{"id":112045,"date":"2022-09-22T17:56:57","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T22:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?p=112045"},"modified":"2022-09-23T13:39:46","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T18:39:46","slug":"the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"The vice president\u2019s message for UWM students: Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">It had to rank as one of the most unexpected speakers of any political science course anywhere.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">The vice president of the United States, Kamala Harris, popped into a UWM course, American Government and Politics, on Thursday with a singular message for the undergraduates: \u201cLead on unity and climate change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Harris made a stop at the Northwest Quad building on the UWM campus, where she first met with about 15 Milwaukee Hispanic leaders \u2013 including Alberto Maldonado, director of the Roberto Hern\u00e1ndez Center at UWM \u2013 to talk about issues of importance to the Latino community. \u201cI\u2019m here to listen more than I am to speak,\u201d she told the gathered leaders.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_112047\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112047\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112047\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/09\/harris300x200-20220922_TCF_IMC_7707.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112047\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vice President Kamala Harris greets Milwaukee Common Council President Jose Perez during a visit with local Latinx leaders at UWM on Thursday. (UWM Photo\/Troye Fox)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">And then she surprised the undergraduates attending class in the building.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI need your leadership,\u201d she told the students. \u201cPart of what I\u2019m asking of you is to remind people that we need to act together as communities. And the other issue that I\u2019m going to ask you to lean into is reminding everyone about the climate crisis. You guys are going to pay the price for what we do or what we have.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Harris said that protecting the planet should be a nonpartisan issue because it affects everyone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cAs members of a democracy, we need to dispense with unnecessary conflict and partisanship,\u201d she said. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter who you voted for last time. If we don\u2019t come together on this issue, we are all going to pay the price.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">She noted that investing in a clean energy economy makes sense because that will also create jobs.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLet\u2019s not accept false choices,\u201d she said. \u201cIt has to be about \u2018let\u2019s save this planet,\u2019 and I\u2019m going to count on you to get that message out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">And she told the class of mostly freshmen that she was proud of them for embarking on a college journey.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cYour freshman year is so exciting. You\u2019re sitting next to people who you\u2019ll end up knowing your entire life, I\u2019m telling you,\u201d she said. \u201cSo enjoy this. Your big brains are like a sponge right now, so just absorb it all, ask all the questions and lead, just lead because we need you guys.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Government and Politics class at UWM had a most unexpected surprise visitor on Thursday: Vice President Kamala Harris.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":836,"featured_media":112046,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"categories":[174],"tags":[],"section":[246,247],"display_categories":[115,116],"related-coverage":[],"uwmnews-feed":[158],"class_list":["post-112045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","section-business-world-affairs","section-politics-social-science","display_categories-top-story-secondary","display_categories-top-story-section","uwmnews-feed-letters-science"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.4 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The vice president\u2019s message for UWM students: Lead<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The American Government and Politics class at UWM had a most unexpected surprise visitor on Thursday: Vice President Kamala Harris.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The vice president\u2019s message for UWM students: Lead\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The American Government and Politics class at UWM had a most unexpected surprise visitor on Thursday: Vice President Kamala Harris.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"UWM REPORT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-09-22T22:56:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-09-23T18:39:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/09\/harris750x500-20220922_TCF_IMC_7743.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Laura L Otto\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UWMNews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UWMNews\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Laura L Otto\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Laura L Otto\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2f360a26f3df4ff8f31b58e43d772565\"},\"headline\":\"The vice president\u2019s message for UWM students: Lead\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-22T22:56:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-23T18:39:46+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":411,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/41\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/harris750x500-20220922_TCF_IMC_7743.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\\\/\",\"name\":\"The vice president\u2019s message for UWM students: Lead\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/41\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/harris750x500-20220922_TCF_IMC_7743.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-09-22T22:56:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-09-23T18:39:46+00:00\",\"description\":\"The American Government and Politics class at UWM had a most unexpected surprise visitor on Thursday: Vice President Kamala Harris.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/41\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/harris750x500-20220922_TCF_IMC_7743.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/41\\\/2022\\\/09\\\/harris750x500-20220922_TCF_IMC_7743.jpg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"Vice President Kamala Harris surprises UWM undergraduate students by popping into a political science class on Thursday during a stop at the Northwest Quad on the Milwaukee campus. (UWM Photo\\\/Troye Fox)\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The vice president\u2019s message for UWM students: Lead\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"UWM REPORT\",\"description\":\"News from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/41\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/41\\\/2017\\\/02\\\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg\",\"width\":225,\"height\":224,\"caption\":\"University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/UWMNews\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/2f360a26f3df4ff8f31b58e43d772565\",\"name\":\"Laura L Otto\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/uwm.edu\\\/news\\\/author\\\/llhuntuwm-edu\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The vice president\u2019s message for UWM students: Lead","description":"The American Government and Politics class at UWM had a most unexpected surprise visitor on Thursday: Vice President Kamala Harris.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The vice president\u2019s message for UWM students: Lead","og_description":"The American Government and Politics class at UWM had a most unexpected surprise visitor on Thursday: Vice President Kamala Harris.","og_url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\/","og_site_name":"UWM REPORT","article_published_time":"2022-09-22T22:56:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-09-23T18:39:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/09\/harris750x500-20220922_TCF_IMC_7743.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Laura L Otto","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UWMNews","twitter_site":"@UWMNews","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Laura L Otto","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\/"},"author":{"name":"Laura L Otto","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/2f360a26f3df4ff8f31b58e43d772565"},"headline":"The vice president\u2019s message for UWM students: Lead","datePublished":"2022-09-22T22:56:57+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-23T18:39:46+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\/"},"wordCount":411,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/09\/harris750x500-20220922_TCF_IMC_7743.jpg","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\/","name":"The vice president\u2019s message for UWM students: Lead","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/09\/harris750x500-20220922_TCF_IMC_7743.jpg","datePublished":"2022-09-22T22:56:57+00:00","dateModified":"2022-09-23T18:39:46+00:00","description":"The American Government and Politics class at UWM had a most unexpected surprise visitor on Thursday: Vice President Kamala Harris.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/09\/harris750x500-20220922_TCF_IMC_7743.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2022\/09\/harris750x500-20220922_TCF_IMC_7743.jpg","width":750,"height":500,"caption":"Vice President Kamala Harris surprises UWM undergraduate students by popping into a political science class on Thursday during a stop at the Northwest Quad on the Milwaukee campus. (UWM Photo\/Troye Fox)"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/the-vice-presidents-message-for-uwm-students-lead\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The vice president\u2019s message for UWM students: Lead"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/","name":"UWM REPORT","description":"News from the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#organization","name":"University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/02\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/02\/uwm-seo-logo.jpg","width":225,"height":224,"caption":"University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/UWMNews"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/2f360a26f3df4ff8f31b58e43d772565","name":"Laura L Otto","url":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/author\/llhuntuwm-edu\/"}]}},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-08 01:46:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/836"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112045"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112050,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112045\/revisions\/112050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112045"},{"taxonomy":"section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/section?post=112045"},{"taxonomy":"display_categories","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/display_categories?post=112045"},{"taxonomy":"related-coverage","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/related-coverage?post=112045"},{"taxonomy":"uwmnews-feed","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/uwmnews-feed?post=112045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}