Our Votes Decide Elections
Voters must hold their elected officials accountable with their ballots in each and every election.
“While voting is always an exercise in using our power, we know this year that our safety, our health, our freedom is also on the ballot,” said Cliff Albright, co-founder of Black Voters Matter.
“Racist practices and policies that attempt to subvert our democracy directly stem from the far right’s fear of Black voters’ power. And right-wing leaders have a long track record of devaluing Black lives and placing power and their own agenda over the health and well-being of our people. Our campaign is meant to shine a light on issues that matter to Black voters, but also to expose the far right’s intentional strategy to undermine freedom and progress.”
“From the criminalization of abortion to the water crises in Mississippi and my home state of Alabama, Black people have always bore the brunt of racism in this country. But we will not let them kill us. We will not let them systematically take our right to freedom away. And we will not allow a culture of fear, intimidation, and frustration hinder us from showing up and turning out this November. Local and state elections are pivotal to protecting our rights. This fall, BVM will take to the road to do what we have always done—educate, mobilize and build power with our communities because we know that when we show up, we win,” said LaTosha Brown, co-founder of Black Voters Matter.
The goal of the Black Voters Matter campaign is to increase power in marginalized, predominantly Black communities. Effective voting allows a community to determine its own destiny. We agree with the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. when he said, “Power at its best is love implementing the demands of justice, and justice at its best is power correcting everything that stands against love.”
Our freedom is on the ballot. Pressing national and local issues remain at the forefront of our conversations—from the end of Roe v. Wade to ongoing voter suppression tactics to major water crises—and we know these challenges have particular ramifications for Black voters and our families. Knowing our power and our influence on these issues, right-wing leaders have created a racially charged environment of fear around the most fundamental right of voting.
Get involved, text “WeMatter” to 25225, or visit blackvotersmatterfund.org.
