Joyce Vance in conversation with Melita Easters | Giving Up Is Unforgivable

Schedule

Sat, 01 Nov, 2025 at 06:15 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Tara Theatre | Atlanta, GA

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A political manifesto for our present moment, part history lesson, part call to save the Republic.
Georgia WIN List and A Cappella Books welcome former US Attorney and MSNBC legal analyst Joyce Vance to discuss her new book, “Giving Up Is Unforgivable: A Manual for Keeping a Democracy”. The author will appear in conversation with Georgia WIN List Executive Director Melita Easters.
PLEASE NOTE:
PLEASE NOTE:
$25 General Admission tickets are no longer available. To learn more about potential other ways to attend, visit the Georgia WIN List website here: https://gawinlist.com/joyce-vance/
A limited number of additional $25 general admission tickets will be available at noon on October 30. Check back for updates.
Doors open for General Admission seating at 5:45.
If you cannot attend but would like a signed copy, you may pre-order here: https://tinyurl.com/3eftwhze.
About the Book
We’re in this together.
For the past several years, Joyce Vance has signed off posts on her chart-topping Substack, “Civil Discourse”, with these four words. In that time, she has guided readers through a continued erosion of democratic norms, the unprecedented felony conviction of an ex-president, and the constitutionally calamitous beginning to the second Trump administration. Here, Vance offers a blueprint for avoiding burnout and despair, and for strengthening our democratic muscle.
“Giving Up Is Unforgivable” is a clarion call to action, putting our current crisis in historical context and sketching out a vision for where we go next. Vance’s message is hopeful at its heart, even as it acknowledges the daunting challenges that lie ahead. She is the constitutional law professor you never knew you needed, explaining the legal context and the political history— and why the rule of the law still matters. At the same time, she empowers the reader to do something, both as individuals and collectively.
Consider this the birth of a countermovement to Project 2025, a rallying cry for citizen engagement to combat the second Trump administration and save American democracy.
About the Author
Joyce Vance is the former U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, an office she held during the Obama administration. She resigned on the eve of Donald Trump’s first inauguration at the end of twenty-five years of service as a career federal prosecutor. Vance is a Distinguished Professor of the Practice of Law at the University of Alabama School of Law. She is a legal analyst for MSNBC, the author of the popular “Civil Discourse” Substack, and the cohost of two podcasts: "#SistersInLaw" and "Cafe’s Insider." She lives in Birmingham, Alabama, with her husband, Bob, a retired judge, and a menagerie of children, chickens, cats, and dogs.
About the Conversation Partner
Melita Easters is the founding Executive Director of Georgia WIN List, the state’s leading PAC for electing Democratic women. A long-time political strategist, journalist, and advocate for women’s leadership, she has guided WIN List since its founding in 2000, helping to elect and re-elect more than 105 women to the Georgia General Assembly, 53 of whom currently serve. She is a regular panelist on the Sunday morning public affairs program “The Georgia Gang,” the highest rated program for its time slot on local television. She lives in Atlanta.
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