Among our best tools for social justice, music may be the easiest to share and enjoy. This Sunday, all are welcome in a special concert benefitting the Georgia Justice Project in collaboration with the United Church of Christ. A group of all-star Atlanta musicians will present a Sunday Gospel Brunch at City Winery, performing songs of inspiration and hope for change. Two of the performers joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes via Zoom — Amy Ray of Grammy Award-winning folk duo the Indigo Girls, and mainstay Southern rock band Drivin’ N Cryin’s Kevn Kinney.
Georgia Justice Project has worked for 35 years to support those victimized by the criminal justice system, advocate for progressive social policy change, and create opportunities in the community for minorities. They’ve made a name for their legacy of work, enough to earn the alliance of Atlanta’s most visible activists and artists.
“I’ve been hearing about the Justice Project over the years, just through different activists that I know and lawyers that do advocacy work,” said Ray. “It’s really well known in the movement of trying to battle the social injustice of mass incarceration. Chuck [Shivers, from] the Blind Boys of Alabama, who’s their tour manager, does a lot of projects like this and is super involved. He called me and said, ‘Do you want to do this thing?’ and I was like, ‘Yeah, definitely.’”
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