Use this list of coalitions, local and national, to find advocacy partners already championing your cause under the Gold Dome and on Capitol Hill.
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Health
Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia works to “make Georgia the gold standard in maternal and infant health access and care.” Among their advocacy work:
- Tracking legislation in the State.
- Convening and supporting a number of working groups.
- Compiling relevant research.
Georgians for a Healthy Future helps “lead policy change that advances health equity for all Georgians.” Among their work:
- Posting weekly updates from the Gold Dome.
- Maintaining a health legislation tracker recording the status of State bills.
- Heading the Cover Georgia Coalition and the Preventing Youth Substance Use Disorders Coalition.
Georgia Coalition Against Domestic Violence advocates for improvements in the “systems which respond to domestic violence victims and offenders.” Their efforts include:
- Leading a membership network of service providers and community members.
- Tracking legislation in Georgia.
- Offering training in advocacy, program design, and much more.
The Fuqua Center for Late-Life Depression has contact information for two advocacy coalition partners, the Georgia Coalition on Older Adults & Behavioral Health, and the Aging and Behavior Health Care Collaborative.
The Georgia Coalition for Safe Communities, aiming to solve the “public health crisis” of gun violence in Georgia, maintains a list of legislation they support in the current State and Federal sessions.
Child Welfare
GEEARS (Georgia Early Education Alliance for Ready Students) is active in policy around early childhood educaiton. You can:
- Sign up for their action alerts.
- Read their policy priorities.
- Join their networks, the Georgia Infant-Toddler Coalition and the First 2000 Days campaign.
Voices for Georgia’s Children advocates for a broad range of children’s welfare issues, including regular legislative updates.
Georgia CASA is active in shaping policy through research, education, and direct advocacy, working on behalf of 46 affiliates throughout the state (and the 21,000 children in foster care they serve), and reflecting the legislative priorities of their national parent organization.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Georgia Equality is focused on improving policy in support of LGBT Georgians, providing expertise in relevant issues and of-the-moment action alerts.
Environment
The Georgia Conservancy has long been active at the Gold Dome, and posts weekly legislative updates on developments related to the state’s natural resources. They also lead the advocacy-oriented Association of Georgia Land Trusts.
Human Services
The Georgia Food Bank Association works with Feeding America to support legislation and funding that helps end hunger in the U.S. You can:
- Check out their priorities.
- Sign up to join the national Campaign to End Hunger.
- Sign up for action alerts from advocacy partner Atlanta Community Food Bank.
Georgia Advancing Communities Together aims to provide housing for all; they provide updates, including calls to action, in their monthly newsletter.
The Coalition of Advocates for Georgia’s Elderly posts weekly legislative updates through their organizing nonprofit, the Georgia Council on Aging.
Georgia Watch is a consumer protection agency. Among their work:
- Maintaining the Georgia Financial Protection Coalition to advocate for the interests of consumers
- Keeping a watch-list for legislation in their priority areas: civil justice, consumer energy, healthcare access, and financial protection.
Economic Development
The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute maintains several advocacy coalitions you can join, including:
- PROSPER Georgia, “a coalition of workforce advocates who champion an inclusive economy.”
- People-Powered Prosperity, which “details a vision for how state lawmakers can pursue strategies help all Georgians thrive, as well as how the state can responsibly pay for it.”
- Georgia Work Credit, a campaign supporting the establishment of a state Earned Income Tax Credit.