our mission
Mission Statement
Brothers For Barack is the name given to the men who have come together for the purpose of increasing the participation of black men involved in the political process. We are determined to increase voter registration amongst black men, recruit young black men to run for political office, to increase voter turnout of and to politically educate black men, and to raise funds and provide the necessary resources needed to support black male elected officials and aspiring politicians who represent the Brothers For Barack change agenda.
We are an organization that seeks to enfranchise, politically activate, empower and inform. We encourage all people to be politically empowered. We simply are taking full responsibility for ourselves by taking action to address the disproportionate number of black men who traditionally do not take part in the process and to be the voice of the 1.5 million or more who have lost their rights to participate as a result of their court adjudicated status, current or past.
The ultimate goal of Brothers For Barackis to politically empower black men. We are committed to creating political awareness amongst the disenfranchised and underrepresented black men who have lost faith in the political system and those who have never been made aware of the importance of participating in the political process through affecting issues and shaping public policies. We are activists, artists, clergy, educators, politicians, blue collar and white-collar workers, professionals, entrepreneurs, unemployed, sons, fathers, brothers and men that simply care. We originated in Philadelphia PA, the city of Brotherly Love, along with Brothers from across the country who have united to build a political agenda reflective of the change, needs, interests, and experiences of people from all over the United States.
Brothers For Barack and the change movement have come of age during a unique set of social and historical circumstances. Too many of us have experienced firsthand the trafficking of drugs and violence in our neighborhoods, rampant police violence and corruption, failing educational systems, mass imprisonment, political corruption and mismanagement, widespread unemployment and economic decay, and electoral fraud. We also face the epidemic of HIV and AIDS among the weakest and most vulnerable members of our communities. Brothers For Barack aspires to politicize such issues among our peers and bring them to the forefront of a contemporary movement for social justice.
Brothers For Barack bears witness to the triumphs of our elders, who led and sustained the Black Power movement, as well as the Civil Rights and Women’s Rights movements. But we’ve also lived through the shortcomings of ill-conceived, poorly implemented, or failed policies due to decisions made by people who were supposed to represent us.
As empowered citizens, we will now take a bold step forward by promoting a political empowerment movement and a voter mobilization campaign to rally around a progressive social agenda that represents the priorities, perspectives and political aspirations of our generation. This initiative will enable black men to recognize our political power, get out the vote on Election Day, and meet and coordinate with others already engaged in social uplift in communities across the nation.