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Vice President Kamala Harris Arrives in Atlanta for 100 Black Men Conference – WSB-TV Channel 2

ATLANTA — Vice President Kamala Harris arrived in Atlanta Friday for the first of two visits in less than a week.

The Vice President will speak while attending the 38th Annual 100 Black Men of America Conference as part of her National Economic Opportunity Tour in the afternoon.

She landed at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport during Channel 2 Action News at noon.

While Harris is expected to arrive ahead of her afternoon speech at the conference, Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens and City Councilwoman Collier Overstreet will attend a campaign event to kick off President Joe’s Senior Citizens Community Campaign Biden and Harris, Seniors For Biden.

According to the senior event notice, the event will see speakers push back against recent comments the campaign called former President Donald Trump’s attacks on Social Security and Medicare and highlight the administration’s efforts to help the elderly.

As previously reported Channel 2 Action NewsHarris will return to Atlanta early next week with rapper Quavo to discuss gun violence prevention at the Rocket Foundation’s first summit.

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