Black and Brown delegates from New York State were eager to witness Kamala Harris become the Democratic presidential nominee at the DNC.
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Sabrina Gates, a first-time at-large delegate from New York State, lives in downtown Brooklyn. She and her colleague, Jabaran Akram, a first time Elected Delegate also from Brooklyn, opted to take the scenic drive over the course of about two days starting last Friday, Aug. 16. Their route took them along 80 West, through Jersey City and Pennsylvania’s Delaware Water Gap mountains. Into the night, they took turns driving through pouring rain along pitch-black highways across the state and into Ohio. The first stop on their journey was in Sandusky, Ohio, in the wee hours of the morning. After sunrise, and some much-needed rest, Gates sat outside to take in Lake Erie—the lakeshore was right behind the motel.
Gates was not the only person taking into consideration just how important this year’s DNC is. Even further up north in Massachusetts, dozens of New York’s Black delegates, politicians, and advocates wrapped up another major political event, held annually on Martha’s Vineyard. featured speakers like Rev.
Brooklyn Assemblymember Stefani Zinerman, who is a delegate and a member of the DNC’s rules committee, had her two-hour flight booked already. On Saturday, she said she planned on getting in on Sunday to prepare for the convention.
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