The Carter Center is a nonprofit started in 1982 that works on peace, democracy, human rights, and health around the world. It fights diseases like Guinea worm, watches elections, and works on mental health and support for family caregivers.S.
The Mechanicsville Library is a public library at 400 Formwalt St SW in the Fulton County Library System. It has a computer lab, two study rooms, and a large meeting room. The branch also lists craft sessions, tech sessions, storytimes, and visits with a social worker.
The Joan P. Garner Library at Ponce de Leon is a neighborhood branch of the Fulton County Library System. It has a computer lab, study rooms, meeting rooms, books and other materials, and kids' storytimes and crafts. It is also listed as an early voting location.
This is Georgia's state law office. It represents the state in court and prosecutes serious crimes such as human trafficking. It also takes reports about consumer problems, Medicaid fraud, election fraud, and antisemitic incidents. It cannot give legal advice to private people.
The Georgia Center for Civic Engagement is a statewide nonprofit that teaches Georgia students in grades K-12 how government and voting work. Its mailing address is in Cartersville, and its programs include the Youth Assembly model legislature held in Atlanta each year, a statewide student mock election, and school civics clubs.
Black Voters Matter is a Black-led group that builds political power in Black communities. It works with local groups, runs one-day warrant clinics with a partner, and leads campaigns on health care, young leaders and more. Volunteers can help by texting, writing postcards and joining events.
Georgia STAND-UP is a nonprofit, nonpartisan group in Atlanta. It was founded in 2004 and is led by Black women. It helps people take part in civic life through voter education, organizing, and leadership training. It also speaks up for workers, public transit, affordable housing, and Medicaid expansion.
Barred Business is a group started in 2020 by formerly incarcerated Black women.E. program for formerly incarcerated women and works on bail, voting rights and fair laws for people with records. People with records and their families can join as members.
Georgia Equality works for the rights of LGBTQ+ people and people living with HIV across Georgia. It pushes for fair laws, registers and educates voters, and trains people to speak up. It also shares a list of other groups that offer housing and health help.
Women on the Rise is led by women who have been in jail or prison. It helps women coming home with case management, monthly support circles, and links to housing, jobs and mental health care. It also organizes for fairer laws and helps people learn about their voting rights.
The National Coalition of 100 Black Women is a national nonprofit with its main office in Atlanta. It speaks up for Black women and girls on health, education and money issues. It also runs youth and money-skills programs through local chapters, and women can join through a chapter near them.
ACLU of Georgia is a statewide group that works to protect civil rights and freedoms. It files lawsuits, pushes for better laws, teaches people about their rights, and trains volunteers to watch elections and protests. It says it is generally not a legal aid office and cannot take most requests for individual legal help.
The Adams Park Branch is a public library in southwest Atlanta, part of the Fulton County Library System. It offers free books, computers and Wi-Fi, study and meeting rooms, ESL (English) classes, and children's and teen programs. Anyone can use the library for free, and it also serves as an early voting site.
The Georgia NAACP is the state group of the NAACP, a civil rights organization. It has local units and youth and college units across Georgia. It speaks out on racial discrimination, supports voter registration, and has started a food and needs program for families hit by cuts to SNAP and WIC.
Refugee Women's Network is a Georgia nonprofit that helps refugee and immigrant women and their families build a new life. Staff help with settling in, job readiness, starting a food business, leadership, health and outdoor activities. There is also a youth program for Afghan youth ages 15 to 24.
The Georgia Citizens Coalition on Hunger is a group in Atlanta that has worked since 1974 to end hunger and poverty. It runs a food pantry and phone line (the Hunger Hotline) that also points people to emergency help. It also runs a community garden, outdoor produce markets, and a group for low-income people to speak up about their rights.
The King Center is a nonprofit in Atlanta that teaches Dr.'s ideas of nonviolence. People can visit its free campus, take nonviolence trainings, use classroom resources, or do research in its archives. Students, teachers, and volunteers can join its programs.
The King Center in Atlanta is a living memorial to Dr., started by Coretta Scott King in 1968. You can visit the grounds and exhibits for free, use its archive, take nonviolence training, and join youth, school and volunteer programs.
The Urban League of Greater Atlanta has worked in metro Atlanta since 1920. Its Financial Empowerment & Economic Resilience Center is a one-stop place for emergency help with rent and bills, jobs, housing, small business help and money coaching. It also runs programs for young people and a water bill help program for DeKalb County.
Central United Methodist Church is a church on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Atlanta. It holds Sunday worship and Bible studies, and runs a food pantry on the 2nd and last Wednesday of each month. On those same Wednesdays, a health care group called HEALing Community Health sees people by appointment at the church.
