Black communities across the country are experiencing familiar and targeted attacks on our voting rights. Despite these attacks, we’ve seen what we can accomplish when we keep showing up to preserve our democracy. 🙌🏾
This year, let’s hold our elected officials accountable on the issues that matter and spread the message far and wide that Our Vote is Our Power.
Register to vote now at weall.vote/register — and when you’re done, DM this to three friends as a reminder! 🗳️
WE HAD TO GET OUR SUITS ON and attend a small event in support of our candidate for our next City of Scottsdale Mayor. @lisa4mayor is our choice! An integral person and a true and true human, a visionary and someone who understands the inner workings of the city. With plenty of experience as a council woman. Experience that allows her to understand all the established regulations and inner workings to run the city and its governmental agencies. Endorsed by Police and Fire Department, the Real State Association is Scottsdale, the Scottsdsle Old Town Business Association and many other groups that are part of our city, she is in defense and in support of many, many, many causes that are a plus to all of us in The Valley and the state of Arizona. A remark today that I appreciate from her as a candidate, is her ability to understand that Scottsdale is a tourist destination and is in support in all enterprises that enhance the business of tourism, more so elevating Scottsdale to next level, to attract high-end and luxury tourism to set Scottsdale huge in the charts of international high end consumer and the aspirational one. Bravo to the hosting Commitee for planning a “safe environment” for all of us in attendance. @erikasahagundickey @bearticerocklin @vicki.vaughn.52 Well done! #LisaForMayor #vote #ourvote #arizona #Scottsdale #mycity (at Tapas Papa Frita) https://www.instagram.com/p/CG1GpUnHO_Z/?igshid=179ajxgl3umkx
✨ TWO MORE DAYS LEFT TO VOTE, TODAY AND TOMORROW. PLEASE CLICK THE LINK TO LEARN MORE ABOUT YOUR VOTING RIGHTS!
➡️ PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU'RE IN LINE AND THE BOOTH CLOSES, DO NOT LEAVE. THEY LEGALLY HAVE TO ALLOW YOU TO VOTE, THEY CANNOT TURN YOU AWAY. STAY PUT! AND IF THE SYSTEMS SHUT DOWN, DEMAND A PAPER BALLOT!
⚠️ IF YOU SEE ANY ACTS OF VOTER SUPPRESSION, CALL 1-866-OURVOTE!
Civic Responsability ✔️ Thank you to every single activist who sacrificed so I could have a voice today. And a special thank you to @votolatino for organizing our community! Recuerden que #SomosMas pero si no votamos, no contamos! Este es el momento para demostrar el poder de nuestro voto. #votolatino #nov6th #votingrights #ourvote #midtermelection #voting #midterms #voted (at Georgia) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp2hfG1gAuX/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12vhahvpeqhj
The news media dramatizes political rift to create division in people. The drama of conflict on every political matter builds emotion, anxiety, and frustration on both sides. The news needs to encourage conflict to keep us engaged. Having everyone choose a side produces a “win or lose” scenario so we all become more emotionally attached to the outcome. We can combat this by understanding that our only political power, as citizens, lies in our vote. Become educated in the issues and on election day, cast your vote. That’s all you can do. Other than a day every two years, politics shouldn’t be a concern.
Go on and #Marinate on this for a minute. Why do we accept so many #politicians bc they are #Cool or even #CoolWithBlackFolk ? They show up, #dance #shakehands #TalkAGoodGame and pander for #OurVote with #Free #BbqDinners and roll right into office. Next thing we know the #neighborhood WE GREW UP IN & LOVE is #gentrified and we have no skin in the game. The #jobs are not offered. The land is sold out from under us bc we put people in #Power who only danced and talked #jive with us to get what we had and profit from it. #PleaseStopGivingAwayVotes #EducateYourselves on the person asking for your #vote Know what they stand for and how they can #HelpYouHelpYou It is often said that #blackpeople want a handout...That is not #true if we know how much POWER we hold in 1 hand we could be a FORCE to deal with. #ItIsTimeToWakeUp #AG is not here just to sell you clothes. We are selling a #lifestyle of #knowledge #culture and #conciousness In most cities we have voting power! 🤔Now Imagine if we used it✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾 #AdamClaytonPowellJr #harlemrenaissance #GeniusThoughtOfTheDay #StayBrilliant #MyBlackIsBeautiful #MoreThanFashion