Team,

Today has been a monumental day as we congratulate President-Elect Joseph R. Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris on winning the 2020 Presidential Election. This historic win is a reaffirmation of our liberty and determination to maintain our democracy. 

Vice President-Elect Harris has made history as the first Black woman and the first Asian woman to hold the second most powerful position in our country. For the first time in our history, millions of little girls of color across our nation will soon have someone in the White House that looks like them and unequivocally speaks for them.

Both our President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris just stepped off the stage after giving their victory speeches and they emphasized the importance of uniting our country and coming back from four divisive years of Donald Trump. 

Now, that the long and dreadful Trump Administration is over, I am proud to soon call Joseph R. Biden the 46th President of the United States of America. This win is a victory for communities of color, women, immigrants and all Americans who have been targeted and ignored by the current Administration.

From the obstructions of justice as stated in the Mueller report, to his treatment of children and families at the U.S. border and his negligence of Puerto Rico, to his unconstitutional Muslim and trans bans, the American people have said ‘enough is enough’ with Donald Trump in office.

Today, we celebrate new beginnings on the horizon and an opportunity to save the soul of our beloved USA. In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, I witnessed Brooklynites coming together to vote early, register their neighbors, serve as poll workers and also provide rides to the polls. I’m thankful for their service. The Black community showed up and showed out in record numbers to vote in major cities like Detroit, Milwaukee, and Philly. We would not see today’s victory without the Black vote. The road to victory is a long one and I can’t thank my fellow Black community for all the work we’ve done to protect our democracy during the most critical election of our generation.

Thank you to my fellow Americans for coming together this election cycle and for all the work you do to make our nation better and stronger each day. The work continues, but now we have a partner in the White House who understands the need for us to focus on the people and not the corporations, and to get us beyond this dark chapter of white supremacy. This victory is a reaffirmation of our liberty and determination to maintain our precious democracy. I look forward to building together in the spirit of the changemakers and civil rights icons that came before us.

Yours in service,

Yvette