Nation's oldest Black sorority heralds Harris' ascent to VP: 'Anything is possible'

The inauguration of Kamala Harris on Wednesday since the first woman of colour vice president of the United States marks a landmark moment for that the country's earliest Black sorority, that will witness among its reach a pinnacle of political strength.

The company, founded in 1908, has over a million chapters in all 50 states and over 300,000 members.

Seven present AKA sisters of the"Alpha Chapter" in Howard -- the company's founding society -- combined ABC News Live to get a dialogue about the importance of Harris' ascent along with the impact it's going to have on countless young black girls.

"She walked the very same measures. She may have slept in precisely the exact same building I slept in at Howard. She walked the lawn. She majored in the exact same important I'm. I am just thinking, for example, the sky is truly the limit.

"As Black women, representation and viewing yourself in places of power and in the maximum level wasn't a comfortable feeling. And in this instant, it is really strong for me especially as someone who would like to become a glass-ceiling breaker and be the first to do some thing like a Black girl," stated 21-year-old Abigail Hall, a political science major in Atlanta.
"Personally, I am considering education and I expect to proceed and change the condition of instruction in the nation. And she has motivated me that whatever is possible for me personally, so long since I place that hard work ahead and that I have the support of my sisters," Roberts stated.
The sisters aren't naive about the challenges which lie ahead: a ferocious pandemic, historical unemployment, a climate in catastrophe as well as the country facing yet another debilitating reckoning on race. Several acknowledged the chance that Harris will be exposed to intense scrutiny due to her race and sex.
All were unflinching in their assurance that Harris will flourish.

"You can not use'fear' and vice president-elect's title in precisely the exact same sentence because she's nothing of this kind," said Newkirk. 'She is a really courageous lady.

Additional Hall,"We know that change occurs gradually over time. ... At this time our evaluation is they're making the proper steps towards progress and we expect they keep this trend. And the greatest factor for usis obtaining those voices and chairs at the table"
With chairs in the dining table, and a trailblazer at the White House, the Howard University students said their sorority's founders of 113 decades back would probably be in doubt to watch Harris about the stage carrying the Democratic presidential oath out of Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the country's first Latina oversight of the Supreme Court.

"To be truthful, due to that moment, I truly don't think they understood what they had been laying the basis for," explained Deirdra Davis, the band's graduate adviser and classmate of Harris in 1989. "I think when they were living today, they'd be very proud and totally astonished at the strides that we've made as Black girls."