Former Nashville Mayor Megan Barry on Tuesday announced an event titled “VP Kamala Harris Day” will take place on Friday, issuing a flyer that invited Nashville Democrats to “win with black women” by attending.
The Barry campaign posted a campaign flyer to social media advertising an event, titled “VP Kamala Harris Day,” which will be held in Nashville on Saturday.
Inviting supporters to attend, Barry wrote, “We’re thrilled to host this special rally.”
It is unclear why the event is titled “VP Kamala Harris Day,” as the date does not appear significant to Vice President Kamala Harris or her 2024 bid for the White House, as Harris is set to formally accept the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination on Thursday. She was born October 20, 1964, which means the August 24 date for “VP Kamala Harris Day” does not correspond to her birthday.
Got any plans on August 24th for VP Kamala Harris Day in Nashville?
We’re thrilled to host this special rally — mark your calendars! pic.twitter.com/A3rUqWn3jA
— Megan Barry for Congress (TN-7) (@MeganCBarry) August 20, 2024
A Barry campaign spokesman told The Tennessee Star the campaign was unable to provide additional information about the event, including whether Harris plans to attend, either in person or remotely, and referred The Star to the organizers of the event.
Win With Black Women, who appear to be the organizers of “VP Kamala Harris Day,” was not immediately available for comment, but its website describes the group as a “collective of intergenerational, intersectional Black women leaders throughout the nation.”
Those working with the “collective,” according to its website, operate with the shared goal of “[w]orking within our personal capacities to support the historic number of Black women running for elected office at the federal, state, and local levels.”
While the group has not announced whether Harris will make an appearance at its Nashville event, a Linktree account affiliated with the group reveals Win With Black Women is part of a weekly “National Stakeholder Call” held by Harris-Walz campaign co-chair Marcia Fudge each Thursday.
On the same page, the “collective” invites its supporters to “Donate to Support Kamala Harris.”
Barry ran unopposed in the primary contest to secure the Democratic Party’s nomination for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District, where she will now challenge Representative Mark Green (R-TN-07) in November.
Previously elected Nashville’s mayor in 2015, Barry left office in 2018 after it was revealed she used taxpayer money to finance her affair with a bodyguard, both using city vehicles for transportation and a Nashville cemetery for romantic meetings.
Barry eventually admitted guilt in a plea deal, which allowed the former mayor’s record to be officially expunged in 2021.
In an interview conducted shortly after Barry announced her candidacy, the Democrat stated she took “absolute responsibility” for her actions, adding that she is optimistic “voters out there are believers in second chances,” and it is her “role to convince people” she is “the right person for this job.”
Barry said she was motivated to enter the race due to “dysfunction in Washington” and said she would work to end the “chaos” and become “part of the solution.”
She previously endorsed Harris in July, shortly after President Joe Biden dropped his bid for a second term.
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Tom Pappert is the lead reporter for The Tennessee Star, and also reports for The Pennsylvania Daily Star and The Arizona Sun Times. Follow Tom on X/Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “Megan Barry” by Megan Barry.
