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There’s no doubt the United States Senate needs more racial diversity. And class diversity, too. By picking California Secretary of State Alex Padilla to fill Vice President–elect Kamala Harris’s soon-to-be-vacant Senate seat, Governor Gavin Newsom met both goals. Padilla, the working-class son of Mexican immigrants, will become the first Latino senator from California, a state that is roughly 40 percent Latino.
Women of Color Protest at Governor Newsom s Offices to Urge Appointment of a Black Woman to Kamala Harris Senate Seat
Black women, allies, and organizers to protest on Tuesday, Dec. 15 at 11 a.m. at CA Governor Gavin Newsom offices at the California State Capitol, 10th and L Streets, Sacramento, CA 95814 and Ronald Reagan Building, 300 S. Spring Street, LA. Design Credit: Molly Watson.
Black women and allies from across the Nation are in full force to stand beside U.S. Congresswomen Karen Bass and Barbara Lee and fight to keep the seat.
Like a modern-day Harriet Tubman, VP-Elect Kamala Harris opened the door to claim a seat at the U.S. Senate table. U.S. Congresswomen Karen Bass or Barbara Lee should carry the torch lit by Harris.”