Hey, romance/SFF/YA fans!

[rydra_wong]

romancingrunoff, started by courtneymilan and kitrocha

Targeting the Georgia run-off elections which will potentially determine control of the Senate!

https://twitter.com/courtneymilan/status/1324787799174774784

To kick it off, we are starting a massive auction/donation drive to benefit Fair Fight, Black Voters Matter, and the New Georgia Project—organizations that were crucial to Georgia’s success this last election.

Note also:

For those who are romance adjacent—most notably our close cousins SFF and YA—we have a very big tent and we welcome anyone!

Come on in. The water is clear blue.

Also bless them, they've got an international donation section which feeds donations to the charitable sibling-organizations of relevant groups (which can legally accept donations from non-US citizens).

Given the astonishing work that's been done in Georgia by founder of Fair Fight Stacey Abrams, a.k.a. romance novelist Selena Montgomery, whose SF/F geek credentials are also beyond question, this seems like a particularly appropriate way to pay tribute and support the fight.

Comments

[sara]

I did not know that about Stacey Abrams but the woman is clearly a genius so I'm not really surprised.

[rydra_wong]

Have you heard her ep of "David Tennant Does A Podcast With ..."?

She's phenomenal, and their level of mutual-fanpersoning is delightful. I can't remember if that even gets into her novel-writing, but it's fascinating.

[sara]

Nope, I'm not a big podcast person. But I just put her books on hold at the library. She is clearly very smart and determined and I to hear what she has to say.

[teaotter]

Excellent! I was just putting together a post about Fair Fight, the New Georgia Project, and Black Votes Matter. They've done amazing work!

People should consider setting up a regular monthly donation to one or more of them, to keep the fight going after January. Organizing is a marathon.

[sara]

Yeah, after watching this unfold I was like, I should be writing these people a check every month if they're going to go around saving the nation like this.

[teaotter]

Yep! Let me know if you find a good Latino-community organizing group in Arizona and/or Texas to add to my roster. I think we're going to need them, too.

[minoanmiss]

I've heard good things about these two groups (admittedly all Magazine Article type stuff -- I don't know anyone in them). https://www.joltinitiative.org/about/
https://www.raicestexas.org/

[rydra_wong]

Yeah, I know it makes a huge difference for organizations to have somewhat-stable regular donations coming in.

[alessandriana]

Stacey Abrams, a.k.a. romance novelist Selena Montgomery,

...how did I not know this???

[rydra_wong]

I know right??? When you find out, it's one of those WHY WAS I NOT NOTIFIED, THE INTERNET HAS BEEN FAILING ME moments.