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Empowering Black LGBTQ+ voices. Fighting for racial & social justice. NBJC is where advocacy meets action for a better, inclusive future!

08/12/2026

"A lot of times when we're going into these communities, before we say anything about vote, we ask them, have you ate today? Do you need a ride to work? What are the things that we can do to meet your immediate need that allows you then the opportunity to imagine something beyond the situation that you're in?"

In this clip from the Teach the Babies Podcast, DeJuanna Thompson breaks down what real grassroots organizing looks like. Her approach starts with meeting people where they are, literally, before ever asking for their vote. And the numbers back it up: 93% of every dollar raised goes right back into the communities being served, through partnerships with local Black-owned businesses, schools, churches, barbershops, and beauty shops already embedded in those neighborhoods.

"We are old school grassroots type of organizing, but we apply a new school data model to it. Data is king in our programming."

This is community investment done right, rooted in relationship, powered by data.

Watch the full episode:
🎧Apple https://tinyurl.com/344cyrnh
🎧Spotify https://tinyurl.com/4tyaj9sd

08/11/2026

As part of our Empowered Freedom Summer Re-Listen Schedule, we're revisiting Dr. David J. Johns' conversation with DeJuanna Thompson, founder of Woke Vote, for "Resisting vs. Existing."

Some of the lines worth sitting with again:

"The people on the margins, if you ever empower them, if you ever give them the resources that they need, it is game over. They shift the course every single time."

"I want people to understand that there is a difference between resistance and existing, right? I do not wanna spend every single day of my life in a state of resistance. I think that that is a supremacist construct."

"Before we say anything about vote, we ask them, have you ate today? Do you need a ride to work? What are the things that we can do to meet your immediate need that allows you then the opportunity to imagine something beyond the situation that you're in?"

"We do not look at traditional political models. When you do that, you automatically miss half of our communities because half of our communities aren't being counted in that data."

"Understand that this is a different time, but it's still our time. That's it. Period."

Re-listen to the full episode:
🎧Apple https://tinyurl.com/344cyrnh
🎧Spotify https://tinyurl.com/4tyaj9sd

08/06/2026

Almost 50 million young people are eligible to vote, and YOUR power to shape elections is clear. That’s why we are teaming up with and to share Pass the Mic to Gen Z, the largest effort EVER to listen and amplify the voices of young Americans. 🗣️

This campaign isn’t about telling young people what matters, it’s about hearing it directly from YOU. If you are 18-29 years old, take the short survey now at PassTheMic.info. 🎤

08/05/2026

Seven to sixty, that's the percentage of Black voters registered in Mississippi before and after the Voting Rights Act. Seven percent before. Sixty percent two years later. In this clip from the Teach the Babies Podcast, Dr. David J. Johns breaks down exactly why that number moved and why it's under threat again in this election year.

The VRA shifted the burden of proof from the voter to the state. States with histories of racial discrimination had to get federal approval before changing voting laws, a process called preclearance. That was the guardrail.

In 2013, the Roberts Court struck down the coverage formula in Shelby County v. Holder. The same day the decision came down, Texas announced new voter ID restrictions within hours, restrictions that were, as Dr. Johns puts it, already pre-written and waiting.

With another election on the horizon, this history isn't background noise. It's the blueprint for what's happening right now. Know it. Share it. Vote like it matters, because it does.

Watch the full episode:
🎧Apple https://tinyurl.com/344cyrnh
🎧Spotify https://tinyurl.com/4tyaj9sd

08/04/2026

🚨 TAKE ACTION TODAY 🚨

Tomorrow, Wed. Aug 5, the Senate Commerce Committee marks up bills on kids' online safety.

📞 Call your Senators NOW: (202) 224-3121

Tell them: NBJC and nearly 40 civil rights, faith, and direct service organizations are demanding that any age-verification or duty-of-care framework protect young people — not surveil them, out them, silence them, or cut them off from life-saving information.

Our kids deserve safety AND freedom. Make the call. 📱✊🏾

08/04/2026

They have always come for the ones who tell the truth 📰

Black August turns 47 this year. It started in a prison, commemorating Jonathan and George Jackson, and it has always carried the same discipline: study, fast, train, fight, and tell the truth about who is locked inside and why.

