Dillard's Dr. Yolanda Page Comments On Inauguration, Kamala Harris' Becoming VP

From Dillard University:

January 21, 2021

Dr. Yolanda Page, Vice President for the Division of Academic Affairs, Dillard University

Relief, elation and hopeful are just a few of the emotions I felt as I watched the
inauguration of President Joe Biden Jr. and Vice President Kamala Harris. I was relieved
because the ceremony seemed to have been incident-free despite warnings of the possibility
of acts of protest as a follow-up to the incident at the Capitol two weeks ago.

I was elated because Kamala Harris, a fellow HBCU alumna and Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority
sister, had become the first woman, first African American, first South Asian, and
first graduate of a historically Black university to become vice president of the
United States. I had witnessed a historical event two times in my lifetime, the first
being Barack Obama’s election as president. It is rare that one gets to witness history
once in her lifetime, but to have it happen twice is astonishing. I was also elated
because my 11-year-old daughter and so many other girls had gotten to see that a woman
can crack through the glass ceiling.

This press release was produced by Dillard University. The views expressed are the author's own.