On MLK Day, Second Gentleman Tours Miami Homeless Shelter
We tend to think of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. as having been a champion of social justice. But he was also a fierce advocate for economic justice, for ending poverty and homelessness.
So on this holiday honoring King’s legacy, the issue of alleviating homelessness was on the front burner in Miami with a visit by the second gentleman. Doug Emhoff, who is Vice President Kamala Harris’ husband, paid a visit to the Chapman Partnership homeless facility on Monday.
“One of the reasons I travel so much is to see what’s happening out there and I take it back, you know I live with the Vice President and we talk all the time,” Emhoff said.
Emhoff was escorted by Congresswoman Frederica Wilson and Ron Book, chairman of the Miami-Dade Homeless Trust.
“Compared to where they are in San Francisco or Los Angeles and Houston and Dallas, Chicago, Detroit, Boston, we’re light years ahead of ‘em,” Book said.