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Georgia Senator Nan Orrock Responds: Telephone Town Hall on U.S. / Korean...
I was so pleased to join in the telephone town hall for a focused discussion by expert panelists, engaging an audience of more than 500 callers who posed questions in an interactive setting on the...
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Charlottesville Response: For the White People in My Life… by Becky Rafter
Becky Rafter, Executive Director At the end of this post are several actions you can take in the wake of Charlottesville, including Georgia Resists: Take Down White Supremacy. This post is for the...
View ArticleUniversity Sin Fronteras: Statement of Solidarity
University Sin Fronteras: Statement of Solidarity Puerto Rico is facing an immense crisis in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. The devastation and displacement represents not only the crisis of extreme...
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Vote Now! Early Voting Continues Until November 3
As an organization committed to civic engagement and empowering women to act politically, Georgia WAND encourages you to get out and vote early this election cycle. In Georgia, early voting has...
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Public Vogtle Hearings Start This Monday
Join Georgia WAND and our partners in Atlanta to oppose nuclear power Plant Vogtle's expansion currently underway through the construction of reactor units 3 & 4. The Public Service Commission is...
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Don’t Let FERC Bail Out Dirty Energy by Emily Weyrauch
At Georgia WAND, we believe that our society and economy must transition from being based on fossil fuels, nuclear, and the Pentagon to being powered by renewable, sustainable energy sources and...
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#GivingTuesday: Nov. 28, 2017 by Leila Zainab
SAVE THE DATE! This year's #GivingTuesday is November 28th, 2017. Please consider giving to Georgia WAND! Your gift will go towards community-driven efforts to end environmental injustice, nuclear...
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Vogtle Update and Next Steps
The Georgia WAND squad, supporters and coalition members, such as Grandmothers for Peace, made a great showing as Public Witnesses in last week's PSC hearing on Vogtle's expansion. Also in attendance...
View ArticleTexas Statement
The Georgia WAND family sends our heartfelt condolences and support to the people of First Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs, TX, where a gunman killed 25 people and a developing fetus. As mass...
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Becky Rafter Selected for Rockwood Leadership Program
Georgia WAND Executive Director Becky Rafter was selected as a 2017-2018 Leading from the Inside Out Yearlong Fellow at the Rockwood Leadership Institute. Rockwood is a prestigious leadership program...
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SRS Citizens Advisory Full Board Meeting This Week
Georgia WAND community organizers Natalie Herrington and Janie Scott will attend the November full board meeting of the Citizens Advisory Board (CAB) for the Savannah River Site nuclear weapons...
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Upcoming REMOP Community Talk November 27, 2017 in Burke County
In partnership with the Savannah River Ecology Lab (SREL), Georgia WAND is co-hosting the next Community Talk in the Radionuclide Education, Monitoring, and Outreach Project (REMOP) series, Monday,...
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Below: Sign up for Georgia WAND and Get Early Access to Indigo Girls Tickets!
Indigo Girls Benefit Concert for Georgia WANDIndigo Girls have teamed up with Georgia Women's Action for New Directions Education Fund (Georgia WAND) to bring our community a night of rockin' music to...
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Buy your Indigo Girls benefit concert tickets now!
Tickets for the January 4th Indigo Girls concert are now selling to the public. Get your tickets here! Concert is at Terminal West in Atlanta, with doors at 7 p.m. With special guest The Txlips Band!
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Plant Vogtle Named As One of “Dirty Dozen” Offenders of Georgia’s Water
On Tuesday, November 14, 2017, the Georgia Water Coalition, of which Georgia WAND is a member, released their Dirty Dozen-their annual call to action highlighting the worst offenses to Georgia's water....
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Becky Rafter Begins Leadership Development Program
Georgia WAND Executive Director Becky Rafter spent this past week at a leadership retreat as a 2017-2018 Leading from the Inside Out Yearlong Fellow at the Rockwood Leadership Institute. Dianne...
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Lindsay Harper Addresses New Mexico Nuclear Symposium
Nuclear Issues Study Group (NISG) is hosting their first "Dismantling the Nuclear Beast" symposium in Albuquerque, New Mexico this weekend. This is the first symposium to feature frontline communities...
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Georgia WAND Learns and Grows at 1st Off-Site Staff Retreat
On Monday and Tuesday, Nov 27-28, Georgia WAND team members Becky Rafter, Lindsay Harper, Natalie Herrington, Janie Hill Scott, Emily Weyrauch, and Leila Zainab, spent time together in...
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Join GA WAND for Burke County Energy Equity Forum
Georgia WAND is joining with our coalition partners from Partnership for Southern Equity's Just Energy Circle to host an Energy Equity Forum for residents in Burke County. Please join us!...
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Advancing Human Rights 2017: Conference Preview
Georgia WAND is excited to send our team members to the US Human Rights Network's 2017 conference next week. Georgia WAND is a network member and close ally of USHRN and serves on its Atlanta Local...
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