Huffington Postのインスタグラム(huffpost) - 2月18日 11時05分

In 2020, Stacey Abrams, LaTosha Brown, Nsé Ufot and so many other Black female organizers and voters stood on historymakers’ shoulders to kick a fascist president out of the White House. These women have been working tirelessly for years not only for a more equitable society, but also simply for the right to ensure their votes count. They mobilized and engaged voters in record numbers because the fact is that when Black women fight, they are fighting for their lives and the lives of those who look like them.⁠⁠
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In 2018, Abrams founded Fair Fight Action, an organization helping Georgia residents to secure their right to vote. Other organizations were in the ring with Abrams, fighting for voting rights at the state and national levels. Black Voters Matter, founded by LaTosha Brown and Cliff Albright, registered voters across the South and advocated for policies that expand voting rights. The New Georgia Project registered more than 500,000 voters in the state.⁠⁠
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Their efforts helped produce the highest voter turnout percentage in 120 years in the 2020 election and the largest voter turnout in Georgia history during the Senate runoffs.⁠⁠
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In 2020, voters had to face another big obstacle to get to the ballot box: COVID-19.⁠⁠
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“We couldn’t organize the same way that we organize in regular elections,” Brown said. “Think about the extraordinary barriers that we had to overcome — think about the extraordinary amount of pressure from voter suppression that we actually had to face and to deal with — and still make history and show up and show out in record numbers. Is there any doubt that Black voters matter in this country?”⁠⁠
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Black women have always had the foresight and wisdom to lead the charge politically. This isn’t new. What is new, Brown told HuffPost, is the space that they’re creating to unapologetically advocate for their own power.⁠⁠
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“Black women are actually starting to use our power for ourselves, for the elevation of our own voices. We’re also using our power not just to engage our communities, but to also create leadership space,” Brown said. Read more at our link in bio. // 📝 @_tarynitup // 📷 @lnweatherspoon

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