World News – CA – « Extreme Sense of Pride » for Kamala Harris fans in the Birmingham area

For those in the Birmingham metro area who know and met Camala Harris, it’s no surprise that the California Senator and Vice President – the president-elect will smash another glass ceiling

“She is first and foremost well qualified after proving herself as an effective public servant for many years in her role first as the first black woman to hold the attorney general of San Francisco County, and the first black woman to be elected statewide as the attorney general of the largest state in the federation, Then he became the first black woman in the Senate from that state, Sewell said, « She’s been breaking glass ceilings for a long time, but most importantly, she has shown that she is ready and qualified for the first day when in those positions by being an effective, connected, effective leader as well as a decent person. »

As Vice President-elect Joe Biden in the 2020 election, Harris became the first woman and the first woman of color to be on a winning presidential ticket

Alabama delegate Kwandalin Jeevan put Harris’s victory in special historical terms in a year marking the 100th anniversary of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, guaranteeing and protecting women’s constitutional right to vote

“It took me back to [voting and women’s rights activists] Vanni Lu Hammer, Dorothy Hight, Shirley Chesolm and all the women who fought for us, even during the years of slavery, said Jeevan [when] women were given the right to vote [and] to be a woman of color, I had to think In my ancestors too  » “I thought about the women who had to sit in the back seat All these countless blacks who lost their lives and we will now have someone in the office who will hear the blacks’ voices and screams « 

Terry Chapman, 30, a member of the Birmingham Young Democrats party and vice president of the Young Democrats of America, said she was happy with Harris’ rise especially with the role black women have played in the Democratic Party

“Black women work, we vote [mainly] Democrats, we are literally the backbone of the Democratic Party and we rarely see a benefit from all the hard work, so we see someone like Kamala Harris in the position,” said Chapman, who is also the Democratic Vice President. Young Men in Alabama « It lets me know we’re coming. We have already marked and will continue to do so. Let me know that anything is possible, and that being seen at last looks like black women are finally getting their ROI »

At a fundraiser she hosted in June 2019 at her Mountain Brook home, Linda Verrin had the opportunity to meet Harris while the California Senator was running for president at the time.

“Always amazed to me to realize that someone at such a high level is a real person. Besides being incredibly qualified, she also had a good sense of humor, and she was very elegant and the thing that impressed me the most was that she paid a lot of attention to people who They donated a lot like she did to people who gave small money or were volunteers in high school, ”Viren said,“ She took time, took her photo with them and looked like a good person in addition to being up to the task. ”

Sewell said Harris is someone everyone can relate to. « Someone like us, » said the congresswoman, « She’s humble, humble and at the same time just a force of nature, and I really believe you have to » see it to be. « The fact that we’re going to come up now VP is such a strong woman, a woman of color, a black woman, not afraid to claim her ethnicity She claims that as part of who she would be a great role model for all women and girls, especially black girls

The fact that Harris enrolled at Howard University, a historically black college and university (HBCU) and a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Inc, the nation’s first sorority established by and for black women on the Howard Campus in Washington, DC in 1908, also brought it close to many From the supporters

Representative Rolanda Hollis and Harris are two sisters in a sorority, and this week Hollis said, « I’m still partying, I was excited, ecstatic, and the work we put in was not in vain. » She said, « I still rejoiced all I had to say was Ski Wei I am happy to have one of my sisters in a sorority in the White House and someone who looks like me. ”

Jeevan, another sorority sister, said the vote for Biden-Harris was a vote on democracy. « There was a vote on decency, for personality, for someone to be a vote for people, not just for some people, but for all people, » she said.

For Birmingham City Councilor, Crystal Smithman, the win was big because Vice President-elect Harris likens her, or enrolled in a historic Black College (HBC) just like her, and she’s a lawyer like herself and a member of BGLO, the National Council. Greek (NPHC), consisting of nine fraternities and women’s associations with Greek-American characters of African descent collectively referred to as « Divine Nine (D9) »

« It shows me that anything is possible, » said Smithman, a Hampton University graduate and member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated. « I have someone to look up to, especially being citywide in politics and I just admire the way it carries itself out »

As a member of AKA, Birmingham City Councilor Warden Alexander said she felt a « great sense of pride » after Harris was elected and what that means for HBCUs as well as Greek black message organizations, but more than that what it means for the homeland.

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Alexander said:

“I was happy to see the change in government.” “I was excited to think about how [Biden-Harris] would unify the country. It seems unification will be a strong part of their tenure in the White House. They want to put this country back together.”

Kamala Harris, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc, Vice President of the United States, Fraternities and Women’s Associations