„You have proven that we, as Black women, no longer have to wait in line for the right moment to be the change we want to see in this nation,“ one student said. „…because of you, Madam Vice President, we are all speaking.“
Kamala Harris made history on Wednesday when she was sworn in to be the 49th vice president of the United States, as she is the first woman, the first Black woman and the first South Asian woman to be elected to the role. Harris is also the first graduate of a historically black college or university to serve in the role — and students from her alma mater, Howard University, spoke Wednesday about what the inauguration means to them. „Madam Vice President, you have proven that we as Black women no longer have to wait in line for the right moment to be the change we want to see in this nation,“ said Jordyn Allen, a Howard student who is also the chairwoman of the student association’s senate. „We are qualified. We are here. And because of you, Madam Vice President, we are all speaking.“ „As a native of your home state of California and as a Howard University Bison it has been an absolute privilege to see the first-ever Black woman ascend to the vice presidency of the United States of America,“ said the student association’s Senate Vice Chair, Naheim Banks.
