Kamala Harris – författare

Brought to you by Puffin. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom US Vice President Kamala Harris comes a book with an empowering message - superheroes are all around us, and if we try, we can all be heroes too - including you!Before Kamala Harris was elected to the vice presidency, she was a little girl who loved superheroes. When she looked around, she was amazed to find them everywhere! In her family, amongst her friends, even down the street - there were superheroes wherever she looked. And those superheroes showed her that all you need to do to be a superhero is be the best that you can be.In this joyful book that speaks directly to children, Kamala Harris takes readers through her life and shows them that the power to make the world a better place is inside all of us. With fun, engaging stories, as well as a guide to being your very own superhero, this book is sure to have young readers taking up the superhero mantle (cape and mask optional).© Kamala Harris 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

Senator Kamala Harris's commitment to speaking truth is informed by her upbringing. The daughter of immigrants, she was raised in an Oakland, California community that cared deeply about social justice; her parents--an esteemed economist from Jamaica and an admired cancer researcher from India--met as activists in the civil rights movement when they were graduate students at Berkeley. Growing up, Harris herself never hid her passion for justice, and when she became a prosecutor out of law school, a deputy district attorney, she quickly established herself as one of the most innovative change agents in American law enforcement. She progressed rapidly to become the elected District Attorney for San Francisco, and then the chief law enforcement officer of the state of California as a whole. Known for bringing a voice to the voiceless, she took on the big banks during the foreclosure crisis, winning a historic settlement for California's working families. Her hallmarks were applying a holistic, data-driven approach to many of California's thorniest issues, always eschewing stale "tough on crime" rhetoric as presenting a series of false choices. Neither "tough" nor "soft" but smart on crime became her mantra. Being smart means learning the truths that can make us better as a community, and supporting those truths with all our might. That has been the pole star that guided Harris to a transformational career as the top law enforcement official in California, and it is guiding her now as a transformational United States Senator, grappling with an array of complex issues that affect her state, our country, and the world, from health care and the new economy to immigration, national security, the opioid crisis, and accelerating inequality. By reckoning with the big challenges we face together, drawing on the hard-won wisdom and insight from her own career and the work of those who have most inspired her, Kamala Harris offers in THE TRUTHS WE HOLD a master class in problem solving, in crisis management, and leadership in challenging times. Through the arc of her own life, on into the great work of our day, she communicates a vision of shared struggle, shared purpose, and shared values. In a book rich in many home truths, not least is that a relatively small number of people work very hard to convince a great many of us that we have less in common than we actually do, but it falls to us to look past them and get on with the good work of living our common truth. When we do, our shared effort will continue to sustain us and this great nation, now and in the years to come.

Brought to you by Penguin.Read the inspiring Sunday Times bestselling memoir from the first woman, and woman of colour, to serve as Vice President of the United States.The daughter of immigrants and civil rights activists, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris was raised in a California community that cared deeply about social justice. As she rose to prominence as a political leader, her experiences would become her guiding light as she grappled with an array of complex issues and learned to bring a voice to the voiceless.Now, in The Truths We Hold, Harris reckons with the big challenges we face together. Drawing on the hard-won wisdom and insight from her own career and the work of those who have most inspired her, she communicates a vision of shared struggle, shared purpose, and shared values as we confront the great work of our day.''A life story that genuinely entrances'' Los Angeles Times''Personal integrity shines through every page'' Observer© Kamala Harris 2019 (P) Penguin Audio 2019

Vicepresident Kamala Harris föräldrar var invandrare och människorättsaktivister och hon växte upp i Oakland, Kalifornien. Miljön präglades av ett starkt engagemang för social rättvisa. De egna erfarenheter vägledde henne sedan, när hon så småningom kom att göra sig ett namn som en av vår tids politiska ledare som tar ställning i svåra frågor, åt att ge röst åt dem som inte kunde göra sig hörda

De sanningar som förenar oss handlar om de stora utmaningar vi tillsammans står inför. Kamala Harris delar med sig av insikter och kunskaper hon tillskansat sig under sin karriär och från personer vars gärningar inspirerat henne. Boken ger en vision av delad kamp, gemensamma värderingar och mål när vi idag tar oss an nutidens stora uppgifter.

Vicepresident Kamala Harris föräldrar var invandrare och människorättsaktivister och hon växte upp i Oakland, Kalifornien. Miljön präglades av ett starkt engagemang för social rättvisa. De egna erfarenheter vägledde henne sedan, när hon så småningom kom att göra sig ett namn som en av vår tids politiska ledare som tar ställning i svåra frågor, åt att ge röst åt dem som inte kunde göra sig hörda

De sanningar som förenar oss handlar om de stora utmaningar vi tillsammans står inför. Kamala Harris delar med sig av insikter och kunskaper hon tillskansat sig under sin karriär och från personer vars gärningar inspirerat henne. Boken ger en vision av delad kamp, gemensamma värderingar och mål när vi idag tar oss an nutidens stora uppgifter.

Totuus ratkaisee – silloinkin kun se tekee kipeää.

Yhdysvaltojen politiikan ykkösnaisen muistelmat.

Kamala Harrisin muistelmissa henkilökohtainen rehellisyys loistaa jokaiselta sivulta. Harris kertoo, kuinka jamaikalais-intialaisen siirtolaisparin tyttärestä kasvoi Yhdysvaltojen ensimmäinen naispuolinen varapresidentti.

Harrisin vanhemmat olivat kansalaisoikeusliikkeen aktivisteja, ja sieltä hänen maailmankuvansa ja arvonsa kumpuavat. Työssään syyttäjänä Harris tunnettiin tiukkana ammattilaisena, joka kuitenkin uskalsi antaa äänen yhteiskunnan äänettömille.

Totuuden puolella -muistelmissaan hän pohtii oikeudenmukaisuutta, identiteettiä ja nais- ja rotukysymyksiä. Ja sitä, miten päätöksenteko perustetaan tiedolle ja totuudelle, ei mielipiteille. Harris kertoo äidistään, isästään ja miehestään ja antaa mestariluokan oppitunnin johtajuudesta vaikeina aikoina.

Kamala D. Harris on Yhdysvaltojen varapresidentti. Hän aloitti uransa piirisyyttäjänä kotiosavaltiossaan Kaliforniassa, missä hän toimi myös oikeusministerinä. Harris oli kaikkien aikojen toinen Yhdysvaltojen senaattiin valittu musta nainen sekä nykyisessä tehtävässään ensimmäinen musta, ensimmäinen amerikanintialainen ja ensimmäinen nainen.