"What they have overlooked is that fear is not the only thing that's contagious. Courage is contagious," the former vice president said of the new administration

Harris will provide the keynote speech at the event for the nonprofit that seeks and trains women to run for office as Democrats. She will appear as part of its 20th anniversary gala and has a deep connection to the organization as she worked Emerge co-founder Andrea Dew Steele when she ran for District Attorney of San Francisco in 2003.