Kamala Harris and the political power of Black sororities | US elections 2024 | The Guardian

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. annual convention during the 71st biennial Boule at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas, Wednesday, 10 July 2024. Photograph: LM Otero/AP

…AKA was founded in 1908 at Harris’s alma mater, Howard University, as a support network for Black women, who at the time faced increasing racial discrimination. Harris’s aunt was a soror in 1950. Among the sorority’s alumna were Coretta Scott King, Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou. For her Vogue cover in 2021, Harris was photographed in front of a background of draped fabric in AKA’s colours, salmon pink and apple green, and wearing its signature accessory – a pearl necklace.

In the two weeks since Biden stood down, and then became the presumptive nominee, Harris has spoken at two more Black sorority events. Last week, at the Sigma Gamma Rho’s 60th International Biennial Boulé, that she addressed Trump’s comments earlier that day questioning her race.

“When I look out at everyone here, I see family,” she said.

The political power of Black Greek letter organisations is not lost on Harris. She is in many ways proof of their influence: when Biden endorsed Harris as his choice for vice-president in 2020, AKA members raised hundreds of thousands of dollars through individual donations of $19.08, an amount that refers to AKA’s founding year. They helped get out the vote among Black voters – famously organising the “Stroll to the Polls” campaign, in which sorority members filmed themselves dancing and walking to polling stations – a demographic that was crucial to getting Biden elected…

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11 Reasons Why You SHOULD Workout – Belladonna’s Flashlight

It’s number 4 and 5 for me!

  1. You’ll feel good
  2. You’ll be in a better mood
  3. You’ll have more energy
  4. You won’t feel like choking out your husband/wife
  5. Your kids will look cute again
  6. The need to body slam your neighbor will disappear
  7. You’ll feel like taking care of your hair nails and skin
  8. You’ll live longer
  9. You can get that revenge body
  10. You’ll get away with more attitude
  11. You’ll piss people off

And that’s all on

You could have chosen any blog to read but you chose mine and I’m honored!

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