AROUND.
AROUND. >> Reporter: IT IS A MATTER OF
LIFE AND DEATH THEY STRESS.
>>> THERE'S ALWAYS SOME
FRIENDLY COMPETITION BETWEEN
SORORITIES, BUT SOMETHING AND
SOMEONE HAVE PULLED MEMBERS OF
THE HISTORICALLY BLACK
SORORITIES TOGETHER FOR AN
ONLINE CAMPAIGN THAT'S GONE
VIRAL.
VIRAL.
VIRAL. IT'S THE ELECTION AND THE VICE
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE KAMALA
HARRIS, WHO IS A MEMBER OF ONE
OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS.
JENNIFER BELLAMY JOINS US NOW
WITH A LOOK AT HOW ATLANTA IS
PLAYING A BIG ROLE IN ALL OF
THIS POLITICAL ACTION.
>> Reporter: FOR THOSE WHO ARE
NOT FAMILIAR WITH BLACK GREEK
ORGANIZATION'S, WHETHER IT'S
IN COLLEGE OR SOMETIME AFTER,
IT'S A LIFETIME COMMITMENT AND
IT DOESN'T STOP AFTER
GRADUATION.
GRADUATION. ONE WOMAN CAME UP WITH AN IDEA
TO GET PEOPLE MOVING,
POLITICALLY ACTIVE AND TO
BRING PEOPLE
BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER.
TOGETHER.
TOGETHER. >> I ACCEPT YOUR NOMINATION
FOR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
>> Reporter: IT STARTED WITH A
MOMENT, THE SELECTION OF
SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS AS THE
DEMOCRATIC VICE PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINEE.
NOMINEE.
NOMINEE. HARRIS SPOKE OF HER BIOLOGICAL
FAMILY, BUT ALSO OF HER CHOSEN
FAMILY.
FAMILY.
FAMILY. HER SISTERS AND OTHER
HISTORICALLY BLACK GREEK
ORGANIZATIONS.
ORGANIZATIONS. >> FAMILY IS MY BELOVED ALPHA
KAPPA ALPHA.
KAPPA ALPHA. OUR DIVINE NINE AND MY HBCU
BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
>> Reporter: ANOTHER MEMBER OF
A.K.A.
A.K.A.
A.K.A. WANTED TO BUILD ON THAT
HISTORIC MOMENT WITH THE
TRADITION OF STROLLING.
WHAT IS THAT EXACTLY?
MEMBERS OF THE DIVINE NINE
FORM A LINE AND MOVE FORWARD
USING THE SAME MOTION HENCE
STROLL TO THE POLLS.
>> GOING TO THE POLLS BEFORE,
FOUR OR FIVE OF THEM.
IT GREW
IT GREW
IT GREW BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE EXCITED TO
PARTICIPATE.
PARTICIPATE. >> Reporter: LAND OWNS THE
DANCE STUDIO IN SOUTHWEST
ATLANTA AND UNITED HER OWN
SORORITY SISTERS ALONG WITH
MEMBERS OF DELTA SIGMA THETA
AND SIGMA GAMMA RHO TO BECOME
A VIRAL SERIES OF IMAGES AND
VIDEOS ONLINE.
VIDEOS ONLINE. PEOPLE ACROSS THE COUNTRY
INCLUDING CELEBRITIES HAVE
SHARED IT, AND IT WAS
MENTIONED ON THE VIEW.
REACTION SHE DIDN'T EXPECT.
>> NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS
WOULD I HAVE EVER THOUGHT
THIS WOULD BE A BANNER, A
FLAGSHIP FOR VOTING.
>> Reporter: WHILE THE DIVINE
NINE DON'T SUPPORT INDIVIDUAL
FIGURES, THEY
FIGURES, THEY ENGAGEMENT AS NONPROFITS AND
THEIR MEMBERS PLAY A HUGE ROLE
IN U.S. ELECTIONS.
THE CENTER FOR AMERICAN
PROGRESS AND BLACK WOMEN ARE
ONE OF THE MOST ACTIVE VOTING
BLOCS IN THE UNITED STATES AND
RECENTLY BLACK WOMEN WERE
CREDITED WITH SAVING JOE
BIDEN'S PRESIDENTIAL HOPES
CARRYING HIM TO A WIN IN THE
SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY.
LAMB SAYS THE SUCCESS OF THE
STROLL TO THE POLLS SHOWS
UNITY AMONG SORORITIES AND THE
EXCITEMENT OF GETTING INVOLVED
IN THE POLITICAL PROCESS
ESPECIALLY AMONG BLACK WOMEN.
>> WE CAN GET THE JOB DONE,
AND IT SHOWS THAT BLACK WOMEN
ARE ALWAYS ENGAGED.
IN THE CULMINATION TO
SOMETHING FANTASTIC FOR OUR
COUNTRY AND OUR FAMILIES AND
OUR COMMUNITY.
OUR COMMUNITY. >> Reporter: THE MURAL
SELECTED TO BE FEATURED FROM
ACROSS ATLANTA, THEY ARE THE
WORKS OF BLACK WOMEN.
SO A LOT OF SHOUTING OUT GOING
ON THERE AND FULL DISCLOSURE,
I AM A MEMBER.
>> A MEMBER OF ALPHA KAPPA
ALPHA.
ALPHA.
ALPHA. YOU MENTIONED THAT THIS DOES
NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH A
SORORITY SUPPORTING A
PARTICULAR DEMOCRAT OR
REPUBLICAN.
REPUBLICAN. THIS GOES TO SHOW WHAT THIS
ELECTION MEANS AS FAR AS
REPRESENTATION TO HAVE SOMEONE
THIS HIGH ON THE TICKET THAT
IS A MEMBER OF AN ORGANIZATION
THAT YOU IDENTIFY WITH.
ALSO, MATT SHOUTOUT TO YOU.
WE HAVE FRIENDLY COMPETITION
BECAUSE WE ARE IN DIFFERENT
SORORITIES, BUT TO BE IN
ATLANTA TEACHING THE VIEWERS
WHAT STROLLING IT IS THE MOST
ATLANTA NEWS I HAVE SEEN IN A
WHILE.
WHILE.
WHILE. >>
WHILE. >> THEY GET IT ON MORNING RUSH
AS WELL.
AS WELL.
AS WELL. >> I LOVE IT.
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