Celebrate ‘Stacey Speaks Up’ with Stacey Abrams

Stacey Abrams is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of 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 the CEO of Sage Works Productions, an entertainment production company. 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, and tackling social issues at the state, national, and international levels. Committed to the pursuit of equity, Stacey works to break barriers for young people, people of color, and the marginalized through her work in the public, nonprofit, and corporate sectors. She holds degrees from Spelman College, the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, and Yale Law School.

Maulik Pancholy is an award-winning actor, author, and activist. His acting career has spanned hit television shows like 30 Rock, Weeds, and Only Murders in the Building; animated favorites Phineas and Ferb and Sanjay and Craig; Broadway productions Grand Horizons and It’s Only A Play; as well as several feature films. His debut novel, The Best at It (HarperCollins), received a Stonewall Honor and was listed as one of the Chicago Public Library’s Best of the Best Books. His sophomore novel, Nikhil Out Loud (HarperCollins), won the Lambda Literary Award for middle-grade literature and was named a Kirkus Best Book of the Year. He served on President Obama’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs), and he co-founded the AAPI anti-bullying nonprofit ActToChange.org. He is a graduate of Northwestern University and the Yale School of Drama. More at www.maulikpancholy.com.