As Election Day draws near, the race to submit ballots are at an all time high. Organizations are looking to create buzz around this year’s general election and educate voters on important issues on the ballot. Black Girls Vote, funded by the National Conference on Citizenship and a non-partisan organization geared towards encouraging Black women to exercise their right to vote, has launched a new program geared at creating excitement around voting.
Party at the Mailbox was created in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic as a way to encourage the inner-city vote. Launching in Baltimore, Philadelphia and Detroit, the voting initiative looks to educate voters on the election process and create excitement around the voting process.
Nykidra Robinson, Founder and CEO of Black Girls Vote and Program Manager of Party at the Mailbox, introduced the program to celebrate democracy. Creating the initiative at a time of uncertainty, Party at the Mailbox took off making it mark across several major cities.
“Party at the Mailbox was birthed out of a pivot. We birthed this without the exception it would grow nationally,” Robinson shares.
Wanting to bring pride to each city, Party at the Mailbox includes a tailor-made box with handpick items representing each of the three launch cities. For Detroit, the boxes are created with city staples including Faygo, Better Made and Sanders Chocolates.
“We created custom boxes we’re sending out to Detroiters. We wanted everything to be local,” Robinson says. “We took a lot of time, energy and passion into creating this box. We also have masks provided by Under Armour.”
While educating voters and creating awareness around the election, Party at the Mailbox will host a celebration across its cities. With popular personality DJBJ representing for Detroit, the election night party will feature all three cities at one time.
“On election night, we’re doing a virtual celebration,” Robinson says. “We want it to be fun and that the end of the day, we want to be sure we’re educating voters. We want to come together collectively and make sure we bring some fun to this election.”
For more information or to request a box, Detroit residents can visit the organization online.
“You don’t have to be registered to vote in order to request or receive a box,” Robinson says. “All that we ask is that people attend at least one of the virtual events leading up to the election night.”
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