From The Intercept:
Kerri Harris, the insurgent candidate who lost her primary challenge to Sen. Tom Carper in Delaware, will be taking a new national advocacy director position at Working Hero Action, a nonprofit organization advocating for the earned-income tax credit and other anti-poverty policies…Working Hero Action is an organization that advocates for ending poverty, mainly through state-level campaigns to expand the EITC and by helping low-income people claim their benefits.
I could practically quote the entire article if it didn’t violate Fair Use provisions. I’m thrilled on a personal level for what this means for Kerri, and thrilled that she will be able to continue her campaign on behalf of those in need. BTW, if you’ve been wondering about those Aspiration.com commercials you’ve been seeing on TV, here’s what they’re all about:
During the 2018 election, the organization’s founder, Joe Sanberg — a wealthy investor and co-founder of Aspiration.com, a financial company that helps direct users toward socially conscious banking and spending — created a PAC to support progressive candidates, one of whom was Harris. “Kerri speaks with passion and heart that she also marries with an intellectual mastery of the policy issues,” Sanberg said. “So to have her as our national advocacy director for the culture change we want to create, and ultimately the agenda to end poverty, is a natural fit.”
Sometimes, good things happen to good people. There is nobody I’d rather have advocating on behalf of the poor than Kerri Evelyn Harris. Here’s wishing her all the success in the world. She deserves it.