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A’shanti Gholar has enjoyed a front-row seat to the emergence of women as a major political force in America. As president of Emerge America, the national organization born out of Kamala Harris’s first race for San Francisco District Attorney in 1992 and dedicated to recruiting and training Democrat women of all ages and races to run for elected public office, Gholar is also host of the award-winning podcast The Brown Girls Guide to Politics. She has interviewed and helped elect some of the most influential women in politics today.
Part handbook for aspiring political changemakers, part blueprint for a new kind of politics in America, How to Change Everything combines Gholar’s unique and hard-won wisdom with insights gleaned from original interviews with some of the most influential women working in American politics, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Stacey Abrams, New York Attorney General Letitia James, Congresswoman Nikema Williams, Congresswoman Lateefah Simon, Planned Parenthood President Alex McGill Johnson, Senator Laphonza Butler, and many more political organizers, activists, and influencers from across the United States. Each chapter focuses on a specific challenge on the path to political power, from how to get involved, the importance of mentorship, and the challenges of being the only woman in the room, to fighting ageism, common political pitfalls, becoming part of the resistance, and more.
Packed with real-world examples and concrete strategies to empower women throughout their political journey, How to Change Everything is the essential book to navigate us out of the present quagmire and into a different future.
A’shanti F. Gholar is the President of Emerge. Named by She The People as one of the “20 Women of Color in Politics to Watch,” she is also the founder of The Brown Girls Guide to Politics, featured as one of the top political podcasts by Time, Teen Vogue, Vanity Fair, Marie Claire, Bustle, Parade, Vulture, and The Good Trade. The author lives in Washington, DC.
INTERVIEWEES
Stacey Abrams
Carmen Berkley, political activist
Tamia Booker, political consultant
Texas State Representative Rhetta Bowers
LaTosha Brown, Co-founder of Black Voters Matter
Former US Senator Laphonza Butler
Glynda Carr, Founder of Higher Heights for America
Anathea Chino, Co-founder of Advance Native Political Leadership
Dr. Dorian Crosby, political science professor at Spelman College
Secretary Hillary Clinton
Regina Davis Moss, the president and CEO of In Our Own Voice
Bishop Leah D. Daughtry, Co-convenor of Power Rising
Dr. Kelly Dittmar, Center for American Women in Politics
Rhonda Foxx, Founder of PERSIST.
Fatima Goss Graves, President & CEO of National Women’s Law Center
Dr. Tammy Greer
Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (running for AG)
Vice President Kamala Harris
Elizabeth Booker Houston, content creator
Kristen Cravens-Hutton, content creator
Diana Hwang, Founder of the Asian American Women’s Political Initiative
New York Attorney General Tish James
Imara Jones, Founder of TransLash Media
Alexis McGill Johnson, President & CEO of Planned Parenthood
Tennessee State Rep. Gloria Johnson
Muthoni Wambu Kraal, Co-founder and President, Women’s Democracy Lab
Celinda Lake, President, Lake Research Partners
Suzanne Lambert, content creator
Mayor Barbara Lee, Oakland
Dr. L. Toni Lewis, political and wellness consultant
Abby Maxman, President & CEO of Oxfam America
Elissa McBride, Secretary/Treasurer of AFSCME
Minyon Moore, Co-convenor of Power Rising
Michelle Ortiz, Executive Director of the Democratic Attorneys General Association
Jackie Payne, Founder of Galvanize
Skye Perryman, President of Democracy Forward
Monica Simpson, Executive Director of SisterSong
Gretchen Sisson, women’s activist and author
Jess Morales Rocketto, Founder of Maremoto
Patti Russo, Director of the Women’s Campaign School at Yale
Mia Ives-Rublee, a top advocate for disability rights and justice
Angela Rye, Founder of State of the People
Zakiya Thomas, Executive Director of the ERA Coalition
Maine State Representative Ellie Sato
Congresswoman Lateefah Simon, California
Gloria Steinem
Kimberly Atkins Stohr, journalist
Congresswoman Emilia Sykes, Ohio
Kat Vargas, content creator
Simone Ward, political consultant
Congresswoman Nikema Williams, Georgia