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The Olori Sisterhood. How Did We Miss This?
This Nov. 27, 2020 NYTimes article highlights The Olori Sisterhood, some of its members and its impact on politics and power. The article discusses the Olori Sisterhood's connections to political actors whose names you will recognize and to other organizations such as Higher Heights for America, Black Women for Biden-Harris, Power Rising and Win With Black Women. With the word "Olori" roughly meaning "Queen", you might have a hint about where this could lead.
NYTimes - How aBrooklyn Sisterhood of Black WomenBecame NationalPower Brokers
Nov. 27, 2020
"…an informal collective of Black women from Brooklyn who call themselves the Olori Sisterhood."
-Kamala Harris
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Glynda C. Carr
-Higher Heights for America
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L. Joy Williams
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L. Joy Williams, a political strategist who is president of the Brooklyn N.A.A.C.P., was a senior adviser for Cynthia M. Nixon
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Glynda C. Carr
-“Olori”is aYorubaword that roughly translates as“queen”
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Kimberly Peeler-Allen
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Ms. Peeler-Allen worked as the director of the Committee for Mike, part of Michael R.Bloomberg’s presidential bid.
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"When one member lands a gig, she looks for ways to bring other members in."
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Jacqui A. Williams
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Tiffany Raspberry, founder and president of York Group Associates
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Hasoni Pratts
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Tyquana Henderson-Rivers (political consultant and the founder of Connective Strategies)
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Ms. Henderson-Rivers worked on Gov.Andrew M. Cuomo’s most recent campaign
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Juanita Scarlett, a partner at the lobbying firm Bolton-St. Johns and a press secretary for Eliot Spitzer
-Karine Jean-Pierre
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Lupé Todd-Medina is the spokeswoman for Raymond J. McGuire, a former Wall Street executive and mayoral candidate who is Black
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Hasoni Pratts
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Ms. Todd-Medina, a communications consultant who served as press secretary for Sen.Cory Bookerof New Jersey when he was mayor of Newark
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Ms. Todd-Medina, national director of engagement for PeteButtigieg’s presidential campaign.
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Ms. Todd-Medina is a communications consultant for the political operations of RepresentativeHakeem Jeffries
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Those who went before (not Olori):
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Shirley Chisholm of Brooklyn who was elected as the first Black congresswoman in 1968
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1999Donna Brazile- first Black woman to oversee a major party’s presidential campaign - she managedAl Gore’s 2000 presidential bid
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-Black Women for Biden-Harris
-Power Rising
-Win With Black Women
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Buttigieg stood in the Harlem residence of the Rev. Dr. Kelly Brown Douglas, dean of Episcopal Divinity School at Union Theological Seminary
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/nyregion/black-women-politics-olori-sisterhood.html
NYTimes - MeetEric Adams’s Inner Circle
July 22, 2021
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/22/nyregion/eric-adams-advisers.html
BlackPast - KARINE JEAN-PIERRE (1977- )
https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/people-african-american-history/karine-jean-pierre-1977