Kamala Harris's secret weapon: the sisters of AKA.
This was written before her Presidential campaign, but it also will apply to her run for VP.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/24/politics/kamala-harris-sorority-sisters-south-carolina/index.html?fbclid=IwAR1_fycXtEmUy8lOteCd8Ut0t4CtbeZrbnVuPmKor-SHuujEgKzORQFpap0
These women could become the foot soldiers of a powerful voting bloc. CNN exit polling shows black women supported Democrats more than almost any other voting subgroup, helping drive Democratic wins in last year's midterms. In Harris' case, the sisters of Alpha Kappa Alpha could help her organize in states across the country and open up a unique pipeline for her fundraising appeals within their regions.
"We're talking about political power, and we have it," said Lorri Saddler Rice who pledged AKA with Harris at Howard in 1986. "We have it and we're going to leverage it. You'll see it's going to make a difference."
At a tea last Saturday in the outskirts of Washington, DC, where 15 of Harris' Alpha Kappa Alpha line sisters gathered for one of their many reunions, several sisters snapped their fingers during interviews with CNN when asked how quickly they expected the AKA network to spring into action nationally to help Harris.
Harris's core group of sisters -- there were 38 of them who formed the "Spring of 1986 Ivy Leaf Pledge Club" -- have supported each other at every stage of their careers, honoring the bond of sisterhood that they pledged to uphold for life.
That was true in those early days on "The Yard" at Howard when they stepped in the circle in pink and green sweatshirts to show their spirit by singing AKA's traditional songs.
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I dare say, all members of the NPHC will be there for her.
