Harris’s nomination “is a nod to the excellence that comes out of HBCUs,” said Inez Brown, who attended Howard and joined Alpha Kappa Alpha with Harris. “Once you become a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, you’re always a member,” Mannings said. The Divine Nine experience doesn’t end after college, with members engaging in volunteerism, community service, advocacy work, social gatherings and mentoring programs. “The nomination underscores the importance for our organizations to continue promoting voter engagement and voter education.” Harris’s nomination, historically have been involved in voter registration, voter education and advancing public policy that involves African Americans,” Ward said. Download theGrio.“All of our organizations, prior to Sen. TheGrio is now on Apple TV, Amazon Fire and Roku. Have you subscribed to theGrio’s “Dear Culture” podcast? Download our newest episodes now! The face of the fight for voting rights is Black and has been for decades but in 2021 it is an issue that hits every community with new restrictions and negative applications. There are growing and percolating concerns among Democrats that voting rights is not as much of a pressing issue for this White House as they are courting moderate Democrats who don’t necessarily see this issue as important. Meanwhile, there are talks about a carve out of the Senate procedural tool in order for Congress to raise the debt ceiling, bypassing Senate Republican opposition. Psaki said President Biden, the leader of the Democratic Party, is not moving on abolishing the filibuster to fix voting rights. Thank you to the reporters like and who are continuing to press on this critical issue. He needs to get the Senate to fix or nix the filibuster and pass #VotingRightsNow.
Hearing that President Biden is with us and that he's frustrated isn't enough.
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