OUR APPROACH

The Electoral Justice Project marshals a cross-issue, transnational Black electoral justice movement by building a network of local organizers and partners. We define electoral justice as accountability, interventions, dismantling, and building anew.

OUR PROJECTS

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ELECTORAL JUSTICE LEAGUE

We invest in emerging and seasoned leaders making waves to mobilize Black people and win at the polls with a generous stipend…

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BLACK CAUCUS PROJECT

We host several in-person and remote town halls and caucuses. Click below to receive updates on when town halls near you.

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BLACK NATIONAL CONVENTION

2020 is about more than beating Trump. This year is the year that we set a Black agenda and demand that nominee.

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THE BREATHE ACT

This visionary bill divests our taxpayer dollars from brutal and discriminatory policing and invests in a new vision of public safety…

FOUNDERS & LEADERS

JESSICA BYRD

Jessica Byrd is a Co-Founder and Chief Doer of the Electoral Justice Project. She is also the Founder of Three Point Strategies, which provides a home for electoral strategy that centers racial justice and is transformational rather than transactional.

RUKIA LUMUMBA, JD

Founder and executive director of the People’s Advocacy Institute and campaign manager for the successful Committee to Elect Chokwe Antar Lumumba for Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, Rukia Lumumba is a transformative justice strategist and community organizer.

KAYLA REED

Kayla Reed (she/her) is a 28 year old Black, queer, activist and organizer from St. Louis, Missouri. After the killing of Michael Brown Jr in August 2014, Kayla was catapulted into organizing around issues of racial justice, economic justice and policing.

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