Kamala Harris to Campaign in Alabama and South Carolina This Week *Updated
First Campaign Trip to Alabama Will Focus On Outreach to Women and African Americans
Senator Kamala Harris will campaign in Alabama and South Carolina later this week. In her first campaign swing through Alabama, she will focus on engaging women and African Americans in Birmingham and Montgomery. On Friday evening, she will hold a women’s meet and greet in the Birmingham area, where she will decry the recent Alabama law to effectively ban abortion in the state and criminalize doctors. On Saturday, she will be the keynote speaker at the Alabama Democratic Conference Kennedy-Johnson-King Luncheon. The Alabama Democratic Conference is the state’s largest African American political organization. Alabama will award 52 delegates in the Democratic presidential primary.
On Saturday evening, she will travel to Columbia, South Carolina, for the South Carolina NAACP’s 2019 Freedom Fund Celebration.
Friday, June 7
Women’s Meet and Greet
Where: Hilton Birmingham at UAB, 808 20th St S, Birmingham, AL 35205
When: 7:00 PM CT
Saturday, June 8
Keynote Speech at Alabama Democratic Conference Luncheon
Where: Room TBA, Renaissance Hotel, 201 Tallapoosa Street, Montgomery, AL
When: 12:30 PM CT
SC NAACP Freedom Fund Celebration
Where: Brookland Baptist Banquet & Conference Center, 1066 Sunset Blvd, West Columbia, SC
When: 6:00 PM ET
