WOMEN: 100 YEARS OF THE RIGHT TO VOTE

WOMEN: 100 YEARS OF THE RIGHT TO VOTE

What work needs to be done now?  Is there a sense of urgency of the work that has to be done?   Much has been accomplished, but much more needs to be done!  As a long standing member of the League of Women Voters-Atlanta Fulton Unit. it is my view that there is a CLASS  DIVIDE among WOMEN  activist along racial and economic lines.    Listen to this panel  which  celebrates 100 years of the Amendment to the U.S. Constitution allowing Women the Right to Vote.   We need your  views and elicit your comment~~~

Drewnell Thomas

https://youtu.be/85zijtSGWzQ

Primary Elections: Chaos& Quiet Storm in in Fulton County

Primary Elections: Chaos & Quiet Storm in Fulton County

June 12, 2020
Drewnell Thomas

What is this chaos, and why was there a quiet storm   on election day in Fulton County and in other places throughout the State of? Georgia?  "(THEY SAY)" Georgia and Fulton County election officials say that the COVID-19 coronavirus shut down, and related restrictions new voting machines, etc., are among the reasons for much of the June 9, 2020 election day chaos and confusion.  Others say that underlying SYSTEMIC RACISM is a prevailing factor which exacerbated election day chaos in majority Black and Brown voting precinct.   What actions should our Election Officials take to quell the silent storm and prevent chaos at the polls. 

Although I had a positive experience with the actual voting process (after determining the correct location of my voting precinct), I have the following:

Personal Questions for My Understanding

1. Why did I receive a notification in the mail on June 10, 2020 (the day after the June 9, 2020) election day, that my voting Precinct location had changed?
2. What actions were taken to publicize the March 2020 voting process and election results?
3. How are voting machines and elections staff s appropriated to each precinct? 
4. How is the elections process monitored?
5. WHAT'S NEXT?

 The results of the   June 9, 2020 election are contained in following link to the Fulton County web site:

https://results.enr.clarityelections.com/GA/Fulton/103674/web.247524/#/summary

Complexity of Preserving History: reBuilding Atlanta's Westside

Complexity of Preserving History: reBuilding Atlanta's Westside

According to the Saporta Report, https://saportareport.com/with-lawsuit-settled-its-time-to-preserve-paschals-and-gaines-hall/?fbclid=IwAR0aQzp0l80KVoPo834l6eTWP1VLJStSyStc7l2mgQIz3ARjjL0EbuNEpWk , Two historical jewels on Atlanta's Westside, Gaines Hall on the Morris Brown Campus and the  old Paschal's Restaurant ,   & LaCarousel Lounge on Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive should be saved, and I agree.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive, with notable historic buildings and places, is a Gateway to Atlanta’s Westside where a culture of Education, Economic and Social Justice for ALL persons emerged and resonated throughout the World. 

How do we get a clearer understanding of the complexity of Atlanta’s history and evolution? What are the best pathways to continue the work to create “The Beloved Community” of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s DREAM?   The appealing nature and complexity of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s message and work, earned him the Nobel Peace Prize and an assassin’s bullet.  How do we preserve (the Good, The Bad and the ugly) of this rich history and make Atlanta's  Westside the  Beloved Community of  Dr. and Mrs. King's Dream?

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IS Westin Heights/ Bankhead Risising Up or Drownig in the Creek?

IS  Westin Heights/ Bankhead Risising Up  or Drownig in the Creek?

Will the disparity gap, the racial divide and the prevalence of social injustice, diminish and vanish with the changing Westside neighborhoods?  Will long-suffering indigenous  residents, families and children who stayed, but because they chose to stay, they greatly suffered from the ill effects of poor schools, environmental injustices of illegal dumping, pollution of the earth, the water and the air. Unbridled drug-trafficking, and other social and economic disparities, were permitted to flourish and eviscerate the neighborhoods causing once beautiful, thriving neighborhoods to look like disaster zones?  As the PHOENIX again rises from the embers of its ashes and takes flight, will economics, class and racial identity be determinants of the residents and stakeholders of the NEW Westside neighborhoods?  What does the future hold for us, for our  children and for our children's children?  Will we, and our progeny, enjoy the prosperity that is envisioned for the NEW WESTSIDE?

What Happened to the idea of a KING Park?

The article appearing in the Atlanta Progressice News reported that 

Mims Park Statue, of Confederate Mayor Mims, Raises Concern

By Gloria Tatum, Senior News Writer, Atlanta Progressive News (August 21, 2016)

Read the full article and comment by clicking HERE.

(APN) ATLANTA - Plans are underway to restore historic Mims Park, on Atlanta's West side in the Vine City community, to its original design by world renowned landscape Architects Frederick Law Olmsted and John Charles Olmsted

Should there be a Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Atlanta, GA/? How do we create an unbiased historical record of people and events important to Atlanta’s historical evolution?  Do we obliterate all references to Slavery, Reconstruction and Jim Crow while embracing only leaders and events of the Civil Rights movements?  Why are we minimizing Atlanta’s status as a beacon for civil rights and racial justice? What is the significance of  honoring and celebrating Atlanta’s leading role in perpetuating slavery and racial injustice in the neighborhood that help to give birth to a worldwide movement for racial and social justice?  

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