The Abigails

The Abigails unites women across generations in a welcoming community committed to justice, equal rights and opportunity, and fair treatment for all.

We nurture friendships and inspire meaningful action through social, educational, volunteer, and advocacy The Abigails are a community of women united by social justice values, fostering friendship, learning, service, and advocacy.

09/10/2026

Join us tomorrow to hear from Dr. Kathleen Benson and Michael Traynor about the Emmaus House Resource Center and the Hospice Savannah PACE Program!

07/17/2026

🤝 VOLUNTEER 🤝
Turn Your Values into Action

At The Abigails, service and advocacy go hand in hand. Through partnerships with community organizations and initiatives across 11 focus areas, members work to advance equal rights and equitable opportunities for all. 💙

From hands-on volunteer opportunities to legislative advocacy and community impact initiatives, members can engage in ways that match their interests, schedules, and passions.

✨ Volunteer Opportunities
🏛️ Community Partnerships
📣 Advocacy Initiatives
💡 Social Impact Efforts

Whether participating in a one-time event or making an ongoing commitment, members are encouraged to put their values into action and help strengthen our broader community.

Join us! www.theabigails.org

07/15/2026

✨ CONNECT ✨
Build Relationships & a Sense of Belonging

With The Abigails, connection is at the heart of community. Through meaningful gatherings, thoughtful conversations, and shared experiences, members build friendships rooted in mutual support and shared values. 💙

From intimate dinners and themed pop-up events to engaging discussions and exploring Savannah’s vibrant restaurant scene, there are many ways to connect throughout the year.

🍷 Conversations & Connections
🍽️ Dining Out
🏡 Potluck Dinners
📚 Themed Pop-Up Events

Together, we foster friendship, belonging, and community—one gathering at a time.

Join us! www.theabigails.org

07/13/2026

📚 LEARN 📚
Deepen Knowledge & Understanding

At The Abigails, learning is an essential part of engaged community life. Through speaker programs, discussion groups, field trips, documentaries, and book clubs, members explore local, state, and national issues while broadening their understanding of the world around them. 💡

Our programs encourage thoughtful dialogue, informed civic engagement, and meaningful conversations about the challenges and opportunities shaping our communities.

✨ Monthly Speaker Series
🎬 Reel Time Discussions
📰 The America We Need
📖 Book Clubs
🏛️ Educational Field Trips

Recent field trips have included visits to the Juliette Gordon Low Birthplace Museum, the Ralph Mark Gilbert Civil Rights Museum, and the SCAD Backlot Tour—offering opportunities to engage more deeply with Savannah’s history, culture, and evolving community story.

Together, we create space for curiosity, reflection, and lifelong learning.

Join us! www.theabigails.org

07/11/2026

📣 ADVOCATE 📣
Drive Civic Engagement & Community Change

At The Abigails, advocacy means turning shared values into meaningful action. Through issue-focused working groups, advocacy updates, community partnerships, and coordinated outreach efforts, members engage with the issues shaping our local and broader communities. 💙

Members can participate in a variety of ways—from attending school board and election board meetings to responding to Advocacy Action Alerts, supporting partner organizations, and joining Get Out the Vote initiatives.

Our Advocacy Committee works across 11 focus areas, including:

✨ Under-Resourced Children & Youth
✨ Education
✨ Violence Against Women & Girls
✨ Environmental Protection
✨ Housing & Homelessness
✨ LGBTQIA+ Rights
✨ Reproductive & Maternal Health Rights
✨ Migrant & Refugee Rights
✨ Gun Safety
✨ Voting Rights
✨ Racial Equity

In support of these efforts, members partner with organizations including:

🤝 League of Women Voters
🤝 ACLU Georgia
🤝 Moms Demand Action
🤝 Planned Parenthood Southeast
🤝 Savannah Pride Center
🤝 Georgia Conservancy
🤝 Ogeechee Riverkeepers
🤝 NAACP Savannah
🤝 Park Place Outreach
🤝 Horizons Savannah
🤝 Safe Shelter
🤝 Migrant Equity Southeast
…and many others working to strengthen and support our community.

Together, members help advance equitable opportunity, civic participation, environmental stewardship, public safety, and human dignity throughout Savannah and beyond.

