Author Jessica Handler moderates a panel of local activists, government officials, and attorneys impacting our communities and beyond, including Nora Benavidez (civil rights attorney), Mary-Pat Hector (advocate and community organizer), Liliana Bakhtiari (District 5 city council candidate) and Janel Green (executive director of Georgia Alliance for Social Justice). This event is a part of 7 Stages National Endowment for the Arts Big Read program. This year’s Big Read book In the Time of Butterflies by Julia Alvarez.