-Hosts and Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) Co-Leaders Attorneys Barbara Arnwine and Daryl Jones will be joined by guests Helen Butler, Gerald Griggs, Esq., Dianne Wilkerson, Greg Palast, David Daley, and CK Hoffler, Esq. All roads are leading to Georgia and it seems like everyone is on the Midnight Train or the first airplane! The Transformative Justice Coalition (TJC) along with partners Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda; Hip Hop Caucus; Rainbow PUSH Coalition; AFL-CIO ; National Bar Association; and, the NAACP of Georgia are working to assist African American and other vulnerable voters during Georgia’s December 6th Runoff Election. Early voting for this election starts November 28th and ends on December 2nd, with the general election on December 6th. Indeed, at least 9 counties will be offering Souls to the Polls early voting Sunday, November 27th. Shockingly, despite the criticality of this election, to the future direction of the U.S. Senate, there remain millions of Georgians who are clueless that there is an election, that they are eligible to participate in the election, when the election is, and how to participate in this election. Many are also worried about voter fatigue. Since our last show, some racial data has become available to show that turnout for African-American voters during the 2022 Midterms, though robust for early voting, was still lower than the 2018 Midterms because of the impact of SB 202 on absentee balloting, especially for Black seniors. Our show will discuss the implications of how we best counter those obstacles during this runoff. Another factor is that the lawsuit against the Secretary of State’s banning of Saturday voting by the counties has been won. The Secretary of State is appealing that ruling. Igniting Change will talk about the implications of that victory and the continued voter suppression by the state of Georgia.

Every person in the United States can directly assist in ensuring that Georgia’s voters are aware of and educated about the upcoming Senate runoff race.

Currently, TJC has several components of its Campaign to address needs that have been identified by our chief Georgia partner, The Georgia Coalition for the Peoples’ Agenda, including organizing special voter outreach and Get Out The Vote events, on-the-ground canvassing, rides to the polls, sign waving, text and phone banking, absentee ballot assistance, youth engagement, senior engagement, votercades, social media campaigns, radio ads, public education, and much more. People can sign up for a committee at VotingRightsAlliance.org. Additionally, Daryl and Barbara will be operating directly from Georgia beginning late November. TJC will also have a core of Gen Z and Millennial volunteers and will be traveling throughout the state. TJC will be operating 2 command centers in Atlanta and Savannah, staffed by the Gen Z and Millennial volunteers.

TJC and its partners are coordinating with groups in Georgia to help ensure this is a fair election process and to turn out the vote in areas with low voter turnout, among other things. People can sign up at GeorgiaVote.eventbrite.com, VotingRightsAlliance.org, or tjcoalition.org to join a non-partisan committee dedicated to Georgia as we Finish The Job of protecting voters. Committees include: phone banking and texting; on-the-ground canvassing; rides to the polls; communications and media (which includes social media and outreach); votercading; and, HBCU outreach.