100 Black Men Launch 'Real Men Vote' Tour Coming To A City Near You

The nation’s largest African American organization is still reinventing itself.

100 Black Men of America, Inc., announced a few days ago the launch of its “Real Men Vote” campaign as well as the 13-city tour. The tour started in Cleveland, Ohio on April 1 at Premier Barbershop.

According to a press release, the main purpose is to deliver critical voter education and engagement ahead of the 2024 Presidential election.

Chairman of the 100 Black Men of America, Milton H. Jones, expounded on this movement.

“We are an organization with more than 4,000 members, all of whom are registered to vote in the upcoming national and local elections,” Jones said. “Further, all of these men are committed to helping men and women in their communities register to vote, learn about the election issues and see the importance of casting their ballots at every opportunity to vote.”

But it’s not just about the Presidential election, though that is imperative. There are 435 seats in the House of Representatives, as well as over 30 Senate seats up for this year’s election.

Just ahead of one of the most consequential election seasons, the Real Men Vote” campaign “is dedicated to combating an onslaught of misinformation and voting dissuasion campaigns. The goal of the tour is to equip Black men across the country with accurate information about issues and policies at the federal, state, and local levels.”

Chair of the Public Policy Committecommittee of the 100 Black Men of America, Inc., Dr. Wes Bellamy, said the Black man’s vote is crucial.

“Black men and their potential to shape future elections have increasingly gained national attention,” Bellamy said. “However, with that attention has come an influx of misinformation tactics directly targeting them. The “Real Men Vote” campaign was created to provide Black men with the information and tools they need to make informed civic decisions that allow them to leverage their voting power to better our communities and protect our vision for the future.”

The multi-city tour will feature town halls hosted and curated by 100 Black Men, Inc. chapters in each respective city to speak on- the importance of voting and how voting builds power. The town halls will be jointly hosted by the Coalition of 100 Black Women and the 100 Black Men of America, Inc.

The “Real Men Vote” tour will be hosted in the following cities:

• Mobile, AL

• Charlotte, NC

• Cleveland, OH

• Philadelphia, PA *

• Pittsburgh, PA

• Macon, GA

• Las Vegas, NV *

• Atlanta, GA *

• Detroit, MI

• Milwaukee, WI

• South Florida *

• Jacksonville, Florida *

• Baton Rouge, LA *