Francys Johnson
Francys Johnson is a Georgia activist.
New Georgia Project stepdown
The head of an embattled nonprofit founded by former Democratic Georgia state Rep. Stacey Abrams said February 25, 25 that he intends to step down from his role.
Francys Johnson, who leads the New Georgia Project, told staff during a private meeting on Monday that the voting rights organization would soon be entering a “new era” and that he is resigning from leading the group, according to the AJC. Johnson’s resignation closely follows a number of challenges facing the organization, including backlash over recent employee layoffs, as well as a massive ethics fine issued in January for failing to disclose millions in political funding.
“I’ve probably done all the good I can do, and my presence is a distraction to our mission,” Johnson said in a recording of the phone call with staffers obtained by the AJC. “It’s unfortunate, and it’s a reality I can recognize. It’s time to let the organization move forward beyond all this.” [1]
An Open Letter to Governor Nathan Deal
An Open Letter to Governor Nathan Deal from Moral Monday GA By Moral Monday Georgia, April 30, 2014
As of last night, at the stroke of midnight, the clock of human progress turned back decades. You have caused unfair, unjust and harmful consequences for regular everyday Georgians with the passage of HB 990, HB 772, HB 714 and SB 98.
Sadly, your inaction has and will continue to cost real lives and hardships for Georgians who are already struggling. You have chosen politics over principle, a short term view of narrow self-interest over a long term vision of what's actually best for Georgia, making public policy turns that further marginalize our most vulnerable citizens while also crippling the state's prospects for economic recovery and prosperity...
- Reverend Raphael Warnock, Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church
- Dr Francys Johnson, NAACP Georgia President
- Jackie Rodriguez, Georgia Now President
- Tim Franzen, American Friends Service Committee
- La’die Mansfield, Global Organizing Institute
- Dianne Mathiowetz, Georgia Peace and Justice Coalition
- Neil Sardana, Atlanta Jobs With Justice[2]
MMGA Arrests
Nearly 40 Moral Monday Georgia activists were arrested Tuesday March 18, 2014, for interrupting proceedings throughout the Georgia Capitol in an effort to urge Gov. Nathan Deal to expand Medicaid - and block legislation that would strip him of the authority to do so.
16 Arrests - Senate Gallery: Joe Beasley, 77 Edward Loring, 74, Gary Kennedy, 51, Richard Miles Rustay, 84, Marquerite Casey, 65, Shawn Adelman, 32, female, Lorraine Fontana, 66, Minnie Ruffin, 72, Gladys B. Rustay, 81, Emma Stitt, 23, Morgan Swann, 62, female, Emma French, 22, John Slaughter, 74, Ray Miklethun, 79, Gregory Ames, 65, Robert Goodman, 73.
12 Arrests - at Governor's Office: Shanan Eugene Jones, 39 George F. Watson, Jr., 65, Francys Johnson, Jr., 34, male, Jeffrey Blair Benoit, 55, John Evans, 81, Raphael Warnock, 44, Karen Elaine Reagle, 71, Katherine Acker, 61, George Johnson, 42, Ronald Allen, 38, Fred Douglas Taylor, 71, Donald Bender, 73.
11 Arrests - Outside Senate Doors: Kevin Arthur Morgan, 66, Emilia Sigrid Kaiser, 26, female, Daniel Sean Hanley, 32, Sara Katherine Gregory, 31, Dawn Gibson, 39, Corey A. Hardiman, 22, male, Fred Albert, 67, Jacqueline Rodriquez, 31, Michael Schumm, 51, Neil Yukt Sardana, 32 Misty Novitch, 27.[3]
Moral Monday education rally
On Feb. 17, 2014 Moral Monday GA, protested at the Georgia State Capitol, against the $7.6 billion reductions in Georgia's education budgets during the past 10 years. The rally was led by a group of educators, parents and teachers, and featured many diverse voices from those groups as well as Georgia NAACP President Rev. Francys Johnson and state senators Donzella James, Vincent Fort and Nan Orrock.[4]