Article Category: On the Ground
After Trump Win Black Women Organizers [Kadida Kenner quoted]
Generations of Black Women Mission Protect Voting
Generations of Black Women Mission Protect Voting
Opinion: Ignore Project 2025 at your own risk
Shanay Watson-Whittaker, Michigan Director for Reproductive Freedom for All, warns that a second Trump term could threaten Michigan’s abortion rights despite recent state protections.
Georgia Activists Ramp Up Voter Turnout Efforts to Push Back Against Changes
Lessons From the Women Leading Today’s Fight for Voting Rights
At the age of 12, Mary-Pat Hector began organizing around issues of gun violence prevention in Stone Mountain, Georgia. And at 19 years old, she became the youngest woman and person of color to run for public office in Georgia, losing her election for a city council seat by only 22 votes. When asked how…
Black Women Weigh-In On Biden’s Candidacy
Open Letter Seeks Thousands of Signatures from Black Women and Allies Sign on to the letter today! The goal is to get 1000 supporters. Sign on
Ohio’s gerrymandered maps “diminishing the voting power of Black voters,” groups say
“Petee Talley: This report validates what happens when the redistricting process and those in charge of it draw districts that all but guarantee the outcome of state legislative races, often at the expense of diminishing the voting power of Black voters in the state,” said Petee Talley, executive director and founder of Ohio Unity Coalition.…
Voting rights groups file lawsuit to challenge Pennsylvania mail-in ballot date requirement
Kadida Kenner: Unfortunately, disqualifying voters’ mail ballots over a trivial paperwork error on their return envelope discourages voters from participating in the democratic process,” Kadida Kenner, chief executive officer of the New PA Project Education Fund, said in a statement. “We want Pennsylvanians voting twice a year — every year — not disenfranchised by this…
Lawyers’ coalition provides new messengers for Black voter engagement
Tameka Ramsey: It’s a shame that ever since Black people were guaranteed the right to vote, they’ve had to pick “the lesser of two evils” on their ballots, said Tameka Ramsey, interim executive director of the Michigan Coalition on Black Civic Participation. “But that’s so old,” said Ramsey, whose group was inspired by the February…
