We Got the Power Campaign Coming to a City Near You!

#BVMCaravan2020 BVM IS GOING ON TOUR! BVMF announced a major voter outreach initiative to educate, engage, and mobilize Black voters ahead of the November election. The initiative, which will span across 12 key Southern and Midwestern states, includes radio advertisements, digital PSAs, and a voter outreach “caravan” that will canvass major metropolitan areas through Election Day. BVMF has launched radio advertisements and a voter outreach caravan to engage Black voters and drive voter turnout. The radio ads, which will air across multiple states through Monday, November 2, will encourage Black voters to “reclaim your power, use your voice, and vote...because we matter.” In addition, BVMF is deploying voter outreach caravans, led by 15-passenger vans that will canvass major metropolitan areas in the South and Midwest, including in the following states (listed alphabetically): Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, and Tennessee. BVMF is also continuing to build capacity for local, Black-led voter mobilization groups through training, funding, and staffing support. All events and activities are a part of BVMF’s WE GOT THE POWER campaign, a series of power-building events to inform and engage Black voters, which has already reached more than 7 million people. To read the full announcement, click [here](. Help us spread the word by sharing this [click-to-tweet]( with your network. Hip Hop Meets the Ballot Box: Register for Hip-Hop Political Education Summit Hip Hop Meets the Ballot Box: Register for Hip-Hop Political Education Summit The Hip-Hop Political Education Summit on Voter Suppression, which will take place on National Voter Registration Day (Sept 18), is co-organized by Black Voters Matter, Hip-Hop Week MKE and the Hip-Hop Political Education Summit, an effort formed in the aftermath of the police killing of George Floyd to offer more in-depth political education to the hip-hop community. The day-long virtual summit will live stream on REVOLT YouTube (YouTube.com/revolttv) and Facebook platforms, as well as on Twitch (Twitch.tv/behindtherhyme). Experts from the frontlines of today’s battle for voting rights will join major hip-hop community leaders to host a series of conversations informing the hip-hop community about the perilous challenges facing voters this November. Newly confirmed guest speakers include: YG, Rapsody, Soledad O’Brien, and Eboni K. Williams. They will join a stellar list of already confirmed hip-hop artists, scholars and voting rights activists, including: Cordae, Chuck D, DJ Envy, Dr. Cornel West (Harvard), Dr. Michael Eric Dyson (Georgetown), Dame Dash, Mutale Nkonde (AI For People), Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Bun B, Congressman Andre Carson (IN), U.S. Senator Cory Booker (NJ), Marc Morial (National Urban League), among others. LaTosha Brown, co-founder of BVM, will be providing the keynote address at 6 PM ET. You can learn more and register to join the summit [here](. #ReclaimYourVote: Join BVM, BET and Others on National Black Voter Day This Friday, September 18, Black Voters Matter Fund will join BET to celebrate the inaugural National Black Voter Day. As a part of the [#ReclaimYourVote campaign]( National Black Voter Day serves as a catalyst to energize and galvanize Black voters nationwide ahead of the November election. In the midst of unprecedented times and a turning point in the fight for racial justice, #ReclaimYourVote seeks to guide our community to reclaim our collective power through civic engagement. Programming leading up to National Black Voter Day will include resources on voting registration information, provide guidance on voting rights restoration for eligible voters and engage the candidates on the issues that matter most within our community. It’s time to get our voices heard, get counted and #ReclaimYourVote. For more information, visit this [site](. This Week in History On September 15, 1963, four little Black girls lost their lives and a [fifth was blinded and traumatized]( a white supremacist terrorist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. [Support The Movement]( Black Voters Matter Fund is dedicated to expanding Black voter engagement and increasing progressive power through movement-building and engagement. Working with grassroots organizations, specifically in key states in the South, BVMF seeks to increase voter registration and turnout, advocate for policies to expand voting rights/access, and help develop infrastructure where little or none exists to support a power-building movement that keeps Black voters and their issues at the forefront of our election process. For more information, please visit [(. [( [( [( [( This email was sent to {EMAIL} [why did I get this?]( [unsubscribe from this list]( [update subscription preferences]( Black Voters Matter Fund · 3645 Marketplace Blvd Ste 130-209 · East Point, GA 30344-5747 · USA