ACLU of Georgia

Christopher Bruce, policy director - ACLUGA, spoke with KPFA in Berkeley, CA, about the murder trial of the 3 white men charged with murdering Mr. Ahmaud Arbery in Brunswick, GA.

KPFA discusses the Ahmaud Arbery trial with Christopher Bruce, Policy Director with the ACLU of Georgia (@ACLUofGA) and Rev. James Woodall, Public Policy Associate with the Southern Center for Human Rights.

On the heels of a board of elections meeting, Liberty is Peachy Host Kenyatta speaks with ACLU-GA Voting Rights Staff Attorney Rahul Garabadu and ACLU-GA Senior Policy Counsel Vasu Abhiraman about reversing the Cobb County elections board's decision that moved a polling location from a middle school to the county police academy.

ACLU of Georgia executive director Andrea Young and political director Christopher Bruce join Kenyatta to discuss the specifics of Georgia's new anti-voter legislation (SB202) that Governor Kemp signed into law and how it impacts the voter rights of all Georgians.

In a 4-1 decision, the Quitman County Board of Registrars voted to keep open the Morris precinct, one of only two polling locations in the county. Kenyatta speaks with ACLU of Georgia Voting Rights Attorney Rahul Garabadu and Quitman County residents Willie Anderson and Larry Wilborn to recount the journey leading to a successful defense of our democracy.

ACLU of Georgia executive director Andrea Young and political director Christopher Bruce join Kenyatta to discuss the mechanics and potential implications that SB-202, anti-voter legislation signed into law by the Governor could have on Georgians.

With the conclusion of Georgia’s 2021 legislative session, ACLU of Georgia executive director Andrea Young and political director Christopher Bruce join Kenyatta to discuss the movement of key legislation including voter rights and the right to protest.

ACLU of Georgia Executive Director Andrea Young and Political Director to discuss an exciting movement regarding Georgia’s controversial citizen’s arrest law and the barrage of anti-voter rights legislation currently under review by lawmakers.

Kenyatta is joined by ACLU of Georgia Political Director Christopher Bruce. Bruce provides an update of threats to our sacred right to vote and on movement with the citizen’s arrest law in the wake of the one-year anniversary of Ahmaud Arbery’s wrongful killing.

Kenyatta is joined by ACLU of Georgia Policy Analyst Nicole Robinson. Voting is the cornerstone of our democracy. Yet, state legislators are introducing bills to burden citizens who vote. Listen as Nicole describes what’s happening.

With the 2021 legislative session underway, Kenyatta sits down with ACLU of Georgia political director Christopher Bruce to talk priorities, movement of bills we’ve been monitoring, and a newly introduced bill that could impact the voter rights of Georgians in future elections.

Host Kenyatta Kinloch is joined by four ACLU of Georgia legal observers who discuss their experiences coordinating, observing, and ensuring election integrity at polling locations across our state during the General Election audit.

Host Kenyatta Kinloch is joined by ACLU of Georgia executive director Andrea Young. They discuss being on the heels of Georgia’s historic voter turnout in the General Election, the contested election results, and what lies ahead for Georgia voters as we approach twin, equally historic senate races in January.

Host Kenyatta Kinloch is joined by Alan Waugh and Shelley Chinnan. They are both lifelong democracy defenders. In what has already become one of the most historic elections in our nation’s history, they work to provide expansive access to our sacred right to vote as poll managers of the Fulton County Mobile Voter Buses.

Host Kenyatta Kinloch is joined by 3 ACLU of Georgia volunteers. The group shares what inspired each of them to get involved and become civically engaged citizens. The conversation travels a landscape as expansive as the diverse mix of multi-general and international perspectives.

Liberty Is Peachy host Kenyatta Kinloch talks with Mondale Robinson, Principal and Founder - Black Male Voter Project, an organization that engages and illuminates the experiences of Black men by reinforcing the importance of local civic engagement and by actively engaging with and learning from members of the community.

Liberty Is Peachy host Kenyatta Kinloch talks with James Hammond, Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity via the Eta Lambda chapter, and Louis Bates, Jr., 38th president of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Eta Lambda chapter seated in Atlanta. The conversation illustrates the importance of having poll workers signed up, trained, and ready to defend our democracy ahead of the November 3rd General election.

A conversation between the ACLU of Georgia political director and Georgia NAACP president Rev. James “Major” Woodall with Kenyatta Kinloch, host of Liberty is Peachy. Three African American men in Georgia discuss white supremacy, killing based on the color of one’s skin, and what we can do.

Andrea Young, executive director of the ACLU of Georgia, talks with host Kenyatta Kinloch about the tremendous racial disparities in the testing and healthcare treatment of African American Georgians during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Host Kenyatta Kinloch talks with staff attorney Kosha Tucker about ACLU letters urging the state parole board to use its constitutional power to release those aged 62 and older. “None of these men received a death sentence when they were convicted. Yet, if they remain in prison, that is what could happen. They could die,” Tucker said.

The ACLU of Georgia filed a federal lawsuit against the sec. of state for requiring a poll tax on Georgia voters when submitting mail-in absentee ballots and applications. Legal Director Sean J. Young explains this in the first segment. Political director Chris Bruce shares what YOU CAN do to tell the sec. of state to stop the poll tax.

The ACLU of Georgia published an open letter to all public officials with responsibility for dealing with COVID-19 in the criminal legal system. Political director Chris Bruce and staff attorney Kosha Tucker discuss ACLU of Georgia recommendations that sheriffs, governor, probation and parole officers, parole boards, prosecutors, police, and judges should take to prevent the harm inflicted by COVID-19 that can make things immensely more difficult for people who cannot protect themselves from this deadly pandemic.

The ACLU of Georgia sent a letter to the Sec. of State proposing recommendations to protect all mail-in absentee ballot voters. Sean J. Young, ACLU of Georgia legal director, discusses these recommendations that include extending the deadline for mail-in absentee ballots to be counted in the election.

The ACLU and partners took the next step in our federal lawsuit challenging Georgia’s abortion ban, SisterSong v. Kemp. In this episode of “Liberty Is Peachy,” our legal director – Sean J. Young – explains what this critical next step means for protecting women’s reproductive rights and healthcare in Georgia.

Listen as ACLU of Georgia staff attorney Kosha Tucker talks with podcast host Kenyatta Kinloch about the constitutional concerns regarding Georgia’s proposed so-called gang database including racial profiling. On Tues., Feb. 18, the ACLU of GA and partners are hosting another town hall meeting in Cobb County. The podcast recaps the allegations regarding conditions at the Cobb County Detention Center.

Last week, a federal court ordered Sumter County to adopt court-drawn maps for its school board elections. Sean J. Young, legal director and Aklima Khondoker, staff attorney with the ACLU of Georgia talk about this important voter rights victory and what it means to the children.

In this episode of Liberty is Peachy, host Kenyatta Kinloch talks with Kosha Tucker, staff attorney with the ACLU of Georgia, about the allegation that Cobb County Sheriff’s Office has banned the Marietta Daily Journal at the Detention Center.

On this episode of Liberty is Peachy our staff attorney Kosha Tucker and political director Chris Bruce discuss the water contamination at the Cobb County Detention Center.

Andrea Young, executive director of the ACLU of Georgia, shares a bit of unknown history about the creation of the Martin Luther King Holiday that we celebrate today and the direct connection between the civil rights movement and the constitutional right to protest that all of us enjoy.