Hi again – it’s me, Charles, GWP’s Southern Organizing Advisor 👋
I just picked up Joe here in Mississippi, and I couldn’t be more excited to be back in my home state along with him.
We have a lot to do in the next few days and so many folks to talk to. While in Mississippi, we’ll be connecting with:
- Congressman Bennie Thompson
- Greenville Mayor Errick Simmons
- Our very first Mississippi grantee, the Mississippi Workers’ Center
- Our new grantees at Quitman County Development Organization
- Mississippi State Conference NAACP
- Our new grantees at SHERo
- Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba
- Secretary Mike Espy
- And many more!
I am excited to finally get the chance to show Joe around my home state & share with him (and all of you!) the amazing amount of grassroots organizing happening on the ground. And you can bet I'm going to make sure Joe gets his fill of some fine Southern cooking in between all these conversations.
Joe and I are about to head into our next meeting — if you have a moment, please chip in a few bucks to Groundwork Project here. Your support gets us on the ground in each of our partner states and we couldn’t be more grateful.
Joe says hi!
Thank you,
Charles Taylor
Southern Organizing Advisor