"Kamala: The North Star Bending Toward Hope & Justice”

Mustafa Santiago Ali

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 50th 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 events.

She speaks like thunder wrapped in a sunrise,  Kamala, our North Star, steady in her flight.  Through storms and smog, she cuts through the lies,  a lighthouse where chaos has stolen the night.

She walks with ancestors humming in her bones,  hands steady on the wheel as history groans.  Trump's poison drips, but her justice heals,  she carves paths for those the world won’t feel.

We bend, but never break under her guide,  she stirs the courage we kept locked inside.  In her eyes, we see the dawn we’ve dreamed,  a future unchained from tyrant screams.

She’s the arc bending towards the just,  the dust of dreams rising up from rust.  Her voice, a drum, a call, a flame—  we march forward, whispering her name.

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