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Teresa
Heinz Kerry, wife of Democratic presidential candidate Sen.
John Kerry, spoke to a crowd of more than 100 in Harland Cinema,
Thursday, Feb. 19. Her appearance was sponsored by Emory Young
Democrats. Prior to taking questions from the floor, Kerry
discussed her own background growing up in colonial Africa;
how she became
reacquainted with
Kerry, her second husband, through a shared
concern for the environment; and the Massachusetts senator’s
vision for America as well as some specific policy initiatives
he would back if elected president in November. “What I thought
about America was that it was a place of possibility,” said
Kerry, chair of The Howard Heinz Endowment and the Heinz Family
Philanthropies. “I
think that idea of America is what is most at stake.” She
said the primary enemy was cynicism and that young voters were
an important part of defeating that cynicism—and
the “divisive administration” currently in office. Photo
by Jon Rou.
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