Madame VP Kamala Harris’ Closet: Altuzarra

So sorry for the late posts, I had been sick and took a short break on here to mend myself. So I am back to updating.

Because July 4th was on a Sunday, Monday July 5th was a public day. There wasn't much on the 6th and 7th that is publicly known except for the statement, the Office of the Vice President release on the occasion of the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse and the attack on First Lady Martine Moïse of the Republic of Haiti.

On July 8th, she began the day by joining President Biden in the Oval Office where they met with the White House National Security Team to receive a periodic update on the progress of our military drawdown from Afghanistan.

2) Then she departed for her first visit to her alma mater Howard University since Inauguration Day where she spoke a powerful defense of voting rights and the need to ensure that all American voices are heard in the political process and also launch the DNCs “I Will Vote” initiative.

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Madam Vice President is an alumna of the university where she addressed the Howard community, local community organizers and volunteers for civil rights organizations at the Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library. She spoke about the DNC party’s efforts to combat voter suppression and protect voting rights nationwide. At the campus event, Vice President Harris then unveiled a $25 million expansion of the Democratic National Committee’s “I Will Vote” initiative to address and overcome efforts across the country to make voting more difficult and burdensome.

3) Then she returned to White House where she joined President Biden in the Roosevelt Room where they met with leaders of Top Legacy Black civil rights Organizations in the country.

According to the White House's statement, "The group discussed the wave of anti-voter legislation that has recently passed or is pending in state legislatures across the country and the path forward to protect the right to vote. The group also discussed steps the Administration recently announced to address the rise in gun violence and the status of the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act that is currently being negotiated in the Senate. The President and Vice President reiterated that they will continue to push for Congress to pass critical legislation that protects the right to vote and combats subversion of the election process, while continuing to utilize all existing authorities in an all-of-government effort to ensure full voter participation and elections that reflect the will of the people.

The civil rights leaders provided an update on the work their organizations are doing, both nationally and in the states, to protect the right to vote. They also provided the President and Vice President with their ideas on ways to engage the public on civil rights issues."

The meeting participants included:

Melanie Campbell, President and CEO of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation
Dr. Johnnetta Cole, National Chair and President of the National Council of Negro Women
Wade Henderson, Interim President of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human
Damon Hewitt, President and Executive Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law
Sherrilyn Ifill, President and Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Derrick Johnson, President and CEO of the NAACP (virtual)
Marc Morial, President and CEO of the National Urban League
Reverend Al Sharpton, President of the National Action Network

From the White House:

Danielle Conley, Deputy Counsel to the President
Tina Flournoy, Assistant to the President and Chief of Staff to the Vice President
Catherine Lhamon, Deputy Assistant to the President for Racial Justice and Equity
Dana Remus, Assistant to the President and White House Counsel
Susan Rice, Assistant to the President and Domestic Policy Advisor
Cedric Richmond, Assistant to the President and Senior Advisor and Director of the Office of Public Engagement

4) Later in the evening Vice President Kamala Harris and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff hosted members of their staff for a post 4th of July party and barbecue at their official resident Naval Observatory.

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For the day, Vice President Harris was wearing her go to Altuzarra but she wore the Kenton Jacket paired with her usual Serge Pants. Inside her jacket, she had on the Lafayette 148 New York Luxe Charmeuse Reversible Perla Blouse. For shoes she had on her Manolo Blahnik.

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After many weeks of being taunted for not visiting the U.S.-Mexico borders by Republicans, The White House announced that Vice President Harris was traveling to the city of El Paso in the State of Texas to the Paso del Norte Port of Entry. El Paso is one of many cities in the United States bordering with Mexico.

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As previously written, VP Harris was appointed by President Biden to head the talks on Immigration and the issues at the US-Mexico Borders. She arrived in El Paso and was welcomed and spoke with Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas (with whom she travelled from Washington, D.C), Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) on the tarmac at EPIA.

2) Then she addressed reporters on the tarmac saying, “We are here today to address and to talk about what has brought people to the U.S. border and again to continue to address the root causes which caused people to leave and often flee their home country,”

3) Then she departed through Hondo Pass for Northeast El Paso where she visited the Paso del Norte Port of Entry and toured the migrant processing facility. The Port of Entry is one of the country's busiest pedestrian border crossings.

During her visit, The vice president was briefed by Border Patrol agents and given a tour of the processing facility, where she met with five young girls from Central America.

4) Then she departed for Paso Del Norte Bridge, where she visited the section of the bridge where cars travel and are examined when crossing from Juarez, Mexico to the United States, as well as a secondary migrant processing center and the region of the bridge where asylum seekers are checked when arriving from Mexico to the United States.

