National Coalition of 100 Black Women’s Gainesville chapter joins community for Empowerment Saturday on Aug. 15
Press release from National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., Greater Gainesville, FL Chapter
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – On the final day of early voting before Florida’s August 18 Primary Election, many of Greater Gainesville’s leading community organizations will join together with one message: your voice matters, and your vote matters.
On Saturday, August 15, 2026, from 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., Greater Gainesville, FL Chapter will co-sponsor “Empowerment Saturday,” a nonpartisan Get Out the Vote community event designed to encourage residents to participate in the upcoming election.
The event is hosted by the African American Accountability Alliance (4As). Co-sponsoring partners include the NAACP – Alachua County, National Pan-Hellenic Council, Florida for All, Black Voters Matter, Community Impact Corporation, 100 Black Men of Greater Gainesville, the City of Gainesville, and the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., Greater Gainesville, FL Chapter.
Empowerment Saturday will be held at the intersection of NE 6th Avenue and NE 1st Street, near the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections Office.
The afternoon will feature food truck vendors, family-friendly entertainment, community organizations, and the opportunity for eligible voters to vote on the final day of early voting.
Precinct voting will occur on August 18.
Members of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., Greater Gainesville, FL Chapter invite the public to stop by the chapter’s tent to meet members, receive voter education information, and learn more about its expanding civic engagement efforts throughout Greater Gainesville.
“This is exactly what community empowerment looks like: organizations joining together, meeting people where they are, and making civic participation accessible,” said Florida Bridgewater-Alford, President of the National Coalition of 100 Black Women, Inc., Greater Gainesville, FL Chapter. “We are excited to stand alongside so many community partners for Empowerment Saturday and to encourage every eligible voter to understand the power of their voice and the importance of participating in the democratic process.”
More Than One Saturday: Building a Culture of Civic Engagement
Empowerment Saturday is one component of the Greater Gainesville Chapter’s broader “Our Voice. Our Vote. Our Future.” nonpartisan voter engagement campaign.
The initiative is designed to increase voter education, registration, and participation while taking civic engagement directly into the places where people live, work, worship, and gather.
Throughout the 2026 election season, chapter members are engaging residents through community events, churches, civic organizations, youth and summer programs, and other outreach activities.
The chapter has also launched its “Why I Vote” video initiative, inviting women and other community members to share personal stories about why exercising the right to vote matters to them. The videos are designed to move the conversation beyond election statistics and remind residents that voting is ultimately about people, families, and the future of their communities.
Another component, “Families to the Polls,” encourages families to make voting a shared commitment by checking that eligible family members are registered, discussing upcoming elections, helping one another develop voting plans, and encouraging each other to cast their ballots.
“Voting is only one part of civic engagement, but it is an enormously important part,” said Ivy Bell, Chair of the Public Policy Committee. “Our goal is to educate, engage, and encourage participation long before Election Day. We are especially pleased to partner with organizations throughout Greater Gainesville that understand that strengthening our democracy requires all of us. Empowerment Saturday gives families an opportunity to come together, enjoy their community and, for those who are eligible, exercise their right to vote.”
Great News. Powerful, ladies keep up the good work
People would lose their minds if there was a “National Coalition of White Women”.
Been done—Moms for Liberty’s
• The organization was founded in Florida in 2021 by three women (Tiffany Justice, Tina Descovich, and Bridget Ziegler, who has since left).
• Coverage and critics, including academic historians, have drawn comparisons to earlier movements of white women organizing against school desegregation, and describe the base as largely white, suburban, and conservative — but this is journalistic/academic characterization, not a formal demographic survey.
Envious, did you just pull a hammy with the mental gymnastics to try to compare those two organizations??? Wow. Just…wow.
Your (lack of) reading comprehension and ability to make a coherent argument continues to astonish me. Do you know what Moms for Liberty is NOT called? “National Coalition of White Women”
Not only that, but black women are part of the leadership of Moms for Liberty (including Tia Bess and Yadusha Jones), and a recent picture of 100 Black Women published in Alachua Chronicle shows ZERO white women.
https://alachuachronicle.com/gainesville-chapter-of-national-coalition-of-100-black-women-launches-2026-voter-engagement-campaign/
One of these organizations limits its membership by race, and it is NOT Moms for Liberty.
The plan still seems to be let’s vote our way into a burning house.
Why not have it at one of the black churches instead? After all they seem to get away with mixing politics and religion and still maintaining a tax exempt . Try that in a white church and the ACLU lawyers will be all over it.