Harris is a member of Alpa Kappa Alpha like me. Her run is going to make Black sororities and fraternities national powerbrokers.
announced her candidacy roughly 100 days before the November election, she knew she could rely on a secret superpower: more than two million members of Blacksince her time at Howard University, tapped into that power on one of her first campaign stops as a presidential candidate. Appearing in a cream-suit and heels, she drew rapturous applause while speaking to members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority at their annual Grand Boulé convention in Indianapolis.
And while the vice president may be the most high-profile “Phamily” member in the country right now, the upper echelons of the sorority’s network runs deep. Members of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority chant "four more years" as U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center on July 10, 2024 in Dallas, Texas.Harris was clearly hoping to recreate that grassroots support even before her own presidential run. She made a pit stop at the annual AKA Boulé conference in early July, where she spoke to over 20,000 of our sorority sisters about the importance of organizing.
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