Stacey Abrams Read By Hana Baba

Stacey Abrams Read By Hana Baba

From Rebel Girls by Rebel Girls

July 7, 2026 · 21 min

About this episode

This episode features Stacey Abrams discussing her journey and efforts in voter registration and rights after her gubernatorial run in Georgia.

In 2018, politician, lawyer, writer, and activist Stacey Abrams became the first Black woman nominated by any major political party to run for state governor in the U.S. when she made a bid to become governor of Georgia. She lost that election—just barely—but afterwards, she only became more passionate about ensuring that every eligible American can exercise their right to vote. Since then, Stacey has worked tirelessly to register hundreds of thousands of voters and to remove barriers to voting—resulting in record voter turnout in Georgia in 2020 and 2021, especially among communities of color. About the Narrator Hana Baba is an award-winning radio journalist- host of "Crosscurrents"- the daily newsmagazine on NPR station KALW Public Radio in San Francisco. She is also cohost/co-producer of The Stoop podcast, telling stories from across the Black Diaspora. A Sudanese American, she enjoys exploring intersectionality and the richness of experiences in the African diaspora overall. Her work also appears on NPR, PRI, BBC, OZY, and others, and she has interviewed personalities like Levar Burton, Jimmy Carter, Stacey Abrams, David Oyelowo, Uzo Aduba and more. [This episode originally…

People in this episode

Host: Hana Baba

Guest: Stacey Abrams

Topics covered

  • voting rights
  • politics
  • activism
  • Black women in leadership
  • voter registration
  • community engagement

Keywords

  • Stacey Abrams
  • voting rights
  • Georgia
  • activism
  • Hana Baba
  • Black women
  • politics
  • voter registration

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rebel Girls, KALW Public Radio, NPR, PRI, BBC, OZY

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