“We Ain’t Buying It”
Join Black Voters Matter in shifting your spending from big corporate powers to businesses that invest in our communities.
Sign a pledge card to put your money where your values are. This isn’t a boycott, it’s a conscious re-factoring of your economic power. Support your community.
How to do it:
We’re big fans of pro-active, rather than re-active economic pressure. We can’t boycott Amazon out of existence, because Prime is only one aspect of Bezos’ empire, but we can make sure local alternatives survive. Walmart won’t notice if you don’t buy tomatoes, but a local farm stand will! See this article for more about “ranked choice buying.“
Black Voters Matter presents a non-maximalist approach to organized economic pressure for the Thanksgiving/Holiday season. They aren’t insisting you refuse to travel or avoid all spending (something small businesses have been begging activists not to do.) They want you to give careful, conscious consideration to every purchase, and support businesses that invest in your community.
