Landed at ACCRA airport to some familiar faces! ๐ฌ๐ญ
Honored to be invited by Vice President Kamala Harris on her trip to Ghana where her engagements will be about strengthening partnerships and increasing investments to facilitate economic growth and opportunities.
The ORIGINAL
#essencefest
poster. 27 years ago. What was supposed to be a ONE-time party, when I was Mayor of New Orleans, has grown into this beautiful celebration. A party with a purpose!
RIP to these artists who were with us the very first Essence Fest who are no longer here
URGENT: The Trump Administration cannot be allowed to use the
#Coronavirus
crisis as an excuse to suspend civil rights laws. This is an outrageous act of bad faith and must be reversed immediately!
Proud to support โฆ
@NYGovCuomo
โฉ as he signs legislation to reinstate public nuisance liability for gun manufacturers in NYS and first-of-its-kind Executive Order declaring a Disaster Emergency on
#gunviolence
. Other states should follow suit immediately.
Trump's own intelligence chiefs did not identify the southern border as a national security threat. The real threat is
#Russia
& other foreign interlopers & saboteurs in our democratic process
#StateOfTheUnion
The PPP bill scheduled for a vote in the Senate today is an insult to Black small business owners left behind in the pandemic. They need real relief, now, and McConnell's feeble response doesn't even come close.
More than half of Black-owned
#SmallBusiness
may close without adequate federal relief -- and PPP alone isn't enough. They need MBDA grants & investments in community-based & minority-owned financial institutions included in
#HEROESAct
but missing from Senate's weak alternative.
I'm grateful to have received the first dose of this life-saving
#COVID19
vaccine yesterday. I'm also pleased that houses of worship, like
@mbcnewarknj
, and their leaders are uniting to increase vaccination opportunities for people in communities who need them most.
I hope you'll join me in getting the
#Covid_19
vaccine, now being offered at nontraditional sites like local churches. I implore you to seek out these services, get the shot and help end the devastation this virus has caused in our communities, which have been hit hardest.
Wonderful visits to the W.E.B Dubois Museum in Accra and Liberation Square. It is
@vp
Harris' belief that African ideas and innovations will shape the future of world and I'm proud to be on this historic trip to Ghana furthering that narrative.
Tomorrow I'll host a fireside chat with faith leaders about overcoming
#COVID19
vaccine skepticism as part of the New York State COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Taskforce fireside chat series. Please email questions to COVID19VaccineEquity
@health
.ny.gov. Watch:
Devastated by the loss of
#ElijahCummings
. Few in Congress have fought more passionately and effectively for civil rights, economic justice and integrity in our public institutions.
Rarely have we seen a more blatant case of racially-motivated
#VoterSuppression
. Thoroughly un-American and anti-democracy. We stand with โฆ
@LawyersComm
โฉ & โฆ
@KristenClarkeJD
โฉ in defending the rights of Randolph Countians.
Tonight is the night! First night of concerts at the Dome.
Cash Money will be hitting the
@EssenceFest
stage in celebration of 30 years of Cash Money Records AND 30 years of Essence Festival of Culture!
Of course this is how we get ready for tonight!
๐ถ For the 99s and 2000s!
Extremely humbled to be a recipient of the Essence Honors Award tonight on the Main Stage in the Superdome.
I love Black people, I love
#essencefest
and I love the city of New Orleans!
#essencefestival
#essence25
From
@CBSLA
: "He [Dr. Miller] rushed, and it took some time to get back there. People didn't believe he was actually a doctor; he was an African American man."
Reflecting on
#RFK
's contributions to civil rights 54 years after this tragic moment. 2/2
Reflecting on an incredible journey! ๐โจ Today marks 20 years since I took on the role of President and CEO of the
@NatUrbanLeague
, and what an honor it has been to serve this extraordinary organization and the communities we advocate for.
#MarcMorial20
With Ghanian President, Nana Akufo-Addo, Discussing a range of matters at his official residence in Accra. Looking forward to similar discussions with leaders while on the
@VP
's visit to Ghana.
My childhood neighborhood, Pontchartrain Park in New Orleans, is officially on the National Registry of Historic Places. My mother and I at the unveiling celebration.
I am devastated by the passing of civil rights icon Rev. Dr.
#JosephLowery
. Those of us who serve in the civil rights movement will do our best to take up his mantle & honor his legacy by advocating for the most vulnerable during this unprecedented challenge.
Rest in power ๐๐พ.
Today marks 54 years since Robert F. Kennedy was fatally shot in 1968.
Here, Kennedy is pictured with my late father-in-law/
@CBSMMiller
's father, Dr. Ross Miller, who tended to Kennedy in the moments following the shooting. 1/2
Today, I met with President Biden aboard Air Force One & attended his address on the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act at the LBJ Presidential Library & Museum in Austin, TX.
@POTUS
spoke about the significance of one of the most consequential laws in recent history.
Today,
@NYGovCuomo
received his a dose of the
#COVID19
vaccine at a pop-up vaccination site of a Harlem church, which lost 9 parishioners in a month to
#Covid_19
. Iโm honored to co-chair his Vaccine Equity Taskforce + thank him for his focus on social inequities of this pandemic.
The power of the AFAM voters on display in ALABAMA TONITE! Birmingham, Mobile, Selma and many other cities and counties stay woke and send a message to the nation.
Monday at 3PM ET: looking forward to sharing my recent experience in
#Ghana
as part of
@VP
Kamala Harrisโ delegation.
Listen live online via
@IBW21st
:
Exciting day for
@MichelleMiller29
and my family as her memoir
#Belonging
becomes available today! Please support and check out this incredible story!
Visit your local bookstore or bookseller and get a copy today!
While in Washington, D.C. today, I had the honor of paying my last respects to Congressman
#ElijahCummings
, who is lying in state at the U.S. Capitol. The mood was solemn as long lines of people waited to say their farewells to a great leader of our times.
Congrats to my mother, Dr. Sybil Morial. She just received the "Women Who Make A Difference Award" from the International Women's Forum in Las Vegas.
Mom was the founder of the LA Women's Forum in 1979 along with Leah Chase and Lindy Boggs who were charter members.
In disbelief over
@therealroseanne
โs blatantly racist comments - kudos to
@ABCNetwork
& Channing Dungey for doing the right thing. Headed to
#MSNBC
now to discuss corporate responses to racism & bias with
@kasie
Michelle Obama has hit the stage and is talking about her bestseller Becoming! Sheโs telling it like it is. Saying things she couldnโt say while she was First Lady
#essence
#essence25
#essencefest
44 years ago today, my father Ernest "Dutch" Morial was elected the first Black Mayor of New Orleans.
This was a very proud day for my family and it's been my mission to carry on this legacy and help build and care for our communities the way he did.