You Are Informing the Federal Response to COVID-19 in Georgia Last year, as Georgia came under the national spotlight during a historic election season, you helped GBPI inform the debate as to where Congress and federal agencies should prioritize assistance. Today, as federal lawmakers negotiate long-term recovery plans and state lawmakers consider what to do with the $4.7 billion in federal aid and nearly $200 million in infrastructure funding sent to Georgia via the American Rescue Plan (ARP), GBPI is engaging in a new round of COVID relief work. For 17 years, your support has informed important policy debates at the state level. Now we need your support to expand that reach at the federal level. As a valued supporter of GBPI, you understand firsthand that our team is uniquely positioned to advocate for policies like the Earned Income Tax Credit and Medicaid expansion which would help those who have borne the brunt of the pandemic. Your support will allow GBPI to seize this window of opportunity to boost recovery from this pandemic and foster a new era of prosperity for communities throughout Georgia.
PROGRESS The Georgia Budget and Policy Institute (GBPI) strives to be an anti-racist research and advocacy organization that advances lasting solutions to expand economic opportunity and well-being for all Georgians. Friends of GBPI, It has been the honor of a lifetime to serve as president of GBPI. Daring alongside you to imagine a better, more equitable Georgia has been an absolute thrill. After nearly a decade at GBPI and six years as president, I am passing the baton to the next transformative leader who will carry forward our shared vision that Georgia is a fair and inclusive state where everyone can prosper. Your faith in my leadership and your investment in this organization has made every success possible. You helped grow the team of experts and advocates from nine to 19, expanding the reach and impact of our people-centered solutions. Your investment seeded an evolution that took GBPI from a very capable research organization to an advocacy powerhouse. While the decision to seize a new opportunity is a bittersweet one, I do so with trust in a brilliant staff, an excellent Board of Directors and dedicated allies and investors like you. I am simply changing seats in our collective work, and wholeheartedly remaining an investor in GBPI. So let’s press on and help build your next Georgia.
Join Us and Build Your Next Georgia GBPI needs you to help set the course for what’s next for our state. You know we must work together to advance prosperity for all Georgians. With your support, GBPI will remain a beacon, shining a light on policy change that will help realize our shared vision—funding that flows to your community, your schools, your family. Your Next Georgia will advance the essential work of GBPI. Through this initiative, you will help eradicate barriers for people of color and build a bolder, more just and more equitable state. Thanks to generous and forward-thinking supporters like you, GBPI can continue our work in the pursuit of policy solutions that expand economic opportunity for every Georgian.
Your voice, your allyship, your investment is needed now more than ever. Now is a crucial moment in Georgia. We’re making progress, gaining ground and these changes add up. We are closer to realizing our vision, and the drumbeat cannot let up. You can help set the stage for this next era for our state by investing in Your Next Georgia. Your support ensures GBPI will continue to have the resources it needs to deliver timely and accessible research, educating and collaborating with partners and showing Georgia what's possible. Thank you again for ten years of incredible organizational growth, personal fulfillment and friendship. The best is yet to come. Join in. Build your next Georgia. Invest in your next Georgia. Because your next Georgia is waiting for us. Scan this code using your phone’s camera or visit GBPI.org/donate
Sincerely, Taifa Butler