Black Bikers VOTE Ride and Rally to encourage voters to Register to VOTE

PHILADELPHIA, PA, May 1, 2021– Motorcyclists from across the region rode through the streets of Philadelphia this Saturday, May 1, for the Black Bikers Vote Ride and Rally.
More than 100 bikers gathered at 62nd and Cedar Avenue in West Philadelphia and traveled throughout the city in neighborhoods where voter turnout has been historically low. The Vote Ride Rally will at Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church, located at 2800 West Cheltenham Avenue. Voter registration canvassers were on the ground along the route to help residents fill out voter registration forms in five neighborhoods in West and North Philadelphia and Germantown. The ride, led by Black Bikers Vote, is a national, non-partisan effort to raise voter participation in the Black community, especially among those less likely to vote.
“All elections matter and every vote is sacred,” says Rev. Mark Kelly Tyler, PhD., pastor of Mother Bethel AME Church, community activist, and founder of Black Bikers Vote. “This is a perfect opportunity for motorcycle enthusiasts, like me, to fuse their passion for riding with something purposeful like voter awareness. Besides, seeing and hearing Black motorcyclists in your neighborhood generates a lot of excitement!”
African American motorcyclists from as far away as New York and Virginia came to ride and support Philadelphia motorcyclists in the Vote Ride and Rally.
The Black Bikers Vote Ride and Rally was sponsored by POWER Interfaith, Pennsylvania’s largest faith-based community organizing movement. The ride is non-partisan and is part of the ongoing effort to engage Philadelphians in the electoral process.