ATLANTA — Vice President Kamala Harris will return to Atlanta next week, a news release from the White House announced Friday.
Harris will visit again on Tuesday to meet with community leaders on protecting voting rights "and other hard-fought, hard-won freedoms," the release stated. Harris will visit The Gathering Spot, a private membership community area in northwest Atlanta geared toward collaboration throughout the city.
This comes after a judge approved newly re-drawn congressional and state district maps last week. The original maps drawn in 2021 were determined in October to undermine the electoral power of Black voters in the western area of metro Atlanta.
Tuesday's visit will mark the vice president's 10th trip to Georgia since being sworn in.
Most recently, Harris came to watch her alma mater, Howard University, compete in the Celebration Bowl.
She also visited Atlanta last September for her "Fight for Our Freedoms" college tour, where she met with students at the Atlanta University Center. It was part of an effort to speak with students from Atlanta's historically Black Colleges and universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions, community colleges, apprenticeship programs and public universities about a variety of issues, including voting rights.
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