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    Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America
    Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America
    Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America
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    Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America

    Written by Stacey Abrams

    Narrated by Stacey Abrams

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    "This is a narrative that describes the urgency that compels me and millions more to push for a different American story than the one being told today. It's a story that is one part danger, one part action, and all true. It's a story about how and why we fight for our democracy and win."

    This program is read by the author

    Celebrated national leader and bestselling author Stacey Abrams offers a blueprint to end voter suppression, empower our citizens, and take back our country. A recognized expert on fair voting and civic engagement, Abrams chronicles a chilling account of how the right to vote and the principle of democracy have been and continue to be under attack. Abrams would have been the first African American woman governor, but experienced these effects firsthand, despite running the most innovative race in modern politics as the Democratic nominee in Georgia. Abrams didn’t win, but she has not conceded. The audiobook compellingly argues for the importance of robust voter protections, an elevation of identity politics, engagement in the census, and a return to moral international leadership.

    Our Time Is Now draws on extensive research from national organizations and renowned scholars, as well as anecdotes from her life and others’ who have fought throughout our country’s history for the power to be heard. The stakes could not be higher. Here are concrete solutions and inspiration to stand up for who we are—now.

    A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company

    "In a voice full of grace, warmth, and determination, politician and activist Stacey Abrams provides listeners with a road map for building a more just and democratic nation...In a clear, direct delivery, Abrams shares her message with the fire and poise of an inspiring public speaker. This audiobook is a call to action." -- AudioFile Magazine

    Editor's Note

    Fighting voter suppression…

    Stacey Abrams focuses on what she sees as one of the biggest challenges our nation, and democracy itself, faces: voter suppression. Relying on meticulous research, contributions from recognized scholars, and her own powerful story, Abrams lays out a plan to empower citizens to take back control of their rights and their country.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateJun 9, 2020
    ISBN9781250772305
    Author

    Stacey Abrams

    Stacey Abrams is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Rogue Justice, While Justice Sleeps, Our Time is Now, Lead from the Outside, and the NAACP Image Award winners Stacey’s Extraordinary Words and Stacey’s Remarkable Books. She is also an entrepreneur and a political leader. A tax attorney by training, she served eleven years in the Georgia House of Representatives, seven as Minority Leader. She has launched multiple organizations devoted to voting rights, training and hiring young people of color, and tackling social issues at the state, national, and international levels. Committed to the pursuit of equity, she works to break barriers for young people, people of color, and the marginalized through her work in politics as well as the nonprofit and corporate sectors. She has received degrees from Spelman College, the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, and Yale Law School.

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    • 5/5
      Every one should listen to this book who loves country
    • 5/5
      Historically grounded and currently relevant this book should be required reading.
    • 5/5
      so enlightening to gain a true understanding of voter suppression. an important read.
    • 1/5
      Mostly unsubstantiated opinion based on personal feelings. To bad she has a stage and can't use it in a positive way??‍♂️
    • 5/5
      An inspiring story so well written. Stacey Abrams and folks like her are the future of democratic politics.
    • 5/5
      Most excellent, I took notes, and bookmarked a lot. I loved this book!
    • 5/5
      A must-read/listen. Abrams gives vivid insight into how voter suppression functions to oppress and specific calls to action for people who want to end it.
    • 5/5
      Excellent book! Thoroughly explains the critical need to vote and how voter suppression happens and all the work Stacey Abrams is doing to combat it. She is a brilliant leader who is extremely valuable to this nation.