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Thousands of Black men step up to raise more than $1.3M for Kamala in online fundraiser [1]

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Date: 2024-07-23  

x I have no words. And not just because I’m tired. My @BlkStarNetwork just told me that 53,862 people registered for our #WinWithBlackMen video call. We raised $1.3M and counting from 17,000 donors. Props to fellow co-hosts @QJames @MrMikeBlake @Bakari_Sellers @DCKhalilT. AMAZING! — rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) July 23, 2024

So in just two days, Black men and women have collectively raised nearly $3 million since President Joe Biden announced Sunday afternoon that he would not seek reelection.

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x Bakari Sellers Says ‘Win with Black Men’ Raised Over over $1.3M for Kamala Harris https://t.co/CnfYL1iXW8 pic.twitter.com/9qAq2G7s0i — 🌊 R Saddler (@Politics_PR) July 23, 2024

In addition to Martin, other organizers included activists Michael Blake, Khalil Thompson and Quentin James, and political commentator Bakari Sellers hosted the men's event.

Sellers gave an impassioned endorsement of Harris, recalling how she called him hen his infant daughter was seriously ill.

x Incredibly moving testimony from @Bakari_Sellers as he talked about how Vice President Kamala Harris was there to support him during one of his darkest times. #WinWithBlackMen pic.twitter.com/pC63a3TDdj — ATJL (@ThomasJ_) July 23, 2024

Other speakers included actors Don Cheadle and Bill Bellamy; Sen, Raphael Warnock of Georgia, Reps, Maxwell Frost of Florida and Steven Horsford of Nevada, Gov. Wes Moore of Maryland, Bishop William Barber, Tennessee State Rep. Justin Jones, and Mayors Brandon Scott of Baltimore and Brandon Johnson of Chicago, as well as labor leaders and community organizers, MSNBC and theGrio reported.

MSNBC wrote:

The message was essentially the same from all of the speakers: They may be men, but they aren’t MAGA men who want to be conscripted into Donald Trump's hypermasculine crusades. Speakers took turns bigging up Harris’ leadership qualities, dispelling myths about Harris’ prosecutorial record in California, encouraging Black men voters to reject racist and sexist attacks on Harris, and calling on viewers of the conference to reach out to other Black men who may feel disaffected by the political system and may be considering not voting. For all the breathless talk in the media and online about Black men allegedly swinging in Trump’s favor this election cycle, Monday’s meetup underscored the political reality: There are many Black men — like there are many Black women — firmly in Harris’ corner. And they're putting their money where their mouth is, adding what's already been a massive fundraising haul for Harris in the first few days of her campaign.

Blake, founder and CEO of the Kairos Democracy Project, told theGrio:

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