“We were frustrated with how the South had been talked about and not considered within the national political landscape. The majority of Black people live in the South. So, if you dismiss the South, you’re dismissing Black people.”
-La Tosha Brown in Marie Claire, November 10, 2020
LaTosha Brown of Black Voters Matter Fund is an expert organizer who along with her colleagues has expanded the universe of what’s possible in American politics. The work of the Black Voters Matter has been critical to the democratic victories for president and U.S. Senate in Georgia. Ms. Brown is a determined joyful warrior driven by an unyielding love for Black people and a deep passion for justice.
The cost of voter suppression is high. We see it in rates of incarceration and early death, the quality of education and access to health care, and the tattered remnants of the social safety net. When candidates are elevated to public office in voter suppressed elections, their votes reflect contempt for the people they never intended to represent.
Ms. Brown and her team’s organizing shows us what people power looks like. “Since 2016, Black Voters Matter has reached more than 7 million voters through grassroots-level outreach, campaigning and organizing. This year, their efforts were tested by the pandemic, which disproportionately hit Black communities across the country and abetted voter suppression in the form of closed precincts, longer lines and purged voting rolls.” The magnitude of what Black Voters Matter has accomplished cannot be overstated. No one changes the world alone.
DP Cogan Consulting 