182 reactions · 42 comments | I want opportunity to be available for every person in Georgia. That’s the job of Governor, to build a Georgia where everyone can thrive. | Stacey Abrams | Facebook

359 reactions · 20 shares | I want opportunity to be available for every person in Georgia. That’s the job of Governor, to build a Georgia where everyone can thrive. | Stacey Abrams | Facebook

179 reactions · 11 shares | I want opportunity to be available for every person in Georgia. That’s the job of Governor, to build a Georgia where everyone can thrive. | Stacey Abrams | Facebook

In a virtual keynote at this year’s SXSW festival, Stacey Abrams discussed the continued assault on voting rights. The former Georgia lawmaker and activist says a destructive part of voter suppression is that it ‘convinces you it’s not worth trying, and what is usually dismissed as voter apathy is usually just despair.’ Abrams was recently nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for her work advocating for, protecting, and expanding voting rights in the ⁠U.S. through her organization Fair Fight Acti