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It’s just been announced that Stacey Abrams will be joining Howard University’s faculty after being appointed as the inaugural Ronald W. Walters Endowed Chair for Race and Black Politics, which will be housed in the Ronald W. Walters Leadership and Public Policy Center. 

The Creative Collective NYC’s annual event for creatives and entrepreneurs has a star-studded lineup for this year’s Atlanta attendees. 

Democrat Stacey Abrams is making another run for Georgia Governor putting in place a likely rematch with incumbent GOP Governor Brian Kemp

Fair Fight Action an organization created by Stacey Abrams’ donates $1.34 million to RIP Medical Debt.

Georgia’s Abrams navigates voting law fight with eye on 2022

Stacey Abrams sits down for a wide ranging interview.

Abrams says the multi-million dollar program will staff and fund voter registration teams in 20 battleground states ahead of next year’s Presidential election.

Political chaos at the statehouse in Virginia. Stacey Abrams delivers the Democratic Response to the State of the Union address. Senator Elizabeth Warren continues to have problems with racially identifying as part Native American.

“She is just a great spokesperson. She is an incredible leader. She has led the charge for voting rights, which is at the root of just about everything else,” Schumer, D-N.Y., told reporters. “She knows what working people, the middle class, go through.”

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were in Atlanta campaigning for the U.S. Senate to pass voting rights protection legislation.

“Our elections officials at the state and local level should be free to do their jobs without fear, without intimidation, without attacks to subvert the democratic process are simply disgraceful,” he said.
Wolf continued to say that he will see forward that every vote in Pennsylvania is counted.

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Now Black women are mobilized and demanding an overdue return on their investment. Over the last several years and across America, Black women ran and won elections in historic numbers, from Congress to county school boards.

It’s a principle that the country seems to have taken to heart in the past month in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death. People have taken to the streets and to Twitter to call attention to injustices. They have publicly called out employers for conscious and unconscious bias. And not only are they being heard, but their concerns are being taken seriously and resulting in swift and unprecedented change.

“With people of color being the cornerstone of the Democratic Party, Atlanta remains set to provide a large portion of votes for our eventual nominee,” Mayor Bottoms said in her pitch.

“Toni Morrison was a national treasure. Her writing was not just beautiful but meaningful — a challenge to our conscience and a call to greater empathy. She was as good a storyteller, as captivating, in person as she was on the page. And so even as Michelle and I mourn her loss and send our warmest sympathies to her family and friends, we know that her stories — that our stories — will always be with us, and with those who come after, and on and on, for all time.” — former President Barack Obama, via Twitter.

Today at 9:30 a.m. the NAACP will host the Presidential Forum moderated by April Ryan speaking with ten Democratic Presidential candidates.

Black women, politics and leadership.