5) From there she returned to the airport at where she met with advocates, non-profits, and those who offer shelter and legal assistance to migrants for a round table meeting where she discussed the ideas that the government is employing in its approach to immigration.

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So sorry for the long silent over here, between power(electricity) shortage over the week and being ill, I hadn't had the time to post anything, so here is a catch up.

On Monday June 21st, Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Pittsburgh accompanied by Secretary Marty Walsh for her daylong visit as part of what is being dubbed “Child Tax Credit Awareness Day” by the Biden administration.

Air Force Two departed Joint Based Andrew and landed at Pittsburgh International Airport just after 11 a.m. Monday where she was welcomed by Federal and state officials like U.S Senator Bob Casey.

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1) Then she headed to the Brookline Memorial Recreation Center in Brookline, where she spoke with a class of students participating in the Citicamp summer program and the held a private roundtable meeting with staff and government officials. After which she delivered remarks on the Child Tax Credit at a press conference.

She informed the general public that the monthly Child Tax Credit payments will begin going out in July, and she says she hopes to extend the program and continue it for at least five more years.

Attending were Local leadership, Rep. Conor Lamb, Pennsylvania's AG Josh Shapiro, County Exec. Rich Fitzgerald, Mayor Bill Peduto and Sen. Bob Casey.

Then she met and took pictures with some Day Campers which included Stella Quatrini.

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2) Then Vice President Harris then met with union members for a round-table discussion with Labor Secretary Marty Walsh on organizing workers and empowerment at the Electrical Workers Union Hall on the South Side, talking about reinforcing the right to collective bargaining and eliminating intimidation.

After the meeting, VP Harris and Secretary Walsh met with and showed their solidarity with three Google contractors who formed a union in Pittsburgh becoming the first group of white-collar tech workers to vote for a union in the country.

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For the Pittsburgh visit, VP Harris wore her go-to ensembles which is, the Altuzarra Black Fenice Jacket paired with the Serge Pant. Adding to it she had on her navy silk Perla top from Lafayette 148 New York.

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Later in the evening of June 7th, Madam Vice President depart Air Force Base in Guatemala City for her second trip arrives at Benito Juarez International Airport for her official visit to Mexico in Mexico City. She was welcome by the current Interim US Ambassador to Mexico, John S. Creamer

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June 8th:

1) Before the roundtable meeting with the Mexican authorities, Vice President Harris met with Mexico's Head of State President Andrés Manuel López Obrador where she was given a tour of the Palacio Nacional, which doubles as the President's Official residence, and showed her “The History of Mexico” by Diego Rivera.

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2) Then there was a signing of a memorandum of Understanding(MOU) which she witnessed, along with President Lopez Obrador, between the American and Mexican governments on migration cooperation on the Patio de Honor. The memorandum was to establish a strategic partnership to cooperate on development programs in the region

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3) Following that, the Vice President and the Mexican President met for private meetings and broader talks where it was reportedly said that the Vice President told Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador that she saw him as a partner in tackling migration as they both agreed to deepen economic ties and invest to improve conditions in Central America.

Much of the focus for Tuesday's meeting was on improving livelihoods, and the United States pledged an additional $130 million over three years to support Mexican worker rights along with a goal of creating $250 million in investment and sales in southern Mexico, it said in a vaguely worded statement.

It was reported that the two sides will hold a meeting known as a high-level economic dialogue in September to look at ways to promote investment and make the most of a new trade deal, statements from both governments said.

Participating in the meeting from the Mexican side included: Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard; Government Secretary Olga Sanchez Cordero and the head of the National Immigration Institute, Francisco Garduño.

Representing the United States apart from the Vice President, were the charge d’affaires at the US Embassy in Mexico, John S. Creamer, and the special US envoy for the Northern Triangle of Central America, Ricardo Zuñiga, Juan Gonzalez, a special assistant to US President Joe Biden and senior director of the National Security Council for the Western Hemisphere and among others.

4) Later she met with female entrepreneurs in a hotel in downtown Mexico City. During their meeting, she listened to their stories on their business, how the pandemic have affected their business, life as a woman in Mexico.

5) Then she met with labor leaders in Mexico to express the United State’s solidarity with them. Supporting them to encourage workers are strong, our economies are strong. After which she met with and greeted the US Embassy's Mexico staff.

6) Then she held a press conference and gaggled with the accredited media which traveled with the Vice President.

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Here's Madam Vice President's publicly known schedule for Tuesday:

1) At 10:15 am, she joined President Biden in the Oval Office to receive the President's Daily Briefings.

2) Then at 11:15, Vice President Harris and President Biden welcome the Congressional Hispanic Caucus' leadership committee in the Oval Office. President Biden and Vice President Harris spoke with CHC members about how we can work together to address COVID, get shots in arms, create jobs, and fix our broken immigration system.

