{"product_id":"our-time-is-now-power-purpose-and-the-fight-for-a-fair-america","title":"Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLead From The Outside\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eand political leader Stacey Abrams, a blueprint to end voter suppression, empower our citizens, and take back our country.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"With each page, she inspires and empowers us to create systems that reflect a world in which all voices are heard and all people believe and feel that they matter.\" -- Kerry Washington\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA recognized expert on fair voting and civic engagement, Abrams chronicles a chilling account of how the right to vote and the principle of democracy have been and continue to be under attack. Abrams would have been the first African American woman governor, but experienced these effects firsthand, despite running the most innovative race in modern politics as the Democratic nominee in Georgia. Abrams didn't win, but she has not conceded. The book compellingly argues for the importance of robust voter protections, an elevation of identity politics, engagement in the census, and a return to moral international leadership.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOur Time Is Now\u003c\/i\u003e draws on extensive research from national organizations and renowned scholars, as well as anecdotes from her life and others' who have fought throughout our country's history for the power to be heard. The stakes could not be higher. Here are concrete solutions and inspiration to stand up for who we are--now.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"This is a narrative that describes the urgency that compels me and millions more to push for a different American story than the one being told today. It's a story that is one part danger, one part action, and all true. It's a story about how and why we fight for our democracy and win.\" --Stacey Abrams\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStacey Abrams\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis an author, serial entrepreneur, nonprofit CEO and political leader. After eleven years in the Georgia House of Representatives, seven as Minority Leader, Abrams became the 2018 Democratic nominee for Governor of Georgia, where she won more votes than any other Democrat in the state's history. She 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; and she is a lifetime member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Abrams is the 2012 recipient of the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award and the first black woman to become the gubernatorial nominee for a major party in the United States.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise\u003c\/strong\u003e for \u003cem\u003eOur Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eOur Time Is Now\u003c\/i\u003e is not a political memoir or a long-form résumé; rather, it is a striking manifesto, a stirring indictment and a straightforward road map to victory...She portrays her constituents and their concerns in such a way that they feel more actual than symbolic, more individual than indicative. When she turns her gaze onto her family, her narrative gifts are in full flower.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Tayari Jones, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The tensions between patience and urgency, between fear and resolve, between the promise of someday and the demands of right now, are at the heart of \u003ci\u003eOur Time Is Now\u003c\/i\u003e. Abrams covers plenty of territory--identity politics, voting rights, and the frustrations and revelations of her gubernatorial race but above all, she writes about the grinding work required to make real the compact of democratic participation.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A detailed exposé of how our democracy has been eroded--and a plan to fix it--from an up-and-coming national leader. If you are feeling hopeless about politics, this well-informed blueprint for change may begin to restore your faith.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[Abrams'] practical approach is inspiring, even comforting, in the current moment.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePeople\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For a nation in the throes of a pandemic and wracked by four years of polarized politics, this is an important and timely book.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"[An] impassioned and carefully researched account...Blending personal history, statistical analysis, and detailed policy proposals, Abrams presents a persuasive, if wonkish, argument that any progressive legislative agenda must begin with voting reform. Liberals will be inspired.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eStacey Abrams's new book isn't a traditional political memoir...[it's] an in-depth history of voting rights in this country and an analysis of what the future may hold if lawmakers fix voter suppression nationwide--or if they do not.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eFortune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingrams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48216017764506,"sku":"TimeNow-NewBook","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0726\/6988\/8666\/files\/81yEmApWwyL._AC_UF1000_1000_QL80.jpg?v=1780939389","url":"https:\/\/www.redcurrentshop.com\/products\/our-time-is-now-power-purpose-and-the-fight-for-a-fair-america","provider":"Red Current Distro - Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}