Back in 1995, Outkast’s Andre 3000 declared, “The South got something to say.” That statement rings even truer today. So what is Atlanta telling us?  As we close a season full of diverse voices,  stories and hard truths about Atlanta and the region, two things become clear. Atlanta isn’t perfect. Yet it may provide the inspiration we need to get through the times we find ourselves in, and emerge, collectively, stronger and better.

 

Featured Guests:  Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, Visual artist Marryam Moma, activist and community organizer Nsé Ufot, Founder and Chief Equity Officer of Partnership for Southern Equity Nathaniel Smith,  Activist and Executive Director of Latino Community Fund Georgia, Gigi Pedraza, Vice President of Policy & Research at Kindred Futures Dr. Alex Camardelle-Floyd, Activist and Managing Director of Women Donors Action, Hillary Holley, Organizer and Civic Engagement Program Manager at the Center for Civic Innovation Evan Matthews, Political scientist and author Dr. Bernard Fraga, Atlanta Influence Everything Co-Founders Ian Ford, Bem Joiner, and Tory Edwards, andAuthor and ordained minister Dante Stewart.

Back in 1995, Outkast&rsquo;s Andre 3000 declared, &ldquo;The South got something to say.&rdquo; That statement rings even truer today. So what is Atlanta telling us?&nbsp; As we close a season full of diverse voices,&nbsp; stories and hard truths about Atlanta and the region, two things become clear. Atlanta isn&rsquo;t perfect. Yet it may provide the inspiration we need to get through the times we find ourselves in, and emerge, collectively, stronger and better.
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Featured Guests: &nbsp;Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, Visual artist Marryam Moma, activist and community organizer Ns&eacute; Ufot, Founder and Chief Equity Officer of Partnership for Southern Equity Nathaniel Smith,&nbsp; Activist and Executive Director of Latino Community Fund Georgia, Gigi Pedraza, Vice President of Policy &amp; Research at Kindred Futures Dr. Alex Camardelle-Floyd, Activist and Managing Director of Women Donors Action, Hillary Holley, Organizer and Civic Engagement Program Manager at the Center for Civic Innovation Evan Matthews, Political scientist and author Dr. Bernard Fraga, Atlanta Influence Everything Co-Founders Ian Ford, Bem Joiner, and Tory Edwards, and Author and ordained minister Dante Stewart.

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