She Matters: Vice President Harris Ascends to Be Our National Treasure

Here’s to strong women: may we know them, may we be them, may we raise them. | Unknown

There are certainly many interpretations of prophet Isaiah’s scripture in which he speaks to God’s new kingdom where there will be peace and rest “and a little child will lead them.” Kamala Harris, our nation’s first woman of color as an African-American and Indian-American vice president, may not have held youthful dreams of one day occupying the White House but today that reality rings true. Vice president Harris has achieved a position that inspires millions of people — young and old — across the world. This historical accomplishment has secured her place in the hearts of many disenfranchised, oppressed, working, and wealthy communities as a national treasure. Overcoming glass ceilings and trap doors, Ms. Harris provokes our belief in hope. An optimism in her brilliance and savvy to influence the tricky machinations of the federal government to help the country’s “great experiment” of a democratic republic work for all people.

Not surprisingly, vice president Harris’s journey was not predictable or planned. Her academic accomplishments are noteworthy as she attended an historically Black college, Howard University, and then the prestigious Hastings School of Law at the University of California. Using fundamental survival skills not unlike many Blacks who are “the only one” in classes, social settings, special invitation…