Vice President Harris was born in Oakland, California to parents who emigrated from India and Jamaica. She graduated from Howard University and the University of California, Hastings College of Law.
On August 11, 2020, Vice President Harris accepted President Joe Biden’s invitation to become his running mate and help unite the nation. She is the first woman, the first Black American, and the first South Asian American to be elected Vice President.
A beacon for so many young girls around the World, we’re lucky to have Vice President Harris in the fight.
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R. Jai is the Director of Foundation Affairs at the FLDental Association. R. Jai & her team just wrapped up their annual event where they helped over 1,400 people and provided almost $1.8 million dollars in free dental services.
In addition to her professional career, R. Jai is the mother to our three children, Jackson, Davis, and Caroline. More recently, R. Jai went back to school to get her second graduate degree, this time from George Washington University.
While on the trail I’d often invoke lessons learned from my mother & mantras instilled in me by my grandmother. These were the women who helped to shape me into the man I am today.
Equally important in my life has been my baby sister, Monique Gillum. #WomensHistoryMonth
Monique has inspired everyone she's met with her determination and grace. While the road has not been easy, Monique has dedicated her life towards advocacy and service working at orgs like the Southern Poverty Law Center and now an attorney for the ACLU.
As a student at Florida A&M University, my sister slept on the cold, marble floors of Florida Capital for nearly 30 days to demand Justice in the death in one of Florida’s boot camps of a young Martin Lee Anderson.
We’re shaking it up today and spotlighting just a few of the incredible journalists who have pricked my conscious with their reporting and insight. Today’s #WomensHistoryMonth features are @abbydphillip, @JoyAnnReid, and @Yamiche.
Abby Phillip is CNN's senior political correspondent and anchor of Inside Politics Sunday, an hour-long in-depth conversation on the week's most important political storylines, with a diverse set of analysts and news-making interviews.
Joy-Ann Reid is a political analyst for MSNBC and host of “The ReidOut”. She is the author of The New York Times bestseller “The Man Who Sold America: Trump and the Unraveling of the American Story”, as well as “Fracture: Barack Obama, the Clintons and the Racial Divide”.
The attempted Coup on America today was an INSIDE JOB. An act of sedition inspired and encouraged by the sitting President of the United States of America, Donald J. Trump. But Trump did not act alone.
I fear that todays attack may have been aided by sitting Republican lawmakers, supported with intelligence (including maps, soft targets, and Capitol Hill security intel) supplied by federal employees acting as partisans through their involvement.
This investigation must reach into the knowledge and actions of high level Cabinet Members, Senior Administration Officials, and even Congressional Members themselves.
Today we mourn, honor, celebrate, activate 🏳️🌈 #ForThe49 lost at #Pulse. We #SayTheirNames because they are our brothers and sisters, our friends and lovers, our family.
Our democracy is only as good as the integrity of our system.
In 2018, about 8.2 million people cast their vote — almost 2 million more than projected. Turnout among active and inactive voters increased across the board. But Florida also revealed the inequities that still exist.
2.6+ million people voted by mail.
The statewide average of rejected VBM ballots in 2018 was 1.2%, higher than the 2012 or 2016 presidential elections. In Broward County, it was 2.8% —and even higher among voters between the ages of 18-21.
As the entire nation applauded the young organizers from Parkland for getting engaged, research by @electionsmith shows about 15% of their vote-by-mail ballots were rejected. They didn't have a voice in this election.