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Kamala Harris, now the vice president-elect, danced with the Isiserettes Drill & Drum Corps in Des Moines, Iowa, after launching her presidential campaign. Harris will become the nation's first woman, Black and South Asian vice president Wednesday. (Getty Images)
ACROSS AMERICA — "You cannot be what you cannot see."
As a young girl growing up in Atlanta, Kimberly Mitchem-Rasmussen often heard that quote by Marian Wright Edelman. This week, as the United States prepares for a historic Inauguration Day, the words came to mind again, carrying an especially profound resonance for the founder of the Girls In Politics initiative.