The q***r people were always at the center of it. Angela Davis, jailed and acquitted in 1972, has spent five decades building the abolitionist analysis this country still won't sit with. Bayard Rustin architected the March on Washington and taught Dr. King nonviolence, and his own movement pushed him to the margins for being an openly same-gender loving Black man. Sixty-three years later, he still doesn't have a stamp. We're still pressing.

And it's still happening. A prominent Black gay journalist arrested twelve days after covering a protest. The Supreme Court gutting Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The maps, the press, the record, they keep coming for all of it.

This is not a memorial. It's an instruction.

Get the full breakdown, the action items, and how to join us on the Mall August 28th. Click the l here: https://nbjc.substack.com/p/they-have-always-come-for-the-ones?r=8upd2m&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true to read on Substack and sign up for our monthly e-blasts so you never miss what's coming next.

08/04/2026

Today, the Senate Judiciary Committee votes on whether to advance Todd Blanche's nomination for Attorney General.

Todd Blanche has repeatedly shown he will use his power to protect the interests of the President, not the people. As Acting Attorney General, he created a $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" slush fund, now claiming it is dead, while he doles out more than a million dollars to the President’s political allies. He locked in permanent tax audit immunity for Trump and his family and fought in court to keep Epstein co-conspirators' names hidden from the public while his own DOJ leaked survivors' names instead.

His record disqualifies him from serving as the nation's chief law enforcement officer. The Committee must reject his confirmation.

08/04/2026

As part of our Empowered Freedom Summer Re-Listen Schedule, we're revisiting Dr. David J. Johns' episode: "The Klan Never Left. They Just Changed Their Clothes."

Some of the lines worth sitting with again:

"What the Klan once did with terror and cross burning, the modern white nationalist movement does with legislation, judicial appointments, and a weaponized Department of Justice."

"Seven to sixty, percent of Black voters, in two years. Because the VRA shifted the burden of proof from the voter to the state. That was the guardrail. And they spent sixty years taking it down."

"Raid the senator. Destroy evidence for the ally. The two-tier justice system is not a theory. It is being demonstrated, in real time."

"Rigged maps can be beaten. Stolen futures can be reclaimed. We know this because Hungary's opposition just proved it, and because we have always known it."

"We were not brought to this country to disappear. We were not given the brilliance of our ancestors so that a six-to-three Supreme Court could take it back. That is not how this story ends."

Re-listen to the full episode.
🎧Apple https://tinyurl.com/344cyrnh
🎧Spotify https://tinyurl.com/4tyaj9sd

08/03/2026

We mourn the stolen life of Jayla McGee 🕯️

Jayla was a 19-year-old Black transgender girl who was shot and killed on July 5th in Belle Glade, Florida. Her family and friends held a candlelight vigil on July 18th, and the outpouring of love in her memory was undeniable. The Palm Beach Sheriff's Office is investigating her death as a homicide. No motive or suspect has been identified.

Local media has barely covered Jayla's story.

"My heart breaks for Jayla and all those who loved her," said Victoria Kirby York, NBJC's Director of Public Policy and Programs. "Unfortunately, the facts of this case, Jayla's young age, being deadnamed and misgendered by police, and a lack of media coverage, are all too common in the violent deaths of trans community members."

We remember Jayla not just in her death, but in her life. She deserved to be seen, protected, and celebrated.

As those in power push narratives that erase and endanger trans people, we fight back with empathy, solidarity, and action.

Learn more about NBJC's resources for the transgender and gender-expansive community, link in bio.

Rest in power, Jayla. 🕊️

08/03/2026

Yesterday was "Inviting In" Day, but the celebration doesn't stop with the calendar 💜

Six years ago, NBJC created this day to shift the conversation. Renaming and reorienting away from "coming out" disrupts traditional power dynamics that were never built to center the lived experiences of LGBTQ+/SGL people.

We chose August 2nd on purpose, the birthday of James Baldwin, who unapologetically invited people into his full, multifaceted life as a Black same-gender loving man committed to truth telling and the pursuit of equity.

Inviting In reminds us that no one is entitled to information about anyone else's lived experience, especially for Black people already carrying the weight of white supremacy and anti-Blackness. It requires competence and compassion. It highlights the importance of bilateral relationships. And it reminds us that if someone puts in the work, they may be invited in.

Keep thinking critically about what coming out has always assumed, and keep learning more through NBJC's Inviting In resources.

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