Local members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. celebrate fellow sister, Vice President Harris
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Updated: 5:32 PM CST Jan 20, 2021
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Updated: 5:32 PM CST Jan 20, 2021
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THIS A BARRIER BREAKING MOMENT. KETV NEWSWATCH 7’S DALAUN DILLARD JOINING US LIVE WITH A LOCAL CHAPTER’S RESPONSE. DALAUN: THIS VICE PRESIDENT EMBODIES A NUMBER OF FIRSTS. THE FIRST WOMAN, BLACK, SOUTH ASIAN, AND HISTORIC BLACK UNIVERSITY GRAD TO SERVE AS V. HER SORORITY SISTERS CALL HER AN INSPIRATION. MEMBERS OF OMAHA’S GRADUATE CHAPTER OF ALPHA KAPPA ALP DRAPED IN PINK AND GREEN, AND SPORTING THEIR PEARLS, CELEBRATING THEIR SORORITY SISTER TURNED VICE PRESIDENT, KAMALA HARRIS. >> THERE’S MANY OF US WHO WOULD’VE LOVED TO BE IN D.C. TODAY, BUT WE’RE CELEBRATING THE BEST WAY WE CAN THROUGH THE PANDEMIC. DALAUN: ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA IS THE NATION’S OLDEST BLACK SORORITY. HARRIS JOINED BACK IN THE 1980S AS AN UNDERGRAD AT HOWARD UNIVERSITY SHEREECE DENDY-SANDERS IS PRESIDENT OF OMAHA’S GRADUA CHAPTER OF AKA. SHE SAYS HARRIS EMBODIES THE SORORITY’S PURPOSE. >> MADAM VICE PRESIDENT IS ALL OF THESE THINGS, IF YOU LOOK AT HER LIFE, YOU WILL SEE SHE HAS ALWAYS BEEN OF SERVICE TO ALL MANKIND, SHE HAS BEEN A PUBLIC SERVANT. SHE IS COMMITTED TO EDUCATION. DALAUN: OTHERS FIND INSPIRATION IN HARRIS BECAUSE SHE’S A GRADUATE OF AN HISTORIC BLACK UNIVERSITY LIKE OMAHA BURKE GRADUATE COURTNI JOHNSON, SHE’S A JUNIOR AT AN HBCU IN ARKANSAS. >> GOING TO AN HBCU, I ATTENDED IT BECAUSE I WANTED TO GO TO A UNIVERSITY WHERE THE PROFESSORS AND OTHER KIDS LOOK LIKE ME BECAUSE ITS A DIFFERENT CONNECTION THAT I WANTED T ACHIEVE. HER BEING AN HBCU GRAD SHOWS THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES IT PRODUCES FOR US. DALAUN: JOHNSON SAYS SHE SEES ALOT OF HERSELF IN HARRIS, TELLING ME TODAY’S INAUGURATION REMINDS HER THAT THERE’S A SEAT AT THE TABLE FOR EVERYONE. >> IT JUST GIVES ME AN EXTRA PUSH TO PUT MY MIND TO ANYTHING I CAN DO, BECAUSE BEING THE FIRST SHOWS ALL THE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES AND EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY DO IF YOU PUT YOUR MIND TO IT. DALAUN: WITH HARRIS IN OFFICE, JOHN AND SANDERS ARE HOPEFUL THAT PEOPLE WILL STOP OVERLOOKING HBCU’S. BUT OVERALL, THEY’RE GRATEFUL TO FINALLY SEE SOMEONE WHO LOOKS JUST LIKE THEM HELP LE