LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas — On Tuesday, Vice President Kamala Harris began her first presidential campaign rally in the battleground state of Wisconsin.
The growing support for her campaign has amassed around a hundred million dollars since President Joe Biden announced his withdrawal on Sunday. On that same day, a Zoom call took place where thousands of Black women joined to show their support for Vice President Harris.
Many women from Arkansas were on that call, including Brenda Stallings and Bridgitte Newson.
"We just didn't know how big it was going to get," said Stallings.
A group called "Win with Black Women" meets every Sunday to discuss current events and politics, but this Sunday was different for them.
"I wasn't aware of "Win with Black Women" and I got a text message on Sunday shortly after the announcement saying that you need to be on this call," Newson described.
The call was about the presidential election as President Biden withdrew from his campaign and about who could take his spot.
"Everything was just moving very quickly, because of the energy. You had people coming on and they were speaking to us and were inspiring us. Black women from everywhere were on this call being inspired by other Black women to move on Kamala's behalf," explained Newson.
Before long there were 44,000 Black women on the call, and then donations started pouring in— $1.5 million dollars were raised for Vice President Kamala Harris' election campaign.
"I'm getting chills now because it was incredible," said Newson.
So now, women, like Newson and Stallings have been trying to keep that momentum going, especially here in Arkansas.
In 2020, about 67% of Arkansans voted in the election.
"So, we can get our numbers up, but when we vote we change the trajectory of society for our generations and I think everybody needs to be aware of that," said Stallings.
The group, "Win with Black Men" also hosted a Zoom call this week. There were 21,000 men on the call and they raised $1.3 million dollars for the Vice President's campaign.