{"id":1056354,"date":"2025-10-02T14:52:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T18:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1056354"},"modified":"2025-10-02T14:52:44","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T18:52:44","slug":"icymi-dnc-launches-hbcu-organizing-push-ahead-of-november-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-dnc-launches-hbcu-organizing-push-ahead-of-november-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"ICYMI: DNC Launches HBCU Organizing Push Ahead of November Elections\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Key Point:<\/strong> <em>\u201cThe DNC plans to execute a range of activations this HBCU homecoming season, including handing out \u2018Commit to Vote (CTV)\u2019 cards, \u2018Get out the Vote (GOTV)\u2019 volunteer sign-up forms, DNC-branded charging stations, \u2018We Stand With HBCUs\u2019 paraphernalia, and photo booths. DNC officials and surrogates will also canvass along homecoming parade routes, tailgates, and block parties.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thegrio.com\/2025\/10\/01\/dnc-hbcus-homecoming-season-earn-back-trust-of-black-voters\/\"><strong>TheGrio<\/strong><\/a><strong>:<\/strong> <strong>DNC Comes to HBCUs This Homecoming Season in an Effort to Earn Back Trust of Black Voters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>By:<\/em><strong><em> <\/em><\/strong><em>Gerren Keith Gaynor<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The Democratic National Committee (DNC) is taking its party message to HBCU campuses this homecoming season in an effort to engage young Black voters, whose support for the Democratic Party waned in the 2024 election.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The DNC confirmed with theGrio that throughout October, several activations will be held at the campuses of Hampton University, Norfolk State University, Virginia State University, Cheney University, and Lincoln University. The five-figure investments of HBCU engagements are intended to reach students, parents, and alumni.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cHomecoming is about culture, community, and credibility, so our presence at these events is absolutely critical. But it\u2019s not just political, it\u2019s personal for all those students, the family that comes out,\u201d DNC Chairman Ken Martin told theGrio about the upcoming HBCU campus activations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>\u201cWe\u2019re showing up where it matters to Black voters, not just in presidential years,\u201d said Martin<\/strong>, a former chair of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Party, who was elected DNC chair in February.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>He explained, \u201cWhen I came in as DNC chair, I said we cannot make the same mistakes we\u2019ve made in the past of just showing up three months before an election and starting the conversation for the very first time. And that\u2019s part of the reason we\u2019ve lost trust with so many parts of our coalition, including the Black community.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The DNC plans to execute a range of activations this HBCU homecoming season, including handing out \u201cCommit to Vote (CTV)\u201d cards, \u201cGet out the Vote (GOTV)\u201d volunteer sign-up forms, DNC-branded charging stations, \u201cWe Stand With HBCUs\u201d paraphernalia, and photo booths. DNC officials and surrogates will also canvass along homecoming parade routes, tailgates, and block parties.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>In Virginia, a purple state, DNC activations at Hampton, Norfolk, and Virginia State also coincide with early voting on Oct. 25 in the state, which will elect its next governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, Virginia House of Delegates and local offices.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Acknowledging the particular importance of focusing on the needs of young Black men, the DNC chairman told theGrio, \u201cWe gotta give people a sense that the Democratic Party believes, as I do, that no matter where you\u2019re from, no matter where you live, no matter who you love or who you are, that you deserve a chance and an opportunity to get ahead.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Martin continued, \u201cThe rhetoric and the statements and the actions coming out of this White House and the administration have done nothing to actually bring us together as Americans, but only continue to divide us and to continue to allow the hate that we\u2019ve seen throughout this country.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u201cDonald Trump has made a lot of promises to Black voters. He\u2019s made a lot of promises to voters around this country, and he\u2019s delivered on almost none of them,\u201d said the Democratic leader \u2026 <strong>Martin said Democrats are going to continue to \u201ccall him out,\u201d adding, \u201cAt a time when so many people are struggling to get by in this country, he continues to play games like this.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Key Point: \u201cThe DNC plans to execute a range of activations this HBCU homecoming season, including handing out \u2018Commit to Vote (CTV)\u2019 cards, \u2018Get out the Vote (GOTV)\u2019 volunteer sign-up forms, DNC-branded charging stations, \u2018We Stand With HBCUs\u2019 paraphernalia, and photo booths. DNC officials and surrogates will also canvass along homecoming parade routes, tailgates, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1056354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ICYMI: DNC Launches HBCU Organizing Push Ahead of November Elections\u00a0 - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-dnc-launches-hbcu-organizing-push-ahead-of-november-elections\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-02T18:52:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-02T18:52:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Adrianna Tomasello\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-dnc-launches-hbcu-organizing-push-ahead-of-november-elections\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/icymi-dnc-launches-hbcu-organizing-push-ahead-of-november-elections\/\",\"name\":\"ICYMI: DNC Launches HBCU Organizing Push Ahead of November Elections\u00a0 - 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