'We must tell our truths on screens, in boardrooms and behind the scenes.' staceyabrams reflected on her campaign running for governor of Georgia and emphasized the power of authenticity during her WomenInEntertainment speech. Watch in full:
"With a word, with a scene, with a script, you become advocates for the voiceless," the politician told to the leaders in attendance at The Hollywood Reporter's Power 100 Women in Entertainment event.
Volunteering was paramount in her upbringing, her parents reminding her that "no matter how little we had, others had less and it was our job to serve them. We held the hands of the homeless and we learned to ask about their biographies. Tended the elderly in nursing homes to hear their recollections and their loneliness." Abrams recalled watching in awe as her parents, who became United Methodist ministers, would weave possibilities of a better world through their prose.
She wagered that as women, "you have leveraged your space to highlight our complexity, our strength, our capacity for greatness and for redemption."
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