I grew up in a family where my parents worked full-time and still found themselves and their six children trapped like so… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
Regardless of their parent's income or zip code, every child in Georgia deserves access to a high-quality, affordable education. — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
My parents never ceased to struggle, but in witnessing their lives, I learned more about natural industry and leadership than in any… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
My mother grew up in abject poverty in Mississippi, an elementary school dropout. Yet, with the support of women around her, she… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
I grew up one of six children with working-class parents in the Deep South. My mother was a college librarian, and my… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
For parents who work, afterschool programs can be a crucial support system, but too many communities have limited options. — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
Writing is a side hustle that had previously enabled me to pay for rehab for my brother, purchase a car for my… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
I grew up hearing my parents' stories about how they had to fight for their right to vote in the Jim Crow… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
In her second career as a minister, my mother defied a legacy of chauvinism to become a leader of our community, overseeing… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
While my parents both worked full-time, we still grappled with the scourge of working-class poverty. But my entrepreneurial mother used her research… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
My mother grew up in abject poverty in Mississippi, an elementary school dropout. Yet, with the support of women around her, she returned to… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
One of the traditional rites of passage for political candidates is the revelation of financial status - a catechism-like recital of money mistakes made… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
Discriminatory legislation emboldens those who seek to make us afraid while giving those communities it hurts a concrete reason to fear. We must stay… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
I grew up one of six children with working-class parents in the Deep South. My mother was a college librarian, and my father worked… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
I got into my first fight, Democrat versus Republican, in second grade. I won. — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
I have been privileged to write across multiple facets of my life: to write romance novels, to write memoir, to write about leadership, and… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
From making it harder to register and stay on the rolls to moving and closing polling places to rejecting lawful ballots, we can no… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
We must reject the cynicism that says allowing every eligible vote to be cast and counted is a 'power grab.' Americans understand that these… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
My being a black woman is not a deficit. It is a strength. Because I could not be where I am had I not… — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
The basis for sustainable progress is legal protections grounded in an awareness of how identity has been used to deny opportunity. — Stacey Abrams Copy Share Image
