Delta Sigma Theta Member, Donna Brazile, Named Interim DNC Chair
A member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., which was founded on the campus of HBCU Howard University in the nation’s capital in 1913, “will lead party through the remainder of the 2016 election, party spokesman Luis Miranda says in post to his verified Twitter account,” according to Bloomberg News.
Donna Brazile, an author, academic, and political analyst, will head the Democratic National Committee after Debbie Wasserman Schultz announced Sunday that she will step down in the midst of controversy over internal DNC emails that show anti-Bernie Sanders bias.
“She’ll follow Debbie Wasserman Schultz, who will resign as DNC chair at end of the party’s convention this week in Philadelphia, following Wikileaks publication of DNC e-mails that raised questions on if the party leadership was actually neutral behind the scenes in the primary between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.”
Since its founding, Delta Sigma Theta has been at the forefront of a political agenda “that seeks to improve the American experience of blacks and women across the country,” according to The Atlantic. With more than 200,000 women initiated, who are predominantly Black, college educated women, the sorority also boasts as the largest Black Greek-lettered sorority in the United States, and the world.
Released on Friday, according to Time, and just days before the Democratic Party kicks off its national convention in Philadelphia, the “DNCleak” emails has “cast a pall over the celebrations that were meant to highlight the unification of the party after a bitter primary season, while setting back efforts to fully line up Sanders’ supporters behind presumptive nominee Hillary Clinton.”
Brazil, who has lead in the position before in 2011, will be the new interim DNC chair.
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