🌟 Vision Statement

To empower Black communities statewide through sustained civic education, political participation, leadership development, and year-round community engagement, ensuring that Black voices and votes create long-term structural impact.

🎯 Mission Statement

CBCEC works to strengthen democracy by increasing Black voter turnout, building civic knowledge, supporting policy awareness, and fostering continuous community involvement beyond elections.

🗳️ Priority 1: Expand Civic Participation Statewide

Statewide Voter Mobilization Infrastructure

• Create Regional Organizing Hubs (North, Central, South)
• Develop a 12-month mobilization calendar
• Build a continuous voter file + data analysis system
• Partner with faith, community, and cultural institutions
• Expand “Souls to the Polls” transportation and outreach

📚 Priority 2: Build Long-Term Civic Education Programs

Civic Education Pipeline (Youth to Seniors)

• Youth Civic Leadership Academy: government basics, debate, public speaking, digital citizenship
• Young Adult Voting 101 Roadshow: visits to colleges and vocational schools
• Adult Civic Bootcamps: voter rights, understanding ballots, contacting representatives
• Senior Civic Champions: training seniors as trusted messengers

Digital Civic Education Hub (CBCEC.org)

• Online voter registration tools & deadline reminders
• Policy explainer videos and infographics
• “What’s on My Ballot?” interactive tool
• Downloadable toolkits and training library
• Weekly civic education newsletter
• Statewide civic events calendar

🤝 Priority 3: Strengthen Year-Round Engagement

Continuous Community Relationship Building

• Monthly Community Power Hours
• Quarterly community surveys
• Partnership forums on housing, education, healthcare, and public safety
• CBCEC Community Advisory Council

Issue Advocacy & Policy Awareness

• Simple-language policy explainers
• Advocacy skills workshops
• Annual State of Black Civic Engagement Report

Trusted Messenger & Influencer Network

• Pastors, educators, barbers, stylists, students, activists
• Monthly messaging briefings
• Community-led civic micro-grants

🏛️ Organizational Capacity Building

Staff Structure

• Executive Director
• Director of Civic Education
• Policy & Research Analyst
• Regional Organizers (3–5)
• Digital Engagement Manager
• Volunteer Coordinator
• Youth Program Director
• Grants & Development Manager

Funding Strategy

• Multi-year democracy & racial equity grants
• State & federal civic education funding
• Corporate social responsibility sponsors
• Grassroots donor campaigns

Evaluation Metrics

• Voter registration & turnout increases
• Engagement numbers for each civic program
• Website & digital hub analytics
• Community survey insights
• Leadership development outcomes

⏳ Implementation Timeline

Phase 1: First 90 Days

• Launch regional organizing hubs
• Start website redesign
• Begin youth and adult civic workshops
• Build trusted messenger network
• Community listening sessions

Phase 2: 90 Days – 12 Months

• Launch digital civic education hub
• Publish policy explainers & tools
• Data-driven voter targeting
• Statewide partnerships expansion
• First annual Youth Policy Summit

Phase 3: Year 2 – 3

• Full civic pipeline established
• Increased statewide voter turnout
• Expanded digital learning library
• Annual impact report
• Organizational scale-up