Breonna Taylor lawyer, Lonita Baker, on why Black women must vote

EXCLUSIVE: OWN has partnered with NowThis for the get-out-the-vote campaign OWN Your Vote

Oct 22, 2020

With the presidential election just weeks away, it’s more important than ever that our communities come together and get to the ballots. OWN is helping spread that message with a multitude of programming and partnerships.

The network recently partnered with NowThis for the get-out-the-vote campaign, OWN Your Vote, in an effort to provide tools and resources that will empower Black women to vote this November.

Check out their exclusive interview with Breonna Taylor’s lawyer, Lonita Baker, as she discusses the importance of voting and how it relates to issues around Taylor’s case:

“In order to get the change that we truly deserve and that we truly want, it has to start at the ballot box.”

Watch Breonna Taylor’s lawyer, Lonita Baker, explain why it’s essential to use your voice and #OWNYourVote to drive change.

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— #OWNYourVote (@OWNYourVote) October 22, 2020

OWN Your Vote is designed to help Black women make a voting plan for this critical 2020 election cycle by recognizing obstacles to voting, including challenges around COVID-19, mail-in ballots, voter suppression, transportation and changing protocols and poll locations.

The campaign is also focused on connecting the everyday issues critical to Black women to the issues appearing on the ballot; empowering this key voting block to own their voting story and making a plan to ensure success at the polls; encouraging local community activism and leveraging personal networks; and collaborating with the voting rights partnership community to support mail-in voting, voter registration, volunteerism, transportation, and safety procedures.

The network has also continued to roll out important programming like Spotlight: Black Women OWN the Conversation- Vote!

In the special that debuted this week on OWN, Emmy-award winning ABC News host Adrienne Bankert talks with special guests and real women covering topics related to the election, including having a plan for voting, key issues to the Black community, voting down-ballot, inspiring friends and family to vote, the social justice movements of 2020, youth and voting, and self-care.

Special guests included award-winning actress, writer and comedian Yvette Nicole Brown; activist, author and educator Brittany Packnett Cunningham; senior advisor to President Obama Valerie Jarrett; entrepreneur and designer Tina Knowles Lawson; and activist and WNBA Los Angeles Sparks forward Nneka Ogwumike.

This special is a part of the network’s eye-opening, topic-driven series OWN Spotlight: Black Women OWN the Conversation, which premiered last fall. The series features intimate conversations about important issues with honest opinions and surprising solutions that put people first.

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