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Stacey Abrams with Elaine Welteroth
This event premieres on June 12 at 6pm PST/9pm EST
on the Live Talks Los Angeles Facebook page and also in our YouTube channel.
The event is free to register to watch, and you can purchase a signed book when you RSVP.
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$34 includes a signed book (shipping included)*
*Books ship week of June 15
“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 is the New York Times bestselling author of Lead from the Outside, a serial entrepreneur, nonprofit CEO, and political leader. After serving 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 and a 2012 recipient of the John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award. Abrams received degrees from Spelman College, the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, and Yale Law School. Dedicated to civic engagement, she founded Fair Fight Action and Fair Fight 2020 to promote fair elections across the country, and Fair Count, which is guaranteeing an accurate national census for hard-to-count communities.
“From climate change to income inequality, voter suppression is threatening to undermine the most important issues facing our country today. This book is a must read for anyone who wants to see our democracy reflect the will of all people, and not just the will of America’s most privileged.”
—Issa Rae, writer and producer
“Stacey Abrams is not only a passionate advocate of democracy, but also an inspiring example of how to practice it. In Our Time Is Now, she exposes systematic voter suppression efforts across America, and tells us what we need to do to fight back. This book is an essential toolkit for citizens of all backgrounds who believe, as I do, that democracy is not a spectator sport.”
—Madeleine K. Albright, former United States Secretary of State
Celebrated national leader and bestselling author Stacey Abrams offers a blueprint to end voter suppression, empower our citizens, and take back our country. A 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.
Our Time Is Now 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.
Elaine Welteroth is a New York Times bestselling author, an award-winning journalist and a producer and judge on the new Project Runway. She is known for her groundbreaking work at the helm of Teen Vogue, where she was appointed the youngest ever Editor-in-Chief at a Conde Nast publication in 2017. She’s now a leading expert and advocate for the next generation of change-makers. She was recently appointed Cultural Ambassador for Michelle Obama’s When We All Vote initiative. Her writing appears in The New York Times, British Vogue, and The Hollywood Reporter. She has written for the hit show Grown-ish and has appeared on-camera for a range of media outlets including ABC News and Netflix. Welteroth released her first book “More Than Enough: Claiming Space for Who You Are No Matter What They Say” in June 2019, published by Viking Press. Her debut literary work became an immediate New York Times bestseller and was the recipient of the 2020 NAACP Image award for Outstanding Literary Work – Autobiography / Biography. She lives with her husband in Brooklyn, New York.
Robbie Conal & Shepard Fairey with Jim Daichendt
Robbie Conal & Shepard Fairey with Jim Daichendt
“Robbie Conal: Streetwise, 35 Years of Politically Charged Guerrilla Art”
Stacey Abrams with Elaine Welteroth
Stacey Abrams in conversation with Elaine Welteroth
“Our Time Is Now: Power, Purpose, and the Fight for a Fair America”
Dr. Vivek Murthy with Kate Hudson
This event premieres on June 9 at 6pm PST/9pm EST on the Live Talks Los Angeles Facebook page and also in our YouTube channel.
The event is free. RSVP below to watch the premiere.
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Murthy’s prescient message is about the importance of human connection, the hidden impact of loneliness on our health, and the social power of community.
DR. VIVEK MURTHY served as the 19th Surgeon General of the United States appointed by President Barack Obama. As the Vice Admiral of the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, he commanded a uniformed service of 6,600 public health officers globally. During his tenure, Dr. Murthy launched the TurnTheTide campaign, catalyzing a movement among health professionals to address the nation’s opioid crisis. He also issued the first Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health, calling for expanded access to prevention and treatment and for recognizing addiction as a chronic illness, not a character flaw. An internal medicine physician and entrepreneur, Dr. Murthy has co-founded a number of organizations: VISIONS, an HIV/AIDS education program in India; Swasthya, a community health partnership in rural India training women as health providers and educators; software company TrialNetworks; and Doctors for America.
Dr. Murthy received his bachelor’s degree from Harvard and his M.D. and M.B.A. degrees from Yale. He completed his internal medicine residency at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and later joined Harvard Medical School as faculty in internal medicine. His research focused on vaccine development and later on the participation of women and minorities in clinical trials.
