There’s a very real tension between the Atlanta metro area, home to more than half the population of Georgia, and lawmakers and officials in the State Capitol. How can activists and communities achieve their policy goals and aspirations for democracy at the state level, where so many decisions are made? And what strategies – old and new – can the rest of the country learn from people working on the ground in Georgia?

 

Featured Guests: Organizer and Civic Engagement Program Manager at the Center for Civic Innovation Evan Matthews, Vice President of Policy & Research at Kindred Futures Dr. Alex Camardelle-Floyd, Author and journalist Charles Blow, Activist and Managing Director of Women Donors Action, Hillary Holley, Executive Director of Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda, Helen Butler, Activist and Executive Director of Latino Community Fund Georgia, Gigi Pedraza, Activist and community organizer Nsé Ufot, Community strategist and activist Grace Choi, andNonprofit leader Aisha Yaqoob Mahmood.

There&rsquo;s a very real tension between the Atlanta metro area, home to more than half the population of Georgia, and lawmakers and officials in the State Capitol. How can activists and communities achieve their policy goals and aspirations for democracy at the state level, where so many decisions are made? And what strategies &ndash; old and new &ndash; can the rest of the country learn from people working on the ground in Georgia?
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Featured Guests: Organizer and Civic Engagement Program Manager at the Center for Civic Innovation Evan Matthews, Vice President of Policy &amp; Research at Kindred Futures Dr. Alex Camardelle-Floyd, Author and journalist Charles Blow, Activist and Managing Director of Women Donors Action, Hillary Holley, Executive Director of Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda, Helen Butler, Activist and Executive Director of Latino Community Fund Georgia, Gigi Pedraza, Activist and community organizer Ns&eacute; Ufot, Community strategist and activist Grace Choi, and Nonprofit leader Aisha Yaqoob Mahmood.

What is democracy for?Reimagining Democracy for a Good Life takes up that question by turning to Atlanta—a city shaped by Black leadership and becoming ever more multiracial—where democracy is practiced in real time: debated, challenged, and remade. Hosted by PolicyLink Founder in Residence Angela Glover Blackwell, in conversation with voices rooted in Atlanta for generations and those newly arrived, this 6-part audio documentary explores radical imagination and innovative action, race and place, power and policy, and the city’s evolving relationship with Georgia. 

At a time when faith in democracy feels fragile, Reimagining Democracy for a Good Life lifts up lived experiences and people-centered governance to demonstrate that a thriving, multiracial democracy in service of human flourishing, claimed by We the People, remains possible—and necessary for a good life for everyone

What is democracy for? Reimagining Democracy for a Good Life takes up that question by turning to Atlanta&mdash;a city shaped by Black leadership and becoming ever more multiracial&mdash;where democracy is practiced in real time: debated, challenged, and remade. Hosted by PolicyLink Founder in Residence Angela Glover Blackwell, in conversation with voices rooted in Atlanta for generations and those newly arrived, this 6-part audio documentary explores radical imagination and innovative action, race and place, power and policy, and the city&rsquo;s evolving relationship with Georgia.&nbsp;
At a time when faith in democracy feels fragile, Reimagining Democracy for a Good Life lifts up lived experiences and people-centered governance to demonstrate that a thriving, multiracial democracy in service of human flourishing, claimed by We the People, remains possible&mdash;and necessary for a good life for everyone