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There is now a CONTENT FREEZE for Mercury while we switch to a new platform. It began on Friday, March 10 at 6pm and will end on Wednesday, March 15 at noon. No new content can be created during this time, but all material in the system as of the beginning of the freeze will be migrated to the new platform, including users and groups. Functionally the new site is identical to the old one. webteam@gatech.edu
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Join the Institute for Leadership and Social Impact for our virtual panel.
Kevin Shanker Sinha is a community organizer fighting for equity & justice through & in civic engagement. He is the founder of CivicGeorgia, a BIPOC-led grassroots advocacy organization which is uniquely powered by a collaborative of organizers. Since 2017, CivicGeorgia has been actively creating space for community-led civic action, civic celebration, and voice for everyone in our state, with intentional inclusivity for our most silenced and "othered" Georgians. In pursuit of this mission, CivicGeorgia has collaborated with dozens of partners in registering tens of thousands of voters and empowering even more Georgians to be informed, active participants in our democracy.
Sophia Woodrow is a rising second-year at Stanford University and currently serves as a Community Manager at Future Coalition, helping to coordinate electoral coalition building plans across the country for the 2022 midterm elections. Previously at Future Coalition, she developed voter education programs and on the ground youth voter mobilization strategies in the state of Georgia for the 2020 General Election and runoff races. She started her organizing
Impact is a weekly series of meaningful conversations, free and open to all. The main goal of the series is to engage students, faculty, staff, and the wider community on topics that matter through conversations and presentations by leaders and entrepreneurs from all sectors. For the 2021-2022 school year our focus remains on social and racial justice, inclusive leadership, and diversity and equity. Past talks are accessible on the Institute for Leadership and Social Impact's YouTube page.
Register for the event (link coming soon)
