Kicking off the fall semester, Vote HBCU — a nonpartisan voter advocacy and civic engagement project — launched its monthlong Say It Louder Tour to increase voter registration and promote civic education and engagement at 10 historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
“HBCU students and alumni have always been at the forefront of change, from the civil rights movement to today’s demands for justice, equality, and representation,” Tevon A. Blair, co-founder of Xceleader, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting leadership development and mentorship among HBCU students, said in a video announcement in July. “Building on this legacy, Xceleader’s Vote HBCU program — merging civics and HBCU culture — exists to educate, mobilize, and empower HBCU students to be informed and active voting participants at the local, state, and federal levels.”
Since Vote HBCU was first created in 2021, the program has registered more than 2,500 voters at historically Black institutions.
