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Subject: Sign the petition! To Whom It May Concern: OPEN LETTER FROM BLACK WOMEN DENOUNCING RACIST, SEXIST ATTACKS AGAINST BLACK WOMEN VP CANDIDATES

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I signed a petition on Action Network telling To Whom It May Concern to OPEN LETTER FROM BLACK WOMEN DENOUNCING RACIST, SEXIST ATTACKS AGAINST BLACK WOMEN VP CANDIDATES.

OPEN LETTER BY BLACK WOMEN LEADERS IN RESPONSE TO THE NARRATIVE SURROUNDING BLACK WOMEN NOMINEES FOR VICE PRESIDENT Black women are many things. We are business executives, political strategists and elected officials, philanthropists, and activists. We are health and wellness practitioners. We are entertainers and faith leaders. We are wives, mothers, daughters, educators, and students. We set and shift culture. We build power and we are powerful. We are the highest propensity voters in this nation. We are a coalition of Black women leaders, who, in this inflection point of the Black liberation movement, where people around the world are galvanized to action, know that the time for Black women in the United States is now.   Over the past few months in the media, we have witnessed many Black women put forth as potential Vice Presidential candidates including former Gubernatorial Candidate Stacey Abrams, Congresswoman Karen Bass, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Senator Kamala Harris, Congresswoman Val Demings, and former US Ambassador Susan Rice, be publicly critiqued. We have also watched many of these highly-credentialed women be disrespected in the media over the last few weeks. Regardless of your political affiliation, whether it's the media, members of the vice presidential vetting committee, a former Governor, a top political donor, or a small town mayor: We are not your Aunt Jemimas. The use of the racist myth of a happy, Black servant portrayed as a happy domestic worker loyal to her White employer is not lost on us. While some of the relentless attacks on Black women and our leadership abilities have been more suggestive than others, make no mistake--we are qualified and ambitious without remorse. We are servant leaders -- motivated by a desire to uplift and advance our communities and nation. And we will not tolerate racist or sexist tropes consistently utilized in an effort to undermine our power. No matter who you are supporting for Vice President, you should be equally outraged by the blatant disrespect of Black women. Black women have been and remain vital across sectors. We are indebted to women like Ella Baker, Septima Clarke, Shirley Chisholm, Angela Davis, Fannie Lou Hamer, Barbara Jordan, Ruby Doris Robinson, and Ida B. Wells just to name a few. These women have fought to move us forward and are collectively responsible for much of this country's progress. Black women have been leading, and we must honor, protect, support, and uplift them. In solidarity, AimeeAllison AngelaAngel Shavon Arline-Bradley Raymone Bain Cora Masters Barry Julie A. Bayley Jacqueline L. Bazan Nadja Bellan-White Cheryl Benton Talia Boone Karen Boykin-Towns Rhonda Briggins RoslynBrock Clayola Brown Dy Brown LaTosha Brown Erin Broyard-Stennis Cassandra Butcher Valeisha Butterfield Jones Melanie Campbell Yolanda Caraway Glynda Carr Lynette Castille-Hall Candi Castleberry Emmalesha Christman ReecieColbert Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole Maurita Coley Christina Cue Maya R. Cummings The Reverend Leah D. Daughtry Marilyn Davis Suzanne DePasse Tara DeVeaux Michelle Dubois Dr. Hazel N. Dukes Jotaka L. Eaddy Lenora Abraham Eaddy SonyaEde-Williams Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins Heather Foster Michelle Gadson-Williams A'shanti Gholar Monique Gilliam Amy R. Goldson Trudy Grant Nicole Grayson Linda Mercado Greene Mamee Groves Joyce Harley Kynderly Haskins Kristi Henderson Holli Holiday Tamara Houston Ifeoma Ike, Esq. Amy Elisa Jackson Debbie Jarvis Keisha Sutton James Michelle Jawando Marissa Jennings Star Jones Suzanne Kay Niija Kuykendall Dr. Nicol Turner Lee L. ToniLewis, MD Peggy Lewis Jeanine Liburd Chanceé Lundy Dee Marshall Zola Mashariki Bre Maxwell Flo McAfee Alexis Mitchell Minyon Moore Laura Murphy Rachel Noerdlinger Denise Nicholas Dr. Amira Ogunleye Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver Uriridiakoghene Onovakpuri Barbara A. Perkins Karen Carter Peterson Tracie Pough Andrea Pugh-Kelley Tamisha Raqib Libi Rice Karen Richardson Ebonie Riley Karen A. Robinson Lydia Robinson AngelaRye Kailee Scales Amanda Seales Dana Vickers Shelley Janine Sherman Barrois V. Joy Simmons Eris Sims TiffanySmith-Anoa'i Denise Young Smith Marcia Smith Vanessa Spencer Sherri Killins Stewart Ed.D Lyric Swinton Makani Themba Rev. Dr. Regena Thomas Sandi Thomas Angela Bundrant Turner Nicole Venable Christine White L. Joy Williams

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We are honored that you chose to stand with us against racist, sexist attacks against Black Women.

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Jotaka Eaddy

Washington, District of Columbia

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