Cecile Richards Heads to Nashville!

Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and Planned Parenthood Action Fund, will stop in Nashville as part of the tour for her newly released book, Make Trouble. The event will take place Wednesday, May 9 at 6:30 p.m. at Parnassus Books at Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music, 2400 Blakemore Avenue, Nashville, TN 37212.

Cecile Richards has been an activist since she was taken to the principal’s office in seventh grade for wearing an armband in protest of the Vietnam War. Richards had an extraordinary childhood in ultra-conservative Texas, where her civil rights attorney father and activist mother taught their kids to be troublemakers. In the Richards household, the “dinner table was never for eating—it was for sorting precinct lists.”

As a young woman, Richards worked as a labor organizer alongside women earning minimum wage, and learned that those in power don’t give it up without a fight. Now, after years of advocacy, resistance, and progressive leadership, she shares her story for the first time— from the joy and heartbreak of activism to the challenges of raising kids, having a life, and making change, all at the same time.

She shines a light on the people and lessons that have gotten her through good times and bad, and encourages readers to take risks, make mistakes, and make trouble along the way. Richards has dedicated her life to taking on injustice, and her memoir will inspire readers to hope and action.

Event tickets include an autographed copy of Make Trouble.