How Georgia Women Are Getting Ready For The Midterms
Two women took a road trip to start organizing for November
We’re focusing on women in the South over the next few weeks, including a conversation with Amanda Nelson (Amanda’s Mild Takes) coming up next Wednesday. And two of our Red Wine & Blue organizers kicked it off with a road trip through Georgia to hear from women on the ground and promote new RWB Network groups.
Our RWB Network Organizer, Sarah Goodman, and our Digital Community Manager, Lisa Reese, hit the road this week, traveling across Georgia to empower our incredible local group leaders and promote starting new groups throughout the state!
Their goal? Strengthen grassroots organizing across Georgia and boost voter turnout in this year's critical state and local elections. With highly competitive races for governor and U.S. Senate likely to be decided by razor-thin margins in battleground counties, every conversation matters. Our members were fired up, ready to get to work, and eager to make an impact!
Sarah and Lisa traveled more than 700 miles in three days, meeting with new and longtime members organizing in their communities, coalition partners such as the League of Women Voters and Indivisible, and local leaders to build relationships and plan future collaborations.
And because it’s Red Wine & Blue, organizing came with plenty of fun. We hosted a happy hour and coffee gathering in Roswell, met with members at a woman-owned restaurant in Columbus, and wrapped up in Augusta with sweets and cocktails at the Boll Weevil Cafe.
This trip is an important reminder that change is created one mile, one conversation, and one community at a time. Georgia's women are organizing, showing up for one another, and laying the groundwork for major wins this November. And we're just getting started.