John,

In a moment, I will ask you to donate to our campaign to create a Georgia where opportunity is available to everyone — regardless of their background. But first, I want to tell you a story about why it is so important to create a state where everyone can thrive:

In November 1994, I vied for a prize no one like me had ever won before — one I had no road map for winning — the Rhodes Scholarship.

Prior to my junior year of college, I feared applying for this prestigious award, which I thought was only given to the true heirs of American power — not a working-class Black woman from Mississippi like me. I was afraid that outside the comfort of my bubble, I would prove all those who had looked down on me correct.

When I voiced these fears to my mother, she told me, “We never imagined, from where we began, we would have a daughter who would have this opportunity. You can’t fail, even if you don’t win. Because you’ve already won the hardest part.”

A few weeks later, I learned I did not win the Rhodes Scholarship. The loss devastated me, but in the attempt, I changed my life. This gave me the courage to go on to Yale Law School, run for political office and become the Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives. Because suddenly, I saw opportunity where I had never been brave enough to look before — and where no one who looked like me had been.

I’m running for governor to open the doors of opportunity for people all across our state, to give Geogians the chance to explore their own potential and to create a Georgia where everyone can thrive — regardless of their background or zip code.

But I need your help to get there. John, can you please chip in to my campaign right now, to seize this moment and build a state where everyone has the opportunity to thrive?

DONATE

Thank you,

Stacey Abrams