{"id":3438,"date":"2023-02-28T13:50:05","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T18:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/shsjc\/?p=3438"},"modified":"2025-06-23T14:04:36","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T18:04:36","slug":"vice-president-kamala-harris-gives-a-message-to-hbcu-students-we-are-requiring-you-to-lead-by-morgan-norris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/home.hamptonu.edu\/shsjc\/2023\/02\/28\/vice-president-kamala-harris-gives-a-message-to-hbcu-students-we-are-requiring-you-to-lead-by-morgan-norris\/","title":{"rendered":"VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS GIVES A MESSAGE TO HBCU STUDENTS: \u201cWE ARE REQUIRING YOU TO LEAD\u201d By Morgan Norris"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Washington, D.C.<\/strong> \u2013 As a select group of HBCU student journalists sat in the White House briefing room on February 23 not knowing what to expect, the Vice President of the United States and Senior Advisor for Public Engagement gave them one mission: lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The press briefing covered student-led topics such as underfunding, racial inequality, climate change, mental health, and the appreciation of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). However, the dominant theme throughout was leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are requiring you to lead,\u201d said Vice President Kamala Harris, a prominent Howard University alumna. \u201cWe are counting on you to help us educate our world about who we are as Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before Vice president Harris\u2019 appearance, Keisha Lance Bottoms directed a riveting conversation guided by student questions. A true leader in the White House, Bottoms was the first mayor in Atlanta to serve in all branches of the city\u2019s local government: city council member, county judge, and mayor. Addressing the controversy over Florida\u2019s African American studies, Bottoms credited Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) for her leadership skills when she was a student journalism major.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI had a professor, Emma Dawson, who exposed me to Zora Neale Hurston, and she taught a seminar on Toni Morrison,\u201d Bottoms said. \u201cAll of these things had just enriched me. When I see what\u2019s happening in Florida, it\u2019s frightening. It\u2019s disheartening. It makes me angry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The former mayor of Atlanta explained that the Biden-Harris administration\u2019s historic $6 billion investment can only do so much without interfering with the state level. Student journalists were encouraged to be a leader in monitoring local politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSo just a reminder of why elections matter, not just when it\u2019s time to go and vote for the president but when it\u2019s time to vote for your elected officials,\u201d said Bottoms. \u201cAll the funding in the world, quite frankly, cannot stop what the governor is doing, and what he is doing is disgraceful.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the constant fight to protect HBCUs, the FAMU alum highlighted the collaborative work being done to combat historic underfunding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThere\u2019s a great committee led by Tony Allen, President of Delaware State,\u201d said Bottoms cheerfully. \u201cThey are getting exposure to where the resources are and how funding can be accessed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hampton University\u2019s Scripps Howard School of Journalism & Communications was represented by myself, a second-year journalism major, accompanied by Dean Julia A. Wilson. Hampton’s visit to the White House confirmed Wilson\u2019s confidence and faith in the leadership of her student journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSeeing little things Morgan did like making sure she\u2019s sitting in the front row with our Vice President talking directly to her and being the first to stand on the White House podium for photos spoke volumes,\u201d said Wilson. \u201cOur students are ready to participate. Ready to lead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vice President Harris mentioned that the Divine Nine was foreign to the White House even though both Harris and Bottoms are active and vocal members. The Divine Nine, also referred to as The National Pan-Hellenic Council, houses nine Black Greek-letter organizations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen I first took the stage as a nominee to be Vice President, I talked about my family,\u201d said Harris. Within her list of families, she mentioned her Divine Nine family. \u201cThere were people looking at each other, \u2018What\u2019s Divine Nine?\u2019 and I thought to myself, \u2018You\u2019re about to find out.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A FAMU student from the same former chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated as Keisha Lance Bottoms appreciated the two political leaders being vocal about the organizations\u2019 leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI know what it feels like to have our Divine Nine culture not be understood,\u201d said junior journalist Kyla Hubbard. \u201cIt felt extremely good to be seen and heard as a member of Delta Sigma Theta by some of the top leaders in the world that share the same experiences as me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vice president not only emphasized leadership but advised the HBCU student journalists to tell stories that maintain humanity in a world that often forgets to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI would encourage you as journalists to remind all of us to see people in their true selves,\u201d said Harris, a California native. \u201cWe should always require our leaders, in particular, to see people in the full relief of who they are.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the Biden administration is credited with making progress with Black universities, the two prominent HBCU alumni stressed the need for leadership from budding journalists in working toward a better future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to need you to help us articulate why we need to put resources into the things we just discussed,\u201d said Vice President Harris, who has created legislation to preserve HBCUs. \u201cWe need you to lead and help us see what\u2019s coming.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students felt empowered seeing their nation\u2019s vice president and senior advisor for public engagement, both ardent HBCU allies, show interest in and excitement for their futures. They received assurance that their voices matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen Keisha Lance Bottoms said that this is the coolest thing she\u2019s done since being in the White House, I knew we were finally getting the representation we needed,\u201d said Marcus Speakman, a junior representing Miles College. \u201cThey\u2019re counting on us to lead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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