“I know we have to have people of good conscience who stand up against oppression. I know we have to have people who understand that social justice belongs to us all. And that wakes me up every morning, and that makes me fight even harder.”

American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and author

Stacey Abrams is an American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and author. She served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017 and was minority leader from 2011 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, she founded Fair Fight Action in 2018 to address voter suppression. Her work has been widely credited with helping increase voter turnout in Georgia, including in the 2020 presidential election and the state’s U.S. Senate races that helped give Democrats control of the chamber.