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September Was About Building Power — And Protecting It

September Was About Building Power — And Protecting It

Urbanradio, September was movement in motion.

All month long, Black Voters Matter showed up across the South — on HBCU campuses, in churches, community centers and neighborhoods — connecting our people with the information, resources and relationships they need to participate, organize and build lasting power. 

Young voters are leading the way.                   

Through Take the Field, The Black Youth Renaissance Tour and our We Got HBC(US) Alabama Tour, we spent September meeting young people on campuses and in their communities. We engaged more than 6,000 students, connecting young voters to registration resources, voter education and conversations about the issues shaping their lives.

This work is about more than asking young people to vote. It’s about giving them tools to organize their friends, classmates, and communities. 

Help us keep organizing the next generation.

From voter outreach to voter protection

For National Voter Registration Day, more than 135+ volunteers helped us reach over 700,000 voters by text with reminders to check their registration status, get registered and make a plan to vote.

But reaching voters is only part of the work. We’re also making sure they’re protected when they get to the polls. We recruited more than 4,700 poll workers and 1,100 poll monitors to support voters, identify barriers, and help protect access to the ballot. 

And we’re not doing it alone. 80+ local and national partners across the country are helping us build the people-powered infrastructure our communities need before and on Election Day.

Your donation helps us expand election protection work nationwide.

And the bus keeps moving.

The Blackest Bus in America has been on the move all month, traveling through North Carolina, Louisiana, Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama.

We just wrapped up in Mississippi, where we connected with students, alumni, faith leaders and community members. Conversations about absentee voting quickly turned into action, with eligible voters casting their ballots and local leaders stepping up to help others get to the polls. Now, the bus is rolling through South Carolina.

We Got Us means giving our communities the resources to build power together.

September showed what that looks like:

  • 6,000+ students engaged
  • 700,000+ voters reached
  • 5,800+ poll workers and monitors recruited
  • 7 states traveled on The Blackest Bus in America

With early voting approaching, October means more cities, more communities and more voters to reach — and we need you with us.

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