Be A Circle Leader

Become a Circle Leader — 1 Million Black Voters Rising

1 Million Black Voters Rising

One sister.
Ten people.
One million voters.

Black political power has not peaked — it has been undercounted and underestimated. Become a Circle Leader and change that. Commit to ten people you already love, stay with them through 2028, and let relationship do what campaigns never could.

1M voters to register by 2028
20M+ Black women in our combined reach
12 national partner organizations

Why it works

This isn't a messaging problem.
It's a trust problem.

Black voters — especially those 18–35 — are not apathetic. They are unconvinced. Unconvinced that a vote moves the needle on a grocery bill, a missing child, a cousin who can't find work. Trust isn't built at scale. It's built in living rooms, between people who already know each other.

Relational, not transactional

We build ongoing relationships that create durable civic habits — not one-time registration drives that disappear after Election Day.

Culture is the front door

Nobody shows up to voter engagement. They show up to Sunday dinners, cookouts, and listening circles — and the civic work happens in the room.

Year-round, not seasonal

Sustained engagement removes the transactional urgency of election season and builds a lasting culture of civic participation across the full calendar.

Black women as leaders

Black women are positioned not as a voting bloc to be mobilized, but as trusted leaders and organizers with unmatched capacity to move communities.

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We stop trying to reach strangers. We turn to the ten people who are already our people — and we stay with them for two and a half years. Community is the method. Registration is the metric. Both matter. — 1MBVR Circle Leader Model
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Holli Holliday
Hyattsville, Maryland
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