VP Kamala Harris returns to Atlanta to talk economic opportunity for all

The moderator Steve Harvey (left) and United States Vice President Kamala Harris on stage inside a ballroom at the Hyatt Regency Atlanta on Friday, June 14, 2024. Photo by Kerri Phox/The Atlanta Voice Vice President of the United States Kamala Harris returned to metro Atlanta on the eve of Father’s Day weekend. She was in town on Friday, June 14 to add her voice to a conversation about economic opportunity that was taking place during the 38th annual 100 Black Men of America conference. The vice president has immediate plans to return to Atlanta next week to discuss gun violence and gun control with former Migos rapper Quavo on Tuesday, June 18. Migos member Takeoff was shot and killed in Houston on November 1, 2022. Georgia, and Atlanta and Fulton County more specifically, remain crucial battleground voter blocks for the Biden-Harris administration. Harris has made several appearances in metro Atlanta this year, including most recently in College Park in April to kick off the Biden-Harris Administration’s Economic Opportunity Tour. The tour has since made stops in Detroit, Michigan, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Harris was back on a stage in Atlanta alongside celebrated comedian, author, and television host Steve Harvey, the afternoon’s...