OUR STORY
The Black Vax program engages with black communities in order to promote the importance of vaccinations against Covid-19 and address general health/diet matters that make black communities more susceptible to illness.
OUR GOAL
Our end goal is to promote a healthy lifestyle through education & to vaccinate 50K+ African Americans located across the country in underserved communities. Black Vax will curate mobilized pop-up VaxHealth activations at and around community centers and local clinics in select cities throughout the United States. We find value in supporting people who do not have adequate access to proper health resources and municipal services. While saving the world is a feat that we all wish that we could successfully achieve, being present for our people is a more realistic Black Vax common goal.
2020: THE YEAR BLACK MEN SAID, ‘HOLD UP’!!
Black voters now make up 12.5% of the U.S. electorate with Black Americans eligibility to vote reaching a record level of 30 million in 2020. During the general election of 2020, we witnessed the maturation of Black Men who decided collectively that a change was gonna come and that meant voting by any means necessary, damn the pandemic! 2020 was the year that Black voters finally felt their power. Black Men who never felt like their vote mattered, now see that they can help shape a policy agenda. However, our work isn’t done yet! Black Men still grossly lag behind Black women in voting.
The mission of Black Men Vote is to inform all black men (particularly age 18-35) to vote at all levels of government, including local, state and federal. BMV is a non-profit incorporated in Washington DC and registered with the Federal Election Commission as an Independent Expenditure Committee.