We Fight Back: Get On the Bus

Black Voters Matter is once again putting the Blackest buses in America back on the road for a tour throughout the South as part of their 2024 “We Fight Back” campaign and bus tour. Black Voters Matter created the bus tour in 2018 to engage with Black voters, policymakers, faith-based leaders, Black influencers, and HBCU students in advance of critical elections.

WDN members will have a chance in May to travel to Georgia for a special trip with co-founder LaTosha Brown, but this won’t be the first time WDN has engaged with the Black Voters Matter bus.

In 2018, WDN members came together to raise $90,000 that, along with support from other partners, helped the organization purchase the bus — a goal that was funded in less than 72 hours.

“I just wanted to say thank you so much for your recent support of our work and the tour,” Brown said of WDN’s investment in 2018. “It's hard work but we feel momentum.”

After the bus was purchased, the group kicked off its The South is Rising Tour, with stops in Georgia, Mississippi, and Florida. Since then, the bus has been on the road for every midterm and presidential cycle.

“Our objective is to connect with some of our grassroots partners leading work in the rural South, build interest and excitement for the upcoming election, bring and expose national media to the great work being led by grassroots leaders (mostly Black women) and campaign in some places that have very important upcoming races where Black turnout will be key,” Brown said. 

“Just as in previous years, we find ourselves gathered here at this critical moment because we believe that Black voters are going to lead the way again in 2024.”

If you’re a WDN member and are interested in joining us on our tour with LaTosha Brown this May 16 and 17, learn more and complete our interest form.