Vote Your Voice: Partnership with Southern Poverty Law Center ensures every voice is heard

In an equitable society, it’s imperative that every individual have a voice and the freedom to use that voice. Announced this summer, the Vote Your Voice initiative is a partnership between the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) and the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. It will invest up to $30 million in voter outreach organizations through 2022 to engage voters and increase nonpartisan voter registration, education and participation in five targeted states — Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi. The focus of the initiative is on funding Black- and brown-led organizations that are often ignored by traditional funders.

The Georgia grant recipients thus far — including Georgia’s Black Voters Matter, the Georgia Coalition for the People’s Agenda, New Georgia Project and ProGeorgia — have long histories and proven track records empowering voters of color. These organizations submitted innovative proposals to boost voter registration, education and mobilization. This work is particularly important in 2020, during the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, when many underrepresented communities will face voting barriers.

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“Vote Your Voice ensures more eligible voters of color in the Deep South will have a say in the direction of our country as we deal with the pandemic fall-out and reckon with lasting injustices.” – SPLC President and Chief Executive Officer Margaret Huang

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