Somebody check Trump's blood pressure because #WhiteDudesForKamala they dropped a ton of money and new voters.
Mustafa Santiago
Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali is the Executive Vice President of Conservation & Justice for the National Wildlife Federation (NWF), former Interim Chief of Programs at the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), and Instructor at American University. He is the Founder and CEO of Revitalization Strategies. He also serves as a commissioner for The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (AAAS). He is an award-winning writer and poet focused on social justice. Dr. Ali is frequently seen on television, including appearances on MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, VICE, FUSE, BET, National Geographic, Full Frontal with Samantha Bee, and Democracy NOW! Mustafa is also a regular guest on Roland Martin Unfiltered, Black News Channel, Tavis Smiley Show, The Dean Obeidallah Show, and many others…
Editor's Note: This poem is the thirteenth in our Democracy and Hope Series. This series will highlight hopeful aspects about our Democracy using various genres including poems, interviews, short stories, and articles about political event
The ground trembles, an ancient heartbeat whispers through the soil, a summons, a seismic plea: unity for Kamala. White dudes answer, step into the circle, transforming tradition, hands interlaced, shattering the ceiling that once towered, pride swelling in the fractures.
From centuries of division, a tapestry woven with threads of every color. Black women led, fierce and unyielding, mothers of movements, raising funds like they raise suns, illuminating paths with a brilliance that defies darkness.
Black men follow, guardians of legacy, pockets deep with promise, voices thundering across the divide, saying: this sister, our sister, will rise. Her name a banner, a beacon.
White women, once silent, now speak, heeding the calls of their Black sisters, marching into living rooms, into hearts, wielding their privilege as weapon and shield, their networks growing, a web of solidarity, building bridges where walls once stood.
And white men, at last, step forward, shedding centuries of silence, of complicity, no longer pawns of separation, but architects of unity, proclaiming: no more will we be divided, no more will we let old hands shape the narrative of our vote, our power.
In this moment, all rise, a chorus of voices, a symphony of steps, men and women, Black and white, a mosaic of intention, of promise. Kamala, our future, our President, the ground moves, the people answer, the call to unity, a new dawn rising.
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