“I am not at all interested in the ceremony or pretense that this is normal. There has been no peaceful transfer of power.
There is work to be done and we have to get on with it.” @Sifill_LDF
There is work to be done and we have to get on with it.” @Sifill_LDF
On protecting the vote: “There are two bills: H.R.1, the For the People Act and H.R.4, the John Lewis Act. Both should be given the highest attention.
This country is still on the path to democracy. We have to get on with urgency to the issues that have left us so vulnerable”
This country is still on the path to democracy. We have to get on with urgency to the issues that have left us so vulnerable”
“I am determined to hold on to the historic nature, the joy of this moment even as we face the challenges ahead. @KamalaHarris will be sworn in by Justice @soniamsotomayor using Thurgood Marshall’s Bible. This reminds us that no matter what, we are moving forward.” @Sifill_LDF
“Today at LDF we launched a scholarship program (#MarshallMotleyScholars) for the creation of a new cohort of civil rights attorneys based in the South because we too, want to speak something positive into this moment.” @Sifill_LDF
“We have to acknowledge the many people who came before—in this case, the many Black women—Shirley Chisholm and so many others, to make this pathway possible. We have to rest, at least for a moment, in the acknowledgement of the extraordinary nature of what we are about to see.”
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