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WHO WE ARE
Originating in Georgia's Cherokee County, North Georgia CAN is an autonomous collective of citizens serving Cherokee, Pickens, Bartow, Forsyth, and Cobb counties, plus surrounding areas in North Georgia.
We are a volunteer-led, nonpartisan group of neighbors who believe in standing together to protect democracy, safeguard our rights, and ensure that our government works for all of us.
We are committed to strengthening our democracy through informed action, civic engagement, and community-building.
We welcome anyone who shares our belief that democracy works best when everyone participates. Whether you're new to civic involvement or have been organizing for years, there's a place for you in our movement.
WHAT WE DO
We organize our community to defend democracy, protect our rights, and ensure every voice is heard.
North Georgia CAN brings people together to take meaningful action, both locally and as part of national efforts to protect our democracy. We focus on building community power by:
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Hosting educational events and discussions to keep our community informed.
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Organizing voter registration drives and outreach to promote participation in every election.
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Supporting democracy with local actions, from letter-writing to peaceful demonstrations.
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Advocating for policies and leaders who reflect our shared values of fairness, inclusion, and accountability.
By working together, we help ensure that North Georgia communities have a voice in shaping a future rooted in justice, equality, and freedom for all.
WHAT WE BELIEVE
Democracy belongs to the people who live here, not to corporations, political dynasties, or whoever has the loudest microphone.
We believe every neighbor in North Georgia has the right to shape the decisions that affect their family, their work, and their community, and we organize to make that right real.
We believe mutual aid is a practice, not a brand. When a family faces eviction after a loved one is detained by ICE, when a senior cannot afford their prescriptions, when working people are crushed by the cost of survival, we show up. Not as saviors. As neighbors.
We believe local government should answer to the people it claims to represent. That means open records requests, sustained public pressure, and a refusal to be lectured into silence by officials who would rather we go away. We do not hedge. We do not soften facts to make powerful people comfortable.
We believe immigration enforcement that tears families apart in our neighborhoods is a moral emergency. We will continue to document it, contest it, and stand with the families it targets, for as long as it takes.
We believe in solidarity across race, class, language, faith, and geography. Our work is multiracial, multigenerational, and built on the labor of volunteers who refuse to look away.
We believe direct action and direct communication matter. Saturday Stands at the intersection. Public comment at city council. Postcards to neighbors who have never been asked what they care about. A protest at the congressman's office every Thursday. Showing up is the work, and we keep showing up.
We believe in the long fight. Conservative North Georgia is not a lost cause. It is our home, and we are building the political and civic infrastructure to prove it.
ORGANIZATIONS WE STAND WITH
NGA CAN does not do this work alone.
NGA CAN supports a wide ecosystem of organizations across Georgia and the United States. Our relationships vary in depth, from close coordination to broader solidarity, but we lift up their work, share our calendar with theirs, and recognize that none of us wins alone.
Latino Outreach of Cherokee County is one of our closest allies. We work alongside them on mutual aid, ICE response, and community events in our shared backyard.
In Cherokee County and the surrounding region, we support Cherokee County Democrats (https://www.cherokeedemocrats.com), Indivisible Cobb (https://www.indivisiblecobb.org), Cobb County Democratic Committee (https://www.cobbdemocrats.org), and Paulding County Democrats (https://pauldingcountydemocrats.org).
Across Georgia, we support Indivisible Georgia Coalition (https://indivisiblegeorgiacoalition.org), the Democratic Party of Georgia (https://georgiademocrat.org), ACLU of Georgia (https://www.acluga.org), Common Cause Georgia (https://www.commoncause.org/georgia), Working Families Party Georgia (https://workingfamilies.org/state/georgia), Asian American Advocacy Fund (https://asianamericanadvocacyfund.org), Atlanta DSA (https://atldsa.org), and SURJ Atlanta (https://www.surjatl.com).
In the fight for voter access, we support VoteRiders (https://www.voteriders.org), Fair Count (https://www.faircount.org), 10 Steps (https://10stepscampaign.org), and The Links, Incorporated, Columbus (GA) Chapter (https://linksinc.org).
In the broader national movement, we support 50501 (https://www.fiftyfifty.one), the grassroots network behind No Kings; Detention Watch Network (https://www.detentionwatchnetwork.org), fighting to end immigration detention; Right To Be (https://righttobe.org), whose bystander intervention training keeps our people safe in public action; and MediaJustice (https://mediajustice.org), fighting corporate and government surveillance of organizers and marginalized communities.