A girl within the viewers holds an indication that reads “Our Voice Our Vote” as Vice President Kamala Harris introduces President Joe Biden throughout a marketing campaign rally at Girard School on Might 29, 2024, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | Supply: Andrew Harnik / Getty
Greater than 10,000 Black girls have joined collectively to publicly thank former Vice President Kamala Harris in an open letter that cites the historic nature of her election together with the work she’s finished all through her spectacular profession in each regulation and public service.
The letter, which was signed partially by members of the Win With Black Ladies collective of organizers who supported Harris’ presidential candidacy, credit the previous vice chairman’s management on key political points equivalent to reproductive justice and healthcare.
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“Vice President Harris’ tenure as the primary lady and first Black vice chairman of the US represents an unwavering dedication to justice and equality that won’t be dismantled,” Jotaka Eaddy, social impression strategist and founding father of Win With Black Ladies, stated in a press release despatched to NewsOne. “Her management serves as inspiration to numerous people, particularly Black girls, youngsters, daughters, sisters, moms, and grandmothers, exhibiting that with dedication and imaginative and prescient, limitations will be damaged and progress will be achieved. The hundreds of ladies who signed this letter present the world that at the same time as President Trump works to reverse the progress our nation and Black girls in every single place have made, we are going to proceed to work collectively and vow to by no means surrender.”
Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to talk on stage in the course of the remaining day of the Democratic Nationwide Conference on the United Middle on August 22, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. | Supply: Kevin Dietsch / Getty
Exit polling knowledge confirmed that 92% of all Black girls voters solid their ballots for Harris.
Notable signees of the letter embody however will not be restricted to Ohio Rep. Joyce Beatty, Donna L. Brazile, Yvette Nicole Brown, LaTosha Brown, Glynda Carr, Melanie Campbell, Hazel Dukes, former HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge, Star Jones, Brittany Packnett Cunningham, Symone Sanders Townsend and Angela Rye.
The names of the hundreds of different “Black girls in every single place” who additionally signed the letter are listed beneath the phrases of gratitude directed towards Harris.
Learn the complete letter beneath:
An attendee wears a pin studying “Black Ladies Lead” in the course of the first day of the Democratic Nationwide Conference on the United Middle on August 19, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. | Supply: Andrew Harnik / Getty
Expensive Vice President Harris,
On behalf of so many Black girls throughout this nation and past, we wish to specific our deepest gratitude to your service, management, and unwavering dedication to justice and fairness. Your historic position as the primary lady, the primary Black lady, and the primary South Asian lady to function Vice President is a profound supply of inspiration and pleasure for us all.
Your tireless work to champion causes equivalent to voting rights, financial justice, healthcare, and fairness for marginalized communities reveals your dedication to uplifting all of us, particularly those that have been neglected for too lengthy. You symbolize not solely hope however a reminder that progress is feasible, even within the face of nice challenges.
We see your sacrifices, your energy, and your resilience, and we’re inspired to hold that very same spirit into our personal lives and communities.
Thanks for exhibiting us what is feasible once we rise, persist, and lead with braveness.
We’re proud to face with you and assist you as you proceed to interrupt limitations and make historical past. Please know that your work doesn’t go unnoticed, and it evokes generations of ladies and ladies to dream greater and battle more durable for the long run they deserve.
With immense gratitude and admiration,
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