NOW, HE SAYS IT’S TIME TO FOCUS ON VALUES OF HEALING, COMPASSION, AND DECENCY. LONG ISLAND, JENNIFER McLOGAN, CBS 2 NEWS. >>> THE HOWARD UNIVERSITY DRUMLINE PERFORMED TODAY IN THE INAUGURATION. >> HER SORORITY WAS ALSO AN IMPORTANT TIME IN HER LIFE. CBS 2 HAZEL SANCHEZ HAS THE STORY. >> THE GUYS THAT KAMALA HARRIS
IN THE ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY. >> WE MET ON THE CAMPUS OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY AND THE SPRING OF 1986 WE WERE INITIATED INTO ALPHA KAPA ALPHA INCORPORATED TOGETHER. >> INEZ BROWN AND HARRIS ARE WHAT’S CALLED BLIND SISTERS. >> IN THE MIDST OF HER CAMPAIGNING AND DURING ONE OF
THE MOST CHALLENGING TIMES IN MY LIFE, I WAS HOSPITALIZED LIKE THREE TIMES AND SHE MADE THE TIME TO SEE ABOUT ME. >> I MEAN, HAVE YOU EVER SMILED SO MUCH THAT YOUR CHEEKS HURT. >> REGINA FLEMMING IS ALSO AN ALPHA. >> YES, YOU ARE DESERVING. YES, YOUR IDEAS COUNT. YES, YOU ARE IMPORTANT.
YES, YOU’RE ENOUGH. >> ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA WAS FOUNDED AT THE TRADITIONALLY BLACK HOWARD UNIVERSITY. TODAY, THERE ARE MORE THAN 300,000 MEMBERS WORLDWIDE. 77-YEAR-OLD EARNEST DEAN GLEN IS A GOLDEN, A SISTER OF MORE THAN 50 YEARS. SHE SAYS THE STROLL TO THE POLLS MOVEMENT TO GET OUT THE VOTE BY
THE DIVINE 9, THE TRADITIONALLY BLACK FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES WAS UNIFYING AND CRITICAL. >> IT’S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE OUR VOICE HEARD AND I FEEL THAT THE EFFORT THAT EACH OF US AS AS GREEKS, I THINK OUR EFFORT REALLY PROVED VERY PRUTFUL. >> YOU CAN SAY THE DOOR HAS
SWUNG OPEN, BUT IT’S UP TO US TO MAKE SURE IT’S NEVER CLOSED AGAIN. WE HAVE TO CONTINUALLY MAKE SURE THAT THINGS ARE IN PLACE SO THAT INDIVIDUALS ARE TREATED FAIRLY SO THAT YOUR VOICE IS HEARD. >> MARY BENTLEY LAMAR IS THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR AND HAS HER EYE CLEARLY TO THE FUTURE.
AND HOWARD UNIVERSITY UNDERGRAD MADISON TEBOW ACCEPTS THAT RESPONSIBILITY. >> I’M VERY BIG ON UNDERSTANDING THE SHOULDERS THAT I STAND UPON AND WANTING TO SET MY SHOULDERS FOR THE NEXT YOUNG LADY OR THE NEXT YOUNG MAN TO STAND UPON MY OWN AND I THINK KAMALA’S WIN IS A PURE TESTAMENT TO THAT IDEA.
>> CONGRATULATIONS, KAMALA. >> AND THE VICE PRESIDENT
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