Vice President Kamala Harris to speak at NAACP convention in Atlantic City

Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the Jersey Shore on Monday to speak at the NAACP’s national convention in Atlantic City.

Harris is set to give the keynote speech, to be broadast online, at 9:30 a.m.

“We’ve never welcomed a Black woman vice president. That is evidence of progress,” said Derrick Johnson, president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. “It is evidence of power.

Vice President Kamala Harris boards Air Force 2 after her meeting with staff during her visit to U.S. Central Command and the Joint Special Operations Command at Macdill Air Force Base on Thursday, July 14, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. (Luis Santana/Tampa Bay Times via AP) (Luis Santana/)

“The vice president has been a steady voice in the fight for voting rights, reproductive rights and other assaults by the far-right on our freedoms. We are honored to have the vice president join us in this critical and pivotal moment for our democracy.”

The convention, which began Thursday, has featured sessions on race and justice, health care and other issues, according to the NAACP.

After addressing the NAACP, Harris is reportedly set to host a meeting with New Jersey lawmakers on abortion rights in the wake of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade.