‘When I am president’: VP Harris delivers keynote at Zeta Phi Beta Convention

Vice President Kamala Harris returned to Indianapolis just days after President Biden endorsed her for the Democratic nomination. Harris’ visit marks her second official appearance since being nominated; however, her visit was not campaign related. The vice president took the stage at the Indiana Convention Center on July 24 to deliver the keynote speech during the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.’s Grand Boulè and Social Justice Town Hall. “I know who we all are, I know who is here and I know therefore we share a vision for the future of our nation,” Harris said. “A future where every person has the opportunity not just to get by but to get ahead. A future of social justice, health justice, economic justice — justice you have laid out in this year’s theme.” Zeta Phi Beta, Inc, which was founded in 1920 by five Black students at Howard University, stands on the founding principles of scholarship, service, sisterhood and finer womanhood. The Zeta’s diverse membership includes more than 130,000 college-educated women with more than 900 chapters worldwide. Harris’ speech at the Social Justice Town Hall makes Zeta Phi Beta, Inc. the first Black Greek Letter Organization to host the first woman-of-color presidential...