Live with The 19th: Black Women, Power and the Ballot

Join The 19th’s Editor-at-large Errin Haines on Wednesday, Feb. 24 at 12 p.m. CT/1 p.m. ET. for a conversation on Black women organizing, voting and leading in the new American democracy — and what it means for an expanding electorate.

19th Editor-at-Large Errin Haines will be joined by Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms; Co-Founder of Black Voters Matter LaTosha Brown; U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts; and political commentator Tara Setmayer.

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Keisha Lance Bottoms is the 60th mayor of Atlanta. A lifelong public servant, Bottoms is the only mayor in Atlanta’s history to have served in all three branches of government,  serving as a judge and city councilmember before being sworn in as mayor.

LaTosha Brown is an award-winning organizer, philanthropic consultant, political strategist and jazz singer with over 20 years of experience working in the nonprofit and philanthropy sectors. She is the co-founder of Black Voters Matter Fund, a power-building southern-based civic engagement organization.

U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley, a Democrat, represents Massachusetts’ 7th Congressional District. She is the first woman of color to be elected to Congress from Massachusetts.

Tara Setmayer is a CNN political commentator, ABC News political contributor and former GOP communications director on Capitol Hill. She is a 2020 Harvard Institute of Politics Resident Fellow and senior advisor for The Lincoln Project.

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