Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is launching its « Souls to the Polls » effort this weekend to turn out Black churchgoers in battleground states.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is launching its « Souls to the Polls » effort this weekend to turn out Black churchgoers in battleground states as Election Day approaches, a campaign official .
With fewer than 30 days until Election Day, the campaign’s multi-pronged effort will see Harris herself visit Black churches in battleground states. The get-out-the-vote program also comes with the creation of a faith advisory board, made up of 10 prominent faith leaders — including Harris’ pastor, Dr. Amos C. Brown III, who leads Third Baptist Church in San Francisco — who will engage Black churches across the country.
In addition to Brown, the campaign said board includes faith leaders, participating in their personal capacity, from around the country, including: Bishop Reginald T. Jackson, 132nd elected and consecrated Bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church; Bishop Vashti Murphy McKenzie, 117th elected and consecrated bishop of the African Methodist Episcopal Church; Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III, senior pastor of Friendship-West Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas; and Rev. Matthew Lawrence Watley, founder and senior pastor of Kingdom Fellowship AME Church in Calverton, Maryland.
The push kicks off Sunday with a national call featuring gospel performances, faith leaders and elected officials, the campaign said.
The board said in a statement they are supporting Harris, in part, because she « is the only candidate who has always been a friend and advocate to the Black Church and faith communities across the country.
