{Tribute to Kindness on a Historic Day}

 On the day Joe Biden and Kamala Harris became President- and Vice President-elect of the United States, we pay a tribute to kindness....

Poet Tracy K. Smith Pays Tribute to Kamala Harris in Vogue:

When the news reached me in August that Senator Kamala Harris had been selected as Joe Biden’s running mate, it struck me that the Democratic Party was ready to listen—and to learn. Harris’s courage, brilliance, energy, and her decades of experience have long qualified her to help lead America forward out of our current national moment. And her perspective as a woman of color is critical to doing the work of helping all of us heal from the strife of racism and racial division. Knowing that Harris’s voice will be central to this dialogue makes me believe that our American union can be strengthened and deepened. [Read full article]

"Why a President Biden Will Make Parenting So Much Easier"

[by Taylor Antrim in Vogue, November 5, 2020]

“Joe Biden never lies! He’s very nice!”

 My son, William, 6, started saying this a few weeks ago, a bit mysteriously. He wasn’t parroting me or his mom. We’re solidly blue parents in blue-bubble Brooklyn, but we haven’t been talking about the election at the dinner table with him or his sister, Vivian, 8. This is probably a civic failing of ours, but I’m sorry, it’s just too stressful. How do you explain the Trump presidency to young kids? As a resiliently popular exercise in criminality and power? How would we explain four more years of it? [Read full article]

and another parent speaks..."An Emotional Van Jones Spoke for America When Joe Biden Was Declared President"

“Well, it’s easier to be a parent this morning. It’s easier to be a dad. It’s easier to tell your kids that character matters.” [Read full article]

Vice President Auntie

{International Day of the Girl}

Celebrate the International Day of the Girl with 

Malala Yousafzai and 

the Duke and Duchess of Sussex:

[Click to hear and see the sweet interview that Malala did 

with Harry and Meghan]

Nearly 130 million girls were out of school before the pandemic — and an additional 20 million girls may have their education cut short because of it.

Since April, Malala Fund has been working with our Education Champions to ensure girls continue learning during the COVID-19 crisis. And we are investing an additional $3 million in grants to education organisations who are working to make education systems safer and stronger in the countries where we work.

As the world works to rebuild, our goal should not be a return to the way things were but instead a renewed commitment to the way the world should be, a place where every girl can learn and lead.