KATE HUDSON is a Golden Globe Award winner and Academy Award nominee with a long list of film and Tv credits. She is a successful entrepreneur, having founded her own brands Fabletics, HAPPYxNATURE and her own vodka brand, King St. She is also a New York Times bestselling author and appeared on our stage for her second book, Pretty Fun: Creating & Celebrating a Lifetime of Tradition. She and her brother, Oliver Hudson, host the podcast, “Sibling Revelry.” Kate’s many charitable and humanitarian affiliations include The Hawn Foundation’s MindUP program, the United Nations World Food Programme, Baby2Baby, Operation Smile, and numerous other organizations dedicated to protecting the rights and well-being of women, children and education around the world.
“One of our most beloved surgeon generals, Murthy has a big heart and a big message. We have a massive, deadly epidemic hidden in plain sight: loneliness. It is as harmful to health as smoking and far more common. And as his gripping stories of the science and suffering make clear, we can do something about it. Together is fascinating, moving, and essential reading.” —Atul Gawande, author of Being Mortal
Humans are social creatures: In this simple and obvious fact lies both the problem and the solution to the current crisis of loneliness. In his groundbreaking book, the 19th surgeon general of the United States Dr. Vivek Murthy makes a case for loneliness as a public health concern: a root cause and contributor to many of the epidemics sweeping the world today from alcohol and drug addiction to violence to depression and anxiety. Loneliness, he argues, is affecting not only our health, but also how our children experience school, how we perform in the workplace, and the sense of division and polarization in our society.
But, at the center of our loneliness is our innate desire to connect. We have evolved to participate in community, to forge lasting bonds with others, to help one another, and to share life experiences. We are, simply, better together.
The lessons in Together have immediate relevance and application. These four key strategies will help us not only to weather this crisis, but also to heal our social world far into the future.
- Spend time each day with those you love. Devote at least 15 minutes each day to connecting with those you most care about.
- Focus on each other. Forget about multitasking and give the other person the gift of your full attention, making eye contact, if possible, and genuinely listening.
- Embrace solitude. The first step toward building stronger connections with others is to build a stronger connection with oneself. Meditation, prayer, art, music, and time spent outdoors can all be sources of solitary comfort and joy.
- Help and be helped. Service is a form of human connection that reminds us of our value and purpose in life. Checking on a neighbor, seeking advice, even just offering a smile to a stranger six feet away, all can make us stronger.
During Murthy’s tenure as Surgeon General and during the research for Together, he found that there were few issues that elicited as much enthusiastic interest from both very conservative and very liberal members of Congress, from young and old people, or from urban and rural residents alike. Loneliness was something so many people have known themselves or have seen in the people around them. In the book, Murthy also shares his own deeply personal experiences with the subject–from struggling with loneliness in school, to the devastating loss of his uncle who succumbed to his own loneliness, as well as the important example of community and connection that his parents modeled. Simply, it’s a universal condition that affects all of us directly or through the people we love—now more than ever.
Rutger Bregman with D.A. Wallach
This event premieres on June 8 at 6pm PST/9pm EST on the Live Talks Los Angeles Facebook page and also in our YouTube channel.
The event is free. RSVP below to watch the premiere. You can purchase a signed book then, if you wish.
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$34 includes a signed Rutger Bregman book (Shipping included)
Rutger Bregman, a historian and writer at The Correspondent, is one of Europe’s most prominent young thinkers. His last book, Utopia for Realists, which was translated into thirty-two languages, was a New York Times bestseller. He lives in Holland. We did an in studio interview with Rutger Bregman for is last book, Utopia for Realists. Watch the video
D.A. Wallach is a venture capital investor and an acclaimed recording artist. He began his career as one half of the duo Chester French, releasing two full-length albums through Interscope Records and touring with Lady Gaga, Weezer, Pharrell, and Blink 182.. In 2011, he stopped touring in order to focus on his other passion, investing. He has since built a parallel career as a venture capitalist, backing technology companies including Spotify, SpaceX,Ripple, The Boring Company, and Memphis Meats. Since 2015, D.A. has focused almost exclusively on biotechnology and healthcare, seeking to reinvent medicine through breakthrough start-ups like Beam,Glympse, Doctor on Demand, Devoted Health, and Neuralink. He is the co-founder of Inevitable Ventures and Time BioVentures, both Los Angeles-based investment firms, and is an advisor to The Dreamers Fund, a partnership with the actor Will Smith. He is the co-founder of the non-profit Franca Fundfor preventive genomics. For more info, visit his website. He previously interviewed Michael Nesmith at Live Talks Los Angeles.
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―Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
―Daniel H. Pink, author of When and A Whole New Mind
Hummus & Books
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