Black Girls Vote

Black Girls Vote, Inc. (BGV), is a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization committed to uplifting the black community through education and inspiring black women to understand the public policy decisions affecting our families and communities.

Black Girls Vote was strategically launched by Nykidra “Nyki” Robinson on November 30, 2015, the birthday of Shirley Chisholm (the first black woman elected to the United States Congress) at Western High School, the oldest, all-female school in Baltimore City. The significance of this date and location reflects the core of our purpose. We seek to bring change through advocacy, outreach, and building our strength in numbers.

At Black Girls Vote, we believe our vote is our voice. Our reach and impact have contributed to the registration of over 16,000 voters. Black Girls Vote has grown to 4.3K Instagram followers, 6.9K Facebook followers and has participated in over 1,000 outreach and civic events within its four years of existence.

We target all age group and communities. We are proud to have expanded our presence into high schools and onto college campuses by way of our Ambassador Program. In March 2018, we launched our first collegiate chapter of Black Girls Vote at Morgan State University with American University following in April 2019. We are just gaining momentum and do not plan to stop there!

We do not only aim to engage, educate and empower women of color. Black Girls Vote is dedicated to using our collective voice to transform areas where bias has the most profound impact on the lives of all women. It is our civic duty. The future is female!