{"id":216279,"date":"2021-10-08T15:36:46","date_gmt":"2021-10-08T19:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/?p=216279"},"modified":"2021-10-15T10:52:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T14:52:36","slug":"kamala-harris-visits-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/newscenter\/2021\/10\/08\/kamala-harris-visits-campus\/","title":{"rendered":"Kamala Harris Visits Campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President Kamala Harris, Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) and Governor Phil Murphy visited the Ben Samuels Children\u2019s Center on the Montclair State University campus on Friday, October 8 to highlight the importance of federal funding for child care.<\/p>\n<p>The group spent time with children in two classrooms and held a roundtable discussion with educators as part of their midday visit, which was open only to the news media, including representatives from the University\u2019s student media organizations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA lot of the work that we are doing right now \u2013 it&#8217;s work that the Governor has been doing his entire career, the Congresswoman is leading in the United States Congress \u2013 is the work of recognizing the significance of supporting our parents, supporting our children, and understanding that it is about an investment in our collective future,\u201d Harris said during the discussion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/themontclarion.org\/news\/vice-president-kamala-harris-visits-montclair-state-to-discuss-affordable-childcare\/\">Click here to view<em> The Montclarion<\/em>\u2019s coverage of Vice President Harris\u2019s visit to campus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VZ5_cPbwdtQ&amp;t=14s\">Click here to view News Lab&#8217;s coverage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Photo Gallery<\/h2>\n<div class=\"prpl-row\"><div class=\"prpl-column one-half\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/10\/100821_3860_VP-Kamala-Harris-at-Childrens-Center-scaled.jpeg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/10\/100821_3860_VP-Kamala-Harris-at-Childrens-Center-scaled.jpeg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Guests at the Vice Presdient&apos;s visit\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Student journalists Bernice Ndegwa &#8217;23, Samantha Nungesser &#8217;22 and Yazemin Yilmaz &#8217;24 from <em>The Montclarion<\/em>, WMSC and News Lab had the opportunity to sit in and record the roundtable discussion.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"prpl-column one-half\">\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/10\/100821_3865_VP-Kamala-Harris-at-Childrens-Center-scaled.jpeg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/10\/100821_3865_VP-Kamala-Harris-at-Childrens-Center-scaled.jpeg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Student journalist looking up into viewfinder on tripod-mounted camera\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/10\/100821_4180_VP-Kamala-Harris-at-Childrens-Center-scaled.jpeg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/10\/100821_4180_VP-Kamala-Harris-at-Childrens-Center-scaled.jpeg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Vice President Kamala Harris behind lectern\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vice President Kamala Harris<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/10\/100821_4197_VP-Kamala-Harris-at-Childrens-Center-scaled.jpeg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/10\/100821_4197_VP-Kamala-Harris-at-Childrens-Center-scaled.jpeg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Vice President Kamala Harris behind lectern responding to question\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">From left: Shant\u00e8 Palmer &#8217;12, Governor Phil Murphy, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill engaging in a roundtable discussion as part of their visit to the Ben Samuels Children&#8217;s Center.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"responsive-image-holder wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mlt-responsive-image\" data-original-image=\"\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/10\/100821_4208_VP-Kamala-Harris-at-Childrens-Center-scaled.jpeg\" src=\"\/responsive-media\/cache\/newscenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/10\/100821_4208_VP-Kamala-Harris-at-Childrens-Center-scaled.jpeg.0.1x.generic.jpg\" alt=\"Vice President Kamala Harris behind lectern\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Photos by University Photographer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/profilepages\/view_profile.php?username=petersm\">Mike Peters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/\/ Output tags as a list for Google Analytics custom dimension\nwindow.MSU_TagList = [];\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vice President is joined by Rep. 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