Even before President Joe Biden announced his exit from the 2024 race, Vice President Kamala Harris was hard at work shoring up support for the Democratic ticket. Since they officially kicked off their reelection campaign in April 2023, she’s been on the road reminding people of the damage another Trump presidency could have on our nation – including spending time wih members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. (AKA)
Harris became a member of the country’s first historically African American sorority while a student at Howard University in 1986. Nearly 40 years later, she called on a room full of her sisters to help keep Donald Trump out of the White House.
On July 10, Harris made an impassioned plea to AKAs to turn out at the polls in November. Delivering a keynote speech at the 71st Boulé convention in Dallas, Harris told the nearly 20,000 members in the room that 2024 is “the most existential, consequential and important election of our lifetime.”
Harris likely had no idea how drastically the political landscape would change just over a week after that speech. But her words are even more important today as she tries to become the first female and only the second Black president in the history of the United States.
But never fear…the AKAs heard Harris’ words last week and took Biden’s endorsement of Harris on July 21 as a call to action and quickly got into formation to support their soror all the way to the White House.
Like this user on X who posted:
“They are about to have us knocking on y’all’s door like the Jehovah Witnesses! #Harris2024 #KamalaHarris #1908 #AlphaKappaAlpha.”
You already know the memes are meming:
And the merch is merching:
Black TikTok is already working to get AKAs and the other eight historically Black fraternities and sororities that make up the Divine Nine to do the work to ensure a Harris victory in November.
The news of Harris’ potential ascension to the top of the ticket has energized Black women, who are a key Democratic voting bloc. And when Black women set out to do a job, they get it done – something the vice president is counting on in November.
“Our nation is counting on the leaders in this room to guide us forward, to energize, organize and mobilize. When we organize, mountains move. When we mobilize, nations change. And when we vote, we make history.” Harris said in her address to the AKAs. “Sorors, this is a serious matter.”