About Us

The Black to the Future Action Fund is a 501(c)4 that works to transform Black communities into constituencies that build Black political power in cities and states. We work to enact policy that improves the lives of Black people, and to elect Black legislators with progressive values who move progressive policies. Together, we work to ensure that Black people have what all people deserve–dignity, safety, and power.

Building Political Power

For us, building Black political power isn’t just about electing Black people to office, nor is it sufficient to merely have Black people at the tables where decisions are being made. For us, building power is building our ability to:

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Determine our own circumstances, and the circumstances of others

Shape the story of who we are as Black people, and who we can be

Determine where resources are distributed, and to whom

Determine what is right and wrong, just and unjust

Reward when our political agenda, rooted in our values, is upheld, and mobilize consequences when our political agenda is challenged or undermined

This is why we work to enact policies and elect Black people to office–because we deserve to set the table, not just have a seat at the table. We need Black elected officials who represent our values, and transform those values into policies that lift us all. We need people representing us who don’t just speak for themselves–we deserve elected officials who will bring us together to develop solutions to the challenges facing our communities, and who will fight to make those solutions the laws that govern us.

What We Do

Black to the Future Action Fund is a think tank / act tank that works to make Black communities powerful in politics. We build our capacity to design, win, and implement changes to the problems we face. We expand and protect democracy, and fight for our democracy to work for us.

Education

We work to educate our communities on the issues that are important to us, and what the people we elect to represent us are doing on those issues.

Advocacy

We build the capacity of our communities to advocate for ourselves and develop the solutions needed to solve the problems we face.

Elections

We work to elect Black people who represent our interests and who share our beliefs that Black people deserve what all people need to live well.