From her acknowledgement of women who have influenced her to her message of inclusion, fans of Kamala Harris — the first women of color to appear on a major …
From her acknowledgement of women who have influenced her to her message of inclusion, fans of Kamala Harris — the first women of color to appear on a major political party’s top ticket — found her speech at Wednesday night’s Democratic National Convention to be inspiring and hopeful. «With strength and warmth she covered a lot of ground from telling her own story… to laying out the promise of a Biden/Harris administration … to highlighting the contrast with Donald Trump, to including a powerful call to action to all — including young people — to participate in the election,» said Jill Alper, a delegate to the virtual convention and a public affairs consultant who previously served as political director for the Democratic National Committee. Family members — her sister, niece, stepdaughter — introduced Harris to convention viewers via video message, allowing the candidate to elaborate on the meaning of family and where it fits in to her vision of the United States. “Family is my husband Doug, who I met on a blind date set up by my best friend,” Harris said. «Family is our beautiful children, Cole and Ella, who as you just heard, call me Momala. Family is my sister. Family is my best friend, my nieces and my godchildren.» Harris said family also includes friends who offered support when her mother died, graduates of other historically black colleges and universities, including Howard University from which Harris graduated, and women who are part of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the Black sorority to which she belongs. That Harris doesn’t believe families are bound only by genetics, that everyone is welcome no matter where they come from or what they look like was one of the elements of the speech that Lauren Bealore, a 31-year-old Southfield resident found especially heartening.
