Higher Heights is calling for action to address the shameless absence of Black women at nearly every level of power in America:

Zero Black women in the Senate. 

Zero Black women on the Supreme Court. 

Zero Black women Governors. 

Zero Black women Presidents.

In a moment in which we celebrate our first Black woman Vice President, Kamla Harris and other Black women leaders,  and 52 years after Shirley Chisholm’s historic election as the first Black woman in Congress, Black women remain the backbone of our democracy and are more than qualified to lead it. 

While Black women are 6.8 percent of the population and continue to prove their influence as a voting bloc (91 percent of Black women voted for the Biden-Harris ticket), they continue to be minimally represented in statewide and national civic and political leadership roles. There are currently zero Black women in the Senate, and 25 in the House of Representatives. In addition, no Black woman has ever served as Supreme Court justice, governor or president in our country’s 243-year history.

We ask you to Reach Higher with Higher Heights for America to support Black women leaders. We need them now more than ever, and we must acknowledge the work that must be done. Not tomorrow. Not next week. Not next year. Today.

We ask that you join us to invest in Black Women’s Political leadership to ensure that we are on a solid path to turn these zeros into not just one, not just two, but a leadership of this country that is fully reflective of the people it serves.

This is just the beginning. There is no doubt that Black women are uniquely qualified to lead our communities and country. It’s up to all of us to address this major gap in representation. By the end of 2020, through your support, we hope to be celebrating 1 Million members standing with us in this fight.

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  1. Join me as I join @HigherHeights as we #ReachHigher to support Black women leaders. We need them now more than ever, and we must acknowledge the work that must be done to have more Black women leaders at decision-making tables. Learn more: http://bit.ly/ReachHigherHH #BlackWomenLead
  2.  .@HigherHeights is calling for action to address the shameless absence of Black women at nearly every level of power in America: Zero Black women in the Senate.  Zero Black women on the Supreme Court. Zero Black women Governors. Zero Black women Presidents. Join us as we #ReachHigher to turn these zeros into leadership that is fully reflective of the people it serves. Learn more: http://bit.ly/ReachHigherHH #BlackWomenLead
  3. 52 years after Shirley Chisholm’s historic election as the first Black woman in Congress, Black women remain the backbone of our democracy and are more than qualified to lead it. #ReachHigher with @HigherHeights to support Black women leaders. We need them now more than ever. Learn more: http://bit.ly/ReachHigherHH #BlackWomenLead

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