On Wednesday, MVP Kamala Harris went to the State of Rhodes Island where she visited various places"
1) She departed Joint base Andrews on board Air Force 2 and landed at T.F. Green International Airport, in her first official trip to the Ocean State as vice president.
She was welcomed by the Secretary Raimondo, current Gov. Dan McKee, Congressman David Cicilline (D-RI 1st District) and Congressman Jim Langevin (D-RI 2nd District) and Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI).
2) After landing in Providence, Vice President Harris who was accompanied by former Governor and now Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and current Gov. Dan McKee made an surprise stop at a small business, Books on the Square on the East Side of Providence, where they made some purchases
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The Vice President met with the store’s manager, Jennifer Kandarian, where Kandarian told the Vice President that the bookstore had moved to half online sales during the worst of COVID.
3) Vice President Harris then met with business owners as she touted how the Biden administration’s multi trillion-dollar American Jobs Plan will help Rhode Islanders at SE Greenhouse on Davol Square
During her meeting, she and Secretary Raimondo attended a “social impact speed pitch” event with "socially focused" Rhode Island entrepreneurs. Members of the Rhode Island congressional delegation attended the event.
4) Then Vice President Harris and Secretary Raimondo took part in a women-led small business roundtable discussion on Dyer Street.
Attending were:
- Minnie Luong, founder and CEO of Chi Kitchen, an Asian food company located in Pawtucket that specializes in kimchi
- Cheryl Zimmerman, an engineer by training who is the CEO of FarSounder, a Warwick-based company that develops and manufactures 3D sonar technology for maritime transportation and navigation safety
- Jennifer Cavallaro, owner of The Beehive Cafe in Bristol
- Christine Paige, Owner of Bliss Medical Hair Replacement Center in Providence
- Suzanne Wernevi, owner of Luna & Stella, a fine jewelry business based in Providence
