After Texas stops with the Houston Area Urban League and at Dallas’ State Fair Klassic with Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III, James Talarico and community leaders, national tour continues through the South with free food and drinks, a DJ, special guests, voter registration and voter education
Registration Nation Action Fund and national partners are taking voter registration, education, protection and turnout directly to HBCUs and Black communities across the country ahead of Election Day
NATCHEZ, MS – Today, Tuesday, September 29, the March On for Freedom 2026 National GOTV Bus Tour continues its journey through the South with two Mississippi stops, first bringing the tour to the Alcorn State University community from 3:00 to 5:00 PM, followed by an evening activation in Natchez beginning at 6:00 PM.
Both stops will bring together free food and drinks, music, special guests and community celebration with voter registration, registration checks, voter education and information about voting and voter protections. A DJ will join the afternoon activation across from Alcorn State.
The Mississippi swing follows several days of organizing across Texas, where the tour joined civic and community leaders in Houston and then traveled to Dallas for State Fair Klassic weekend, bringing its voter engagement work into one of the state’s signature Black and HBCU traditions.
In Houston, the tour’s broader civic engagement work coincided with the Houston Area Urban League’s Freedom Rising convening, which brought together Rev. Al Sharpton, Sen. Royce West, faith and civic leaders around voter education, election protection and community participation.
In Dallas, the bus joined the 31st Annual State Fair Klassic weekend, engaging students, alumni and families alongside Rev. Dr. Frederick D. Haynes III, James Talarico and other community leaders. Haynes delivered the opening prayer during the State Fair Classic, while Talarico spent the weekend engaging Black voters and the HBCU community.
Now the bus is carrying that energy into Mississippi and another historic HBCU community.
Today’s Alcorn activation reflects the central idea behind March On for Freedom: meet people where they are. Rather than waiting for voters to come to traditional political events, the tour is showing up at HBCUs, churches, restaurants, community centers, cultural events and neighborhood gