Dr. Karabi Acharya + Soledad O’Brien: Multitudes

Join us for a release event with leading global public health practitioner Dr. Karabi Acharya, discussing her new book MULTITUDES. Moderating this discussion is award-winning journalist and philanthropist Soledad O’Brien. This event will be hosted in the Strand Book Store's 3rd floor Rare Book Room at 828 Broadway on 12th Street. Can’t make the event? Purchase a signed copy of Multitudes here. ACCESSIBILITY: Strand Book Store is an ADA compliant venue. The event space is accessible via elevator. ASL interpretation is available for this event by request only. Please reach out to our events team at [email protected] by Nov. 2 to request. Please ask a Strand employee upon arrival for directions to accessible seating if preferred. For further information on accessibility in this space, or to make a request, please contact [email protected] --------------------------------------------------------------------- A groundbreaking new portrait of Multiracial America—who gets counted, who gets seen, and who gets to belong. More than 34 million Americans identify as Multiracial, making them one of the fastest-growing populations in the country. Yet they remain among the least counted, least studied, and least understood-often forced into categories that fail to reflect who they are. In Multitudes, renowned public health expert Dr. Karabi Acharya draws on groundbreaking research, personal stories, and intimate interviews to reveal the profound consequences of this invisibility. She explores how being Multiracial shapes identity, health, relationships, and belonging-and how the systems we rely on, from census forms to medical research, continue to overlook millions of Americans. At once deeply personal and rigorously researched, Multitudes illuminates the resilience and creativity of people navigating a world that insists on putting them in boxes. It is both a mirror and a manifesto: a powerful argument for moving beyond rigid racial categories toward a more expansive understanding of identity, connection, and community. Urgent, illuminating, and ultimately hopeful, Multitudes is for anyone who has ever been asked "What are you?"-and for everyone who wants to understand a changing America and imagine a future in which everyone has the freedom to define where they belong. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Photo credit: Emily Brunner Dr. Karabi Acharya is a leading global public health practitioner. She has lived and worked in more than twenty countries across Europe, Africa, and South Asia, with organizations that include the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the World Bank, the Ford Foundation, and USAID. She is currently senior director at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the largest philanthropy in the United States devoted to health, and hosts the foundation’s popular webinar series “Reimagined in America.” Soledad O’Brien is an award-winning journalist, philanthropist, and founder of Soledad O’Brien Productions. Her company produced the Oscar-nominated HBO documentary short The Devil Is Busy, and she executive produced the Oscar- and BAFTA-nominated Netflix documentary The Perfect Neighbor. A member of the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame, she has won ten Emmys and three Peabody Awards and has anchored at CNN, NBC, and MSNBC. She is the author of the memoir The Next Big Story and founder of PowHERful, which helps young women get to and through college.