INDIANAPOLIS — Vice President Kamala Harris is coming to Indianapolis this month.
The White House announced Harris will attend the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated's Grand Boule at the Indiana Convention Center.
"We are excited to welcome Vice President Kamala Harris to our 2024 Grand Boule to discuss what this administration has done to improve the lives of all Americans, as well as the investments being made in the historically underserved communities our members serve," Dr. Stacie NC Grant, international president of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated, said in a release.
Harris will take part in a moderated conversation at the event on Wednesday, July 24. On July 10, the vice president gave a keynote speech at Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.'s Boule in Dallas.
The appearances are part of Harris' "Summer of Engagement" events.
IMPD confirms it will be helping provide security for the vice president's visit.
It's the second straight year the vice president has traveled to Indianapolis. Last year, Harris spoke to more than 7,000 members of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. at a private luncheon during the sorority's national convention.
Harris has secured the support of enough Democratic delegates to become her party’s nominee against Republican Donald Trump, according to an Associated Press survey taken in the aftermath of President Joe Biden’s decision to drop his bid for reelection.
Harris, who was endorsed by Biden minutes after he announced he would not accept the Democratic nomination, worked to quickly lock up the support of her party’s donors, elected officials and other leaders.
However, the Associated Press is not calling Harris the new presumptive nominee. That’s because the convention delegates are still free to vote for the candidate of their choice at the convention in August or if Democrats hold a virtual roll call ahead of that gathering in Chicago.
The AP survey is only an indication that she has the backing of more than the 1,976 delegates she’ll need to win on a first ballot. But it also finds she’s the overwhelming choice of her party to replace Biden at the top of the ticket, as no other candidate was named by a delegate contacted by AP.
By Monday night, Harris had the support of at least 2,214 delegates, according to the AP tally, enough to win the nomination on the first ballot.
Harris, if elected, would be the first woman and first person of South Asian descent to be president.