PITTSFIELD, Mass. — Savannah Smith, 11, thought she was going to the North Adams Farmers Market on Saturday morning.
But once she got into the car, her mother, Jeannette Smith, told her those plans had changed. Instead, Savannah and her older sister Cassidy were going to meet Vice President Kamala Harris.
The Smith sisters are members of ROPE, a Pittsfield-based leadership program for Black girls and young women; their mom, vice president of student life at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, is a program mentor.