Friend --

Do you know who said this? 

“For in the end freedom is a personal and lonely battle; and one faces down fears of today so that those of tomorrow might be engaged, “

Scroll down for the answer. 

But before you do that—National Voter Registration Day is TODAY! 

• Start by checking your voter registration status. 
• Not registered? No problem, register to vote, here! 
• Already registered? Awesome, request your mail-in ballot.

Visit BlackWomenVote.com to learn all you need to know about how to vote this year. 

It will take all of us to make a difference. Here are some more ways you can plug in this week:

Join us TONIGHT, September 22, 2020 for a virtual watch party for All In: The Fight for Democracy hosted by Stacey Abrams and Lin-Manuel Miranda  

Looking for some more inspiration to #OWNYourVote? 

And on September 24, 2020, I am pleased to announce that the Higher Heights team and I are participating in Oprah Winfrey’s Own Your Vote historic virtual event. I will be speaking alongside Oprah and 7 other Black women leaders in what is sure to be a dynamic conversation and virtual experience. 

I hope you can attend this Thursday at 8pm ET/7pm CT/5pm PT. 

Back to the quote above - novelist, poet, and social activist Alice Walker gave us this piece of advice about not ever giving up hope and now it rings more true than ever. 

Yours in struggle and in success, 

Glynda