About Us
Building Faith-Rooted Civic Infrastructure
Building Faith-Rooted Civic Infrastructure
ReVote is built on a simple but powerful belief:
When trusted institutions organize their communities, lasting political power is possible.
For generations, Black churches have served as centers of leadership, resilience, and collective action in the struggle for justice and democracy.
From the Civil Rights Movement to modern voter protection efforts, faith institutions have provided the moral leadership and organizing infrastructure that made transformational change possible.
ReVote builds on this legacy by transforming churches into permanent civic engagement hubs that strengthen democratic participation and community leadership.
Transforming churches into permanent civic engagement hubs
Our Organizing Strategy
ReVote’s strategy focuses on building long-term civic engagement infrastructure rather than short-term election mobilization.
We do this by:
Embedding Civic Engagement Ministries in Black Churches
Each participating church establishes a ReVote Civic Engagement Ministry that organizes both the congregation and the surrounding community. These ministries become permanent organizing spaces where civic education, voter engagement, and community leadership development take place year-roun
Organizing Communities Through Trusted Relationships
Rather than relying solely on large-scale campaign outreach, ReVote focuses on relational organizing.
Civic Engagement Ministries organize within a 10-block radius of their church, building relationships with neighbors and engaging residents through trusted connections.
This approach ensures that voter engagement is community-driven rather than campaign-driven.
Sustaining Engagement Beyond Election Cycles
Many civic engagement efforts disappear after major elections.
ReVote is intentionally designed to operate year-round through church ministries that remain active in their communities.
These ministries support:
- voter registration
- civic education
- community conversations
- issue organizing
- voter turnout efforts
This sustained engagement builds long-term civic participation and community leadership.
The Impact We Are Building
Through this model, ReVote is creating a faith-rooted civic infrastructure capable of:
expanding Black voter participation
influencing elections and public policy
developing new community leaders
building long-term political power in underserved communities
strengthening local democratic participation
By investing in churches as organizing hubs, ReVote is helping communities build the power needed to shape Alabama’s future.
