To Enhance Your Beauty

"Winning a Georgia."

 

 

Georgia Alliance for Progress is the only donor-led organization in Georgia focused on building a strong Progressive Movement in the State. 

We turn progressive values into Georgia Policy

What does it mean to be progressive?

Progressive Values seek to create an inclusive and equitable democracy that represents the people of Georgia. This includes ensuring equal access to quality health care, quality education and meaningful economic opportunities. 

How we win:

We win by investing in organizations and efforts that empowers our base and builds long-term sustainable power. 
 

 
 

Georgia Alliance for Progress is a community of donors who strategically invest in high impact progressive efforts that builds a permanent and powerful progressive movement and produces political and policy change in Georgia. Launched in 2014 by local business and civic leaders, we are active investors who provide guidance and financial support to organizations working in our core capacity areas.

 
  • Build leadership pipelines that recruit and train candidates

  • Create strategic, tested communications messages & drive proactive media coverage

  • Provide research, polling and data on key issues for targeting and mobilizing voters

 
  • Conduct direct voter contact campaigns aimed at winning targeted elections

  • Register and turn out citizens to vote to foster greater civic engagement and increased participation

  • Develop pragmatic policy initiatives and hold elected officials accountable for their actions

 
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The Georgia Alliance exists to win. We leverage financial and strategic resources to accelerate change and build lasting power. Our community of donors makes high-return, philanthropic investments not tied to any single election cycle or campaign. We provide strategic leadership and invest financial support to organizations working in our core capacity areas.

 
 
 
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We are committed to winning, to building deep community relationships, to holding elected officials accountable and to addressing the largest problems facing our state. We demand rigor and accountability, and we encourage innovation. We don’t seek the spotlight. Instead, we operate under the radar and let our results speak for themselves. We treat our members like investors—their financial contributions are political investments. 

 
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Meg Robinson

Executive Director: Meg Robinson is the executive director of the Georgia Alliance for Progress, Georgia’s in-state donor collaborative committed to building and funding progressive infrastructure. She comes to this role with nearly two decades of political, policy, governmental affairs and legal experience in Georgia. Meg served previously as chief of staff and general counsel to former state Sen. Jason Carter and senior adviser to his 2014 campaign for governor. Her other previous experience includes practicing law in the DeKalb County, Ga., District Attorney’s office where she oversaw juvenile court diversion programs, as well serving as the first full-time executive director of the League of Women Voters of Georgia.
Meg graduated from the Georgia State University College of Law with honors in trial skills and highest distinction in pro bono service to the community. A third-generation graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she is a very proud Carolina basketball fan.
Meg lives with her family in Decatur, Ga.
 

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Christine White Esq. MBA

Christine White Esq. MBA, is Deputy Director of Georgia Alliance for Progress. She brings to her role, 20 years working at the intersection of social impact and entertainment as a consultant, organizer and attorney. 

In private practice, Christine provided strategic operations and management consulting to start-up founders and creative businesses owners in the media and entertainment space. Christine is also a co-host for  “A Seat at the Table” for Georgia Public Broadcasting, a weekly TV show addressing issues related to race and gender politics in America.

In 2007, Christine co-founded Collective Renaissance Guild (CRG), a 501c3 purposed to advance the civic engagement and social justice among the Power Generation. CRG continues to organize Gen X and Millennials around issues of economic equity, voter engagement and social justice through its advisory board Influencer Coalition. 

Raised in Decatur, Georgia Christine is an active board member of Georgia WIN List, Eastlake YMCA and Sweet Auburn Works. Attorney White is a proud alumnae of Spelman College, John Marshall Law School and Georgia Tech. She lives in Atlanta with her teenage daughter, Karma.

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