Movement for Black Lives, Working Families Party, Other National Organizations Join BVM’s National Voter Outreach Initiative Honoring 60th Anniversary of Original Freedom Ride Black Voters Matter (BVM) today announced the dates and locations for its upcoming Freedom Ride for Voting Rights, an education and outreach campaign to increase support for voting rights legislation, advocate for D.C. statehood, and build Black voting power. Beginning on Juneteenth (June 19), BVM will board [...]

LaTosha Brown and Cliff Albright, co-founders of Black Voters Matter, issued this statement following Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ signing of Senate Bill 90, which will severely roll back voting rights across the state: “Thanks to Governor DeSantis and the Florida state legislature, this voter suppression bill will usher in a new era of Jim Crow statewide. Senate Bill 90 will severely restrict vote-by-mail ballot drop-offs and voter registration efforts in [...]

Black Voters Matter (BVM) today announced the launch of its Freedom Rides for Voting Rights, a voter outreach campaign to engage Black voters and build Black voting power across the South. Beginning in June, BVM will board its signature “Blackest Bus in America” for a voter outreach tour from Georgia to Washington D.C., making stops in key southern states to rally with partner organizations, meet with voters, and discuss the [...]