"It’s the fire in my eyes,
And the flash of my teeth,
The swing in my waist,
And the joy in my feet.
I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me." #MayaAngelou
We celebrate Black history every day – especially in February. We are proud to bring this Black History Month series to you. Please feel free to share these posts. #BlackHistoryMonth#BlackIsBeautiful#DSTeasternRegion
The Senate is conducting hearings to confirm President-elect Biden’s Cabinet.
While we don’t vote for Cabinet positions directly, we vote for the president and senators who nominate and approve them.
"I guarantee you if that was a Black Lives Matter protest in D.C., there would already be people shackled, arrested or dead," said the MSNBC host. https://t.co/9nVoNoQzzM
Happy Kwanzaa! Today is the first day of Kwanzaa. This year’s theme is “Kwanzaa and the Well-Being of the World: Living and Uplifting the Seven Principles.”
.@dstinc1913 spotlights Ashley Etienne!
Soror Ashley Etienne was recently appointed the Communications Director for Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. In her new role, Soror Etienne will join the first White House communications team comprised entirely of women.
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.@dstinc1913 congratulates Soror @RepMarciaFudge on her recent nomination to serve as Secretary of Housing and Development by the Biden-Harris administration!
Soror Fudge is the 21st National President & a member of the Greater Cleveland Alumnae Chapter.
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“Saint Augustine said, "An unjust law is no law at all," which means I have a right, even a duty, to resist -- with violence or civil disobedience. You should pray I choose the latter.” The Great Debaters
“My opponent says, "Nothing that erodes the rule of law can be moral." But there is no rule of law in the South, not when negroes are denied housing, turned away from schools, hospitals -- and not when we are lynched.“