I Am Kamala Harris

Maryann Cusimano Love · Maria Love

Sep 2021 · Global Collective Publishers

About this ebook

I am Kamala Harris. As soon as I could stand, I began standing up for justice. When I was a toddler, my parents took me to Civil Rights marches, in California, where I was born. People sang joyful songs of freedom. They painted colorful signs, saying “Love your Neighbor,” “Freedom,” and “Equal Justice Under the Law.” People of every color and background were kind to each other, working together make the American Dream come true for everybody. It was like a rainbow parade for fairness. I loved it. Once, I slipped out of my stroller at a march. My mother hugged me to comfort my fussing. “What do you want, baby?” She asked. “Fweedom!” I answered, just like the other civil rights marchers. The family laughed. But I meant it.

About the author

Dr. Maryann Cusimano Love is an Associate Professor of International Relations in the Politics Department of The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. She teaches graduate and undergraduate courses on International Relations and U.S. foreign policy at Catholic University, the Pentagon, and the Foreign Service Institute. She serves on the Board of the Arms Control Association. She serves on the U.S. Catholic Bishops' International Justice and Peace Committee, where she advises the bishops on international affairs and U.S. foreign policy, and engages in diplomacy at the United Nations and with the U.S. government. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Catholic Peacebuilding Network with Notre Dame University’s Kroc Institute of Peace, a network of practitioners and academics from around the world that works to enhance the study and practice of peacebuilding. She is an international affairs editor at America magazine. She has served on the Department of State’s Core Group on Religion and Foreign Policy, charged with making recommendations to the Secretary of State and the Federal Advisory Commission on how the US government can better engage with civil society and religious actors in foreign policy. She served on the Board of Jesuit Refugee Services, an international refugee relief and advocacy group active in over 60 countries. She served as a Fellow at the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, a Pew Fellow of International Affairs, and a Fellow at the U.S. Naval Academy Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership. Dr. Maryann Cusimano Love lives on the Chesapeake Bay outside of Washington, DC, with her husband Dr. Richard Love, Professor, Peace and Stability Operations, United States Army War College, and with their three children, Maria, Ricky, and Ava, who inspire her New York Times best-selling children's books, You Are My I Love You, You Are My Miracle, You Are My Wish, You Are My Wonders, Holiducks, Alphaducks, and Sleep, Baby, Sleep. Dr. Love holds a Ph.D. degree from Johns Hopkins University, an M.A. degree from the University of Texas at Austin, and a B.A. degree from St. Joseph's University in Philadelpha, PA.