We must recognize that the lack of resources
to fund our programs entirely put us in a place
where we had to make hard decisions, like
cutting back programs in some of our priority
states. This is not a small problem. It forces us
to leave Black men behind, which does nothing
to increase their likelihood of voting. No other
organization is targeting Black men that the
electoral infrastructure label as sporadic or
nonvoters, especially not in a way that isn’t
transactional. And while we did see increases
in our programs overall, the fact that we had to
make these hard decisions means that in 2023
we will have to work twice as hard to make sure
we don’t come o as transactional and present
our organization as part of the community.
We acknowledge that traditional work is
cheaper than the cost of our work, and a large
part of that is because, unlike traditional electoral
work, we don’t show up two months before
an election with a transactional message. We
are engaging with Black men in a way that
requires us to be with them year-round. Your
resources allowed our organization to deliver on
our promise to Black men that they are not an
afterthought but the only thought at Black Male
Voter Project.
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