Tevon A. Blair, M.A.’s Post

It was great having Adam Thomas on the #VoteHBCU team this summer. Thank you to Bianca Rosales and the Students Learn Students Vote Coalition team for making this possible!

41 million #GenZ voters will be eligible to vote this election cycle, including 5.7 million Black youth. This year’s #VoteHBCU fellows are ready to #SayItLouder! From Virginia State University to Howard University, Claflin University and Tuskegee University, Vote HBCU is prepared to show the world the impact of HBCU students when they are informed voters. Read more about our upcoming tour: https://lnkd.in/ebvHPTBQ

Very exciting news to share— Vote HBCU is going on tour! As you may know, I lead Xceleader’s nonpartisan Vote HBCU program and have been planning our 10-stop “Say It Louder” Tour, in partnership with HeadCount Org, to educate, mobilize and empower #HBCU students to be informed voters during this election cycle. Too often, young people are told who to vote for without being educated on why their vote matters. What makes Vote HBCU different is that it’s led by young people on their own campuses, centering their voices and putting their needs at the forefront of our strategy. Thank you to my dear friend Shelby Stewart and Howard alumna Melissa Noel for making this story possible via Essence Communications Inc. HBCU students, I can’t wait to see y’all on the yard! #SayItLouder! Read more about the work ahead: https://lnkd.in/ebvHPTBQ

This past weekend, Xceleader’s #VoteHBCU Program welcomed our ten student fellows representing ten HBCUs across Virginia, Washington, D.C., North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama, Georgia and Florida to provide our students with the resources they need to educate, mobilize and empower their campus community to vote. There were over 150 applicants from 40+ HBCUs who showed a passion in our Fellowship Program. During the summit, our fellows went through comprehensive training on voter registration, how to identify and tackle disinformation, strategies for coalition building and how policy works. On day one of the summit, students had the opportunity to hear from HBCU alumni who shared about their careers in public service, communications and law. Thank you to our partners at HeadCount Org for making this summit possible. Thank you to our speakers, Esosa Osa, Kia Sims and Corinne Ashley Williams for helping our fellows develop actionable strategies to spearhead the work they will do on their campuses this fall. And, special thank you to my dear friend Allegra Lawrence-Hardy and staff for opening its doors to us to host this impactful and informative two-day summit. There’s so much work ahead. To support and learn more about Vote HBCU, please reach out to votehbcu@xceleader.com or head to our donation link at https://lnkd.in/eijkVDei

I’m so happy to be working with this group of leaders for Xceleader’s Vote HBCU Program.