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Through an innovative campaign infrastructure that ties together grassroots people-led organizing in more than 20 states with large-scale efforts to change federal policy, Woke Vote is currently leading campaigns to help Black communities increase civic engagement. Read all about it here!

TONIGHT! Join in in the conversation on YouTube or Facebook.
Our host @watchwoowork will lead a panel to discuss the current health care climate in our country amidst this pandemic and how it relates to your vote.
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Tag a friend that resides in North Carolina. Mark your calendars for this weekend and get ready for a full weekend of in-person and online activations. 🗳
#wewillnc #visionaryvillage #wokevote

Big s/o to all of the #BlackScholars out there. Its #hbcuweek!
Rep your school in the comments and tell us why you are #commitedtovote!

Let’s go. 🗣🗣🗣
#wokevote #sluttyvegan

Birmingham! We are partnering with @culturedtocreate to make sure all creatives & community is registered and READY to vote.

Join us on Monday, September 28th from 4-8pm at @asthetikbham to help ensure you are registered to vote and are aware of

Time is running out to complete the census and the City of Birmingham stands to lose millions of dollars if we don’t get more people counted! That’s millions lost for our kids’ education, reliable public transportation, paving our s

We are back with another conversation about intersection and impact.
This time, we will zoom in on health care and talk how what's happening in the world now can be impacted by what happens in elections.

#WokeVote
#WokeVoter
#Covid19
#healthcare

There are 40 days until election day. Let your voice be heard! Commit to vote at www.wokevote.us !

#EarlyVoting began TODAY (Sept 24th) in the state of #Michigan. Make sure you are in the number. ⁠
You can also request absentee ballots starting today!⁠
A #WokeVoter is an #EarlyVoter⁠

This was not the outcome you deserved. ⁠
This was not the justice you needed.⁠
We will not be silent in this moment.⁠
We certainly will not forget.⁠
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#justiceforBreonnaTaylor⁠
#sayhername

Press Mentions

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CBS 42

Birmingham Civil Rights Institute names DeJuana Thompson as permanent president

CBS 42

CBS 42

PR NEWSWIRE

Renowned Artists Partner with eBay to Design Bandanas for Democracy; The Initiative Titled "Artists Band Together" Supports Grassroots "Get Out the Vote" Programs in the US

PR NEWSWIRE

PR NEWSWIRE

INSTYLE

What Is Voter Suppression, and What Does it Look Like?

INSTYLE

INSTYLE

Human Rights Campaign

Human Rights Campaign Foundation & HIT Strategies Release Research on Voters of Color & Vote by Mail

Human Rights Campaign

Human Rights Campaign

ESSENCE

My Righteous Guide: Congressman John Lewis And His Commitment To ‘Good Trouble’

ESSENCE

ESSENCE

WBRC

‘Woke Vote’ encourages voter registration as AL reaches record high

WBRC

WBRC

NY MAG

137 Ways to Donate in Support of Black Lives and Communities of Color

NY MAG

NY MAG

The 19th

Wisconsin's primary pits voting against safety

The 19th

The 19th

Equal Voice - Marguerite Casey Foundation

#Engage2020: Nonprofit Woke Vote Taps Power of Black America

Equal Voice - Marguerite Casey Foundation

Equal Voice - Marguerite Casey Foundation

The Baltimore Times

Mapping the Count: Census Week of Action

The Baltimore Times

The Baltimore Times

Field Studio Film

Watch: DeJuana Thompson + Woke Vote Shake Up American Politics

Field Studio Film

Field Studio Film

Facing South

Woke Vote: New Film Documents Change in the South One Vote at a Time

Facing South

Facing South

AL

Dejuana Thompson: I Choose Civil Disobedience

AL

AL

AL

After raising $2 million to 'Woke' black millennial voters last year, Birmingham native targeting 2018 elections

AL

AL

WBRC

“Woke Vote” works to make your voice heard at polls

WBRC

WBRC

AL

Actor Don Cheadle, in Birmingham for Woke Vote, 2018 Magic City Classic: ‘We can’t sit on our hands’

AL

AL

MSNBC

Black voter turnout: 'You only get what you put in'

MSNBC

MSNBC

The Atlantic

How Grassroots Organizers Got Black Voters to the Polls in Alabama

The Atlantic

The Atlantic

The Guardian

The Resistance Now: organizers on the ground scored Alabama victory

The Guardian

The Guardian

CBS 42

Woke Vote brings out the young voters

CBS 42

CBS 42

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Alexus Cumbie (she/her/hers)
alexus@wokevote.us

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