MVP Kamala's schedule on March 19th

by Zef Dahlia - March 22, 2021

On Friday, Madam Vice President Harris accompanied President Biden to Atlanta, Georgia for a series of meeting and visits.

Both leaders departed separately and respectively the White House aboard Marine One and Two for Joint Base Andrew where they departed on Air Force One and Two to Dobbins Air Reserve in Mariette, Georgia from there they left for DeKalb-Peachtree Airport, Atlanta, Georgia. Both leaders left with Georgia Senators, Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock.

Both leaders were in Atlanta to focus and show support for the Asian American community after Tuesday's deadly shootings were eight people, including six women of Asian descent, at two metro Atlanta spas.

On arrival they departed for the US Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (C.D.C) to thank public health workers racing to contain the coronavirus pandemic and declare that “science is back.”

Photo Credits: Kamala Harris/Twitter

The visit also coincided with a major milestone of 100 million coronavirus vaccinations administer since Biden took office. He promised to hit that mark within his first 100 days in office, and he cleared the hurdle in 58 days.

Photo Credits: Karine Jean-Pierre/Twitter

After that they departed for Emory University where they held meetings with AAPI(Asian American and Pacific Islanders) communities to discuss the heighten racist threats against the various and diverse Asian American and Pacific Islanders Communities especially with the recent shootings.

Photo Credits: The White House/Twitter

Accompany the two leaders were Atlanta's Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Stacey Abrams, the state's lawmakers, and Senators Jon Ossof and Rev. Raphael Warnock, Reps. Carolyn Bourdeaux and Lucy McBath, as well as Calvin Smyre, the dean of the Georgia House, state Rep. Billy Mitchell and state Sen. Sheikh Rahman.

Both Madam Vice President Harris and President Biden gave remarks were they both condemn Tuesday's attack. Madam Vice President said that the shooting offered a reminder that "We were reminded yet again that the crises we face are many, that the foes we face are many. Everyone has the right to go to work, to go to school, to walk down the street and be safe. To be recognized as an American – not as the other – but as us. A harm against any one of us is a harm against all of us."