03/21/2026

✨ Thank You to Our March Speaker CoCo ✨

A heartfelt thank you to Coco Guthrie-Papy for joining The Abigails Speaker Series for her inspiring presentation, “From Advocacy to Action: Turning Passion into Progress.”

Coco shared powerful insights about what it takes to build communities where justice and opportunity are the rule, not the exception. Drawing on her work with Mary’s Place: Sexual Assault Center of the Coastal Empire, as well as her advocacy for criminal justice reform, reproductive rights, and community mobilization, she challenged us to consider how passion can be transformed into meaningful, lasting change.

Her emphasis on relationship-building, civic engagement, and empowering women to lead in their communities was both motivating and thought-provoking.

Thank you, Coco, for reminding us that progress begins when individuals step forward, work together, and turn advocacy into action.

We are grateful to all the Abigails and guests who joined us for this engaging conversation.

03/16/2026

⏳✨ Join Us This Thursday: Coco Guthrie-Papy ✨⏳

This Thursday at 3:15 p.m., we welcome Coco Guthrie-Papy for a powerful and thought-provoking discussion on turning advocacy into lasting impact.
From supporting survivors at Mary’s Place to advancing criminal and juvenile justice reform at the Georgia General Assembly, Coco’s work bridges grassroots organizing and public policy. Her experience spans restorative justice practices, civic engagement, and mobilizing communities — especially women — to create meaningful change.
This conversation will explore:
🔹 The real challenges of social activism
🔹 How relationships drive sustainable progress
🔹 Ways individuals can transform passion into purposeful action
🔹 Why civic engagement matters now more than ever
📍 Messiah Lutheran Church
🕒 3:15 p.m. check-in
Come ready to listen, learn, and be inspired.
All Abigails and guests are welcome.

03/06/2026

Join us 📣✨ From Advocacy to Action: Coco Guthrie-Papy ✨📣
🗓 Thursday, March 19
🕒 3:15 p.m.
📍 Messiah Lutheran Church
What does it truly take to build communities where justice and opportunity are the rule, not the exception?
Join us for an empowering conversation with Coco Guthrie-Papy, Program Developer at Mary’s Place: Sexual Assault Center of the Coastal Empire.
Coco began her work as a volunteer advocate and has since supported initiatives focused on restorative justice, reproductive rights and care access, public policy, and programs assisting incarcerated individuals. As Director of Public Policy and Communications at Deep Center, she served as a lobbyist at the Georgia General Assembly, advancing legislation to reduce punitive policies and strengthen the social safety net.
Her work centers on relationship-building, civic engagement, and mobilizing communities — especially women — through local efforts like Emergent Savannah and national movements such as the Women’s March.
🌱 How does passion become policy?
🤝 How does advocacy become action?
💬 How can each of us make a meaningful impact?
All Abigails and guests welcome.

02/23/2026

✨ A Powerful Afternoon of Reflection & Progress ✨

On February 12, in celebration of Black History Month, we were honored to welcome Dr. Otis S. Johnson, who shared powerful reflections from his life — from growing up in Savannah during Jim Crow to serving as Savannah’s second Black mayor.

The program was thoughtfully moderated by Lizann Roberts, former Executive Director of the Coastal Georgia Indicators Coalition.

As a young boy, Dr. Johnson knew the discrimination he witnessed was wrong. His stories reminded us of both the challenges and the meaningful progress that have shaped our nation and our city.

We were especially proud to recognize the renaming of the Savannah Cultural Arts Center to the Otis S. Johnson, Ph.D. Cultural Arts Center — a fitting tribute to his enduring legacy.

The afternoon concluded with a well-deserved standing ovation. 👏

Thank you to all who joined us. We look forward to seeing all Abigails and guests at our March meeting!

02/02/2026

Dr. Otis S. Johnson: A Trailblazer in Civil Rights and Leadership

We have an extraordinary event in February! Join us on February 12 at 3:30 p.m. at Messiah Lutheran Church to hear Dr. Otis S. Johnson, educator, activist, and former mayor of Savannah. We encourage everyone to secure their spot and be part of this remarkable event you won’t want to miss! ✨

All Abigails members and their guests are welcome.

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