“This is a historic election that holds the promise of momentous change.”

Advocates Will Defend an Accurate and Fair Count

DeKalb County Becomes First in State to Voluntarily Create Officially Translated Sample Ballots in Korean and Spanish

Demand Safe, Secure and Accessible November Election

Georgia advocates across the state are angered by the latest move by the Trump Administration to limit census participation of black, brown, and immigrant communities.

Congress Must Now Act On a Permanent Pathway to Citizenship, Now is the Time to Defund ICE

Voting rights leaders warn that failures of June 9 primary must not be repeated

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, American Civil Liberties Union, Human Rights Campaign, Muslim Advocates, NAACP, and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, along with 110 additional organizations committed to racial justice and civil rights, called on the U.S. Department of Justice to open a full and thorough hate crimes investigation into the murder of Ahmaud Arbery.

In coordination with the Atlanta Korean-American COVID-19 Task Force, Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Atlanta has brought together community members to help those whose hardships in the outbreak are compounded by additional challenges in seeking assistance due to limited English proficiency and immigration status, among other cultural barriers.

In Race to Avert Catastrophe, Advocates Demand Immigrants Be Freed from Notorious Georgia Detention Centers

Though there are exceptions, the message is clear that immigrants are not welcome

Governor Brian Kemp’s reckless decision to reopen businesses that are nonessential in a time of crisis will put many lives in danger, especially those of working class immigrants and people of color.

Trump’s negligent response to COVID-19 cannot be hidden by his scapegoating of immigrants

Lawsuit Filed by the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law on Behalf of Georgia Organizations

ICE will bear responsibility for sickness and death