President Biden and Vice President Harris also shared their vision in the American Jobs Plan to invest in shared CHC infrastructure priorities, including affordable housing and job creation.

The members who attended the meeting were:

Chairman Rep. Raul Ruiz (D-Calif.)

Rep. Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.),

Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.),

Sen. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.),

Rep. Darren Soto (D-Fla.)

Rep. Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.)

Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.)

3) Vice President Harris wrote a statement on the passing of her predecessor former Vice President Walter Mondale. The late former Vice President serve under President Jimmy Carter. Here is her statement

4.i) Prior to the verdict, Madam Vice President sat down for her first solo sit-down exclusive interview with CNN's Co-Anchor of State of the Union, Chief Political Correspondent, Dana Bash where she spoke about how the verdict finding former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of George Floyd's murder will not erase generations of trauma caused by systemic racism.

According to CNN, she also added "This verdict is but a piece of it," Harris told CNN's Dana Bash. "And it will not heal the pain that existed for generations, that has existed for generations among people who have experienced and first-hand witnessed what now a broader public is seeing because of smartphones and the ubiquity of our ability to videotape in real time what is happening in front of our faces. And that is the reality of it."

4.ii) Like the entire country and world was watching anxiously the verdict to Derek Chauvin's trial in Minnesota, President Biden and Vice President Harris were doing the same in the Situation Room. Accompanied by White House Advisor, former Representative Cedric Richmond

Derek Chauvin a former Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd in a fatal arrest last May with a video showed Floyd, 46, pleading with Chauvin that he couldn’t breathe as the officer pinned him to the ground on the street, his knee on Floyd’s neck for nine minutes. The widely watched video sparked a worldwide protest against racism and excessive use of force by police

At 4:30 pm, the judge read the verdict which the jury found Chauvin guilty on three charges: second-degree murder, third degree murder and manslaughter.

Following the verdict being read, President Biden and Vice President Harris phoned the family of George Floyd.

Vice President was heard to have said this: "In George’s name and memory we are going to make sure his legacy is intact and that history will look back at this moment. But we really do believe that with your leadership and the president that we have in the White House that we’re going to make something good come out of this tragedy."

Then both Vice President Harris and President Biden address the nation at the Cross Hall. Vice President Harris began with this, "Today, we feel a sigh of relief. Still, it cannot take away the pain. A measure of justice isn’t the same as equal justice. This verdict brings us a step closer. And, the fact is, we still have work to do."

She also spoke about how during the system needs and must be reform, "We still must reform the system. Last summer, together with Senator Cory Booker and Representative Karen Bass, I introduced the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. This bill would hold law enforcement accountable and help build trust between law enforcement and our communities. This bill is part of George Floyd’s legacy."

You can read her remarks her: White House

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She is wearing her Altuzarra Fenice Blazer and Serge Pants, with her burgundy silk top. Paired with her Irene Neuwirth pearl Necklace

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Here's MVP Kamala's schedule for Tuesday:

1) Madam Vice President began the day by hosting a roundtable virtual and in person meeting in the South Court Auditorium on Black Maternal Health Week. She was accompanied by White House Domestic Affairs Advisor, Ambassador Susan Rice as well as black health officials and black mothers who gave their experiences.

Madam Vice President began the meeting by addressing Sunday's killing of Duante Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. She said, '' He should be alive today. And to his family and loved ones, you know must know that the President and I grieve with you as the nation grieves his loss. We stand with you.”

Madam Vice President then spoke about what the Biden-Harris administration has taken as initiatives to tackle the increase in Black and Native American Maternal Mortalities which you can read White House. She also acknowledge that the huge increase is due to the systemic racism which has always been in the Health Care system.

2) She then left the White House for the U.S Capitol where she paid her respect in a Congressional Tribute to the fallen Capitol Police Officer Williams Evans in the Rotunda.

Officer William Evans was slain during an attack on the Capitol perimeter on April 2th by a knife-wielding man crashing a car into a security checkpoint. The killer was later killed by other Capitol Police Officers.

3) After returning to the White House, later in the afternoon, she joined President Biden in the Oval Office where they hosted the leadership and a few members of the Congressional Black Caucus(CBC).

This is the first meeting between the President and the CBC. Madam Vice President in February hosted the Congressional Black Caucus which is a former member as a former senator.

4) She held internal meetings in the Situation Room with Cabinet members, including Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Attorney General Merrick Garland, to discuss migration challenges. She has held calls with foreign officials including the presidents of Mexico and Guatemala.

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For Tuesday, she was wearing her black Altuzarra blazer and Serge Pants with a black blouse and Irene Neuwirth pearl necklaces