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Look, the victories of Sens.-elect Warnock and Ossoff didn't happen overnight. It took YEARS of canvassing, registering voters, getting them to the polls, and educating voters about ballot issues and initiatives. It's not easy.

Here's a short, incomplete THANK YOU.
It is tough to recover from an election loss. It is even tougher to recover from that loss and, phoenix-like, build up ANOTHER organization, dedicated to doing the hard work to win elections.

Thank you, Stacey Abrams.

Thank you, https://fairfight.com/ 
The man to whom I am honored to have served as one of his Chiefs-of-Staff, Rep. John R. Lewis, fought for this victory (checks notes) OVER FIFTY YEARS. One of his last speeches? The importance of the vote.

Thank you, Congressman Lewis.
The man to whom I am honored to have served as one of his Chiefs-of-Staff, Rep. John R. Lewis, fought for this victory (checks notes) OVER FIFTY YEARS. One of his last speeches? The importance of the vote. Thank you, Congressman Lewis.
The man to whom I am honored to have served as one of his Chiefs-of-Staff, Rep. John R. Lewis, fought for this victory (checks notes) OVER FIFTY YEARS. One of his last speeches? The importance of the vote. Thank you, Congressman Lewis.
Just because you didn't live in Georgia doesn't mean you didn't contribute to this victory.

Thank you, Fannie Lou Hamer.
Thank you, Amelia Boynton Robinson, one of the leaders and organizers of the Selma march who, along with Rep. John Lewis, was beaten within an inch of her life.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/amelia-boynton-robinson-activist-beaten-on-selma-bridge-dies-at-104/2015/08/26/9478d25e-4c11-11e5-bfb9-9736d04fc8e4_story.html
Thank you, Amelia Boynton Robinson, one of the leaders and organizers of the Selma march who, along with Rep. John Lewis, was beaten within an inch of her life. Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/amelia-boynton-robinson-activist-beaten-on-selma-bridge-dies-at-104/2015/08/26/9478d25e-4c11-11e5-bfb9-9736d04fc8e4_story.html
Thank you, Amelia Boynton Robinson, one of the leaders and organizers of the Selma march who, along with Rep. John Lewis, was beaten within an inch of her life. Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/amelia-boynton-robinson-activist-beaten-on-selma-bridge-dies-at-104/2015/08/26/9478d25e-4c11-11e5-bfb9-9736d04fc8e4_story.html
Thank you, Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner, martyrs of the voting rights movement who were murdered by the KKK registering people to vote.
Thank you, Mississippi Field Secretary Medgar Evers, an Army veteran who was murdered in his driveway fighting for the vote and civil rights.
Thank you, Mississippi Field Secretary Medgar Evers, an Army veteran who was murdered in his driveway fighting for the vote and civil rights.
Thank you, Mississippi Field Secretary Medgar Evers, an Army veteran who was murdered in his driveway fighting for the vote and civil rights.
Thank you, Diane Nash, whose courage for the vote and civil rights humbled her Fisk University classmate, John Lewis.
Thank you, Ella Baker. Your still undervalued and under appreciated courage for all Americans has not been totally forgotten or lost.

Source: https://ellabakercenter.org/who-was-ella-baker/
Thank you, Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) for your bravery in organizing, registering and educating voters.
Thank you, Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) for your bravery in organizing, registering and educating voters.
Thank you, Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael) for your bravery in organizing, registering and educating voters.
Thank you, Bernard and Colia Lafayette, two more under valued and under appreciated heroes of the voting rights movement.

Source: https://www.teachingforchange.org/selma-bottom-up-history
Thank you, Freedom Riders. Your physical and moral courage will never be forgotten.
Thank you Viola Luizzo and Joan Trumpauer. Ms. Liuzzo, a Wayne State University student, was the only white woman murdered during the civil rights movement. Ms. Trumpauer, a member of Delta Sigma Theta, was kicked out of her family for her voting rights work.
Thank you Viola Luizzo and Joan Trumpauer. Ms. Liuzzo, a Wayne State University student, was the only white woman murdered during the civil rights movement. Ms. Trumpauer, a member of Delta Sigma Theta, was kicked out of her family for her voting rights work.
Thank you Viola Luizzo and Joan Trumpauer. Ms. Liuzzo, a Wayne State University student, was the only white woman murdered during the civil rights movement. Ms. Trumpauer, a member of Delta Sigma Theta, was kicked out of her family for her voting rights work.
Thank you, Hosea Williams. Rev. Williams, an Army veteran, was, along with his wife, damn near beaten to death for the vote. After that failed? The KKK tried to lynch him. He and John Lewis were at the front of the Selma march.
Thank you, Hosea Williams. Rev. Williams, an Army veteran, was, along with his wife, damn near beaten to death for the vote. After that failed? The KKK tried to lynch him. He and John Lewis were at the front of the Selma march.
Thank you, Hosea Williams. Rev. Williams, an Army veteran, was, along with his wife, damn near beaten to death for the vote. After that failed? The KKK tried to lynch him. He and John Lewis were at the front of the Selma march.
Thank you, Andrew Young. Sometimes, people take for granted Ambassador Young's physical and moral courage. He was Dr. King's TOP lieutenant, and was Georgia's first Black member of Congress post Reconstruction.
Thank you, Andrew Young. Sometimes, people take for granted Ambassador Young's physical and moral courage. He was Dr. King's TOP lieutenant, and was Georgia's first Black member of Congress post Reconstruction.
Thank you, Andrew Young. Sometimes, people take for granted Ambassador Young's physical and moral courage. He was Dr. King's TOP lieutenant, and was Georgia's first Black member of Congress post Reconstruction.
Thank you to Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff, for being candidates PEOPLE could BELIEVE in. Winning a seat in the U.S. Senate is no joke. Rev. Warnock is only the 11th Black person in the history of our nation who will sit in the U.S. Senate.
Thank you to my grand parents, James and Daisy Isaac. They were born in Hawkinsville + Monticello, GA. After Daisy literally walked from Monticello to Durham, NC, to go to college, she returned as a teacher. They left in 1938 for DC.

But they never left Georgia.
FIN/Thank you to all the people who donated $5, $10, sent post cards, made phone calls, registered voters, knocked on doors and VOTED for this hard-earned victory.

When we turn out?

WE WIN.
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