Event open only to campus community members (students, staff, and faculty)
Battleground Georgia offers an intimate look at the organizers, voters, and community leaders who shaped Georgia’s historic political transformation through the 2020 election. Through personal stories and on‑the‑ground perspectives, the film traces how everyday people mobilized, built coalitions, and confronted long‑standing barriers to civic participation. Highlighting voices often left out of mainstream narratives, Battleground Georgia invites viewers to reflect on community power, resilience, and the ongoing struggle for equitable representation. We invite campus partners and students to join us for an educational screening and conversation about grassroots organizing, collective action, and the communities whose efforts continue to shape the future (Run time 44 min).
Alice O’Connor is a historian of inequality and public policy in the 20th and early 21st century United States. Her research and teaching focus on the dynamics of wealth and poverty, social and urban policy, the politics of knowledge, the history of organized philanthropy, and the political economy of housing.
Co-sponsors: The Office of Civic and Community Engagement
