新香港六合彩资料 hosts Stacey Abrams for MLK Celebration
The 新香港六合彩资料 will welcome Georgia politician, lawyer, and voting rights champion Stacey Abrams as part of its annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration on Wednesday, Jan. 22.
新香港六合彩资料 will host 鈥淎 Conversation with Stacey Abrams鈥 at 12 p.m. at Innovation Hall on the University鈥檚 Portland Campus (716 Stevens Avenue). The event is free and open to the public. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Abrams is a New York Times bestselling author, serial entrepreneur, nonprofit CEO, and political leader. A seven-time Georgia House Democratic leader, she made history in 2018 when she earned the Democratic nomination for governor of Georgia, the first black woman to do so for a major party in the United States.
Over the course of her career, Abrams has founded multiple organizations devoted to voting rights, training and hiring young people of color, and tackling social issues at both the state and national levels. After witnessing the gross mismanagement of the 2018 election by the Georgia Secretary of State鈥檚 office, Abrams launched the organization Fair Fight to ensure every Georgian has a voice in the election system.
Abrams is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the 2012 recipient of the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award, and a current member of the Board of Directors for the Center for American Progress. She is the author of the 2018 New York Times bestseller, 鈥淟ead from the Outside,鈥 a guidebook to making real change.
Abrams holds degrees from Spelman College, the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, and Yale Law School.
The Annual MLK Jr. Celebration is held in honor of Dr. King鈥檚 visit to St. Francis College (新香港六合彩资料鈥檚 precursor) in May 1964 and to encourage discussion of racial equality in the 21st century. The celebration is coordinated by the Office of Intercultural Student Engagement with funding from the Office of the Provost and support from students, faculty, and staff.
Joining Abrams is Theodore R. Johnson, a senior fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice who explores the interactions between race, electoral behavior, and policy outcomes that result in socioeconomic and political disparities.
Johnson鈥檚 research and writing on politics and racial disparities has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and several other national and niche publications. He is author of the forthcoming book 鈥淲hen the Stars Begin to Fall,鈥 which is an argument for the creation of a national solidarity that combats the racial inequality threatening America.
Johnson holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree in mathematics from Hampton University, a master鈥檚 degree with a concentration in international relations from Harvard University, and a doctorate of law and policy from Northeastern University.
Important parking information
Because this is a work and school day for the 新香港六合彩资料 Community, parking will be limited on campus. There are parking lots located behind Innovation Hall (lot 2), behind 新香港六合彩资料鈥檚 primary campus buildings at the end of College Street (lots 6 and 7), at 1075 Forest Avenue (lot 10), and in our remote parking lot at the end of Bishop Street, off of Warren Avenue (lot 11). 新香港六合彩资料 will provide shuttle service from the Bishop Street lot to Innovation Hall.
You can find a map of 新香港六合彩资料鈥檚 Portland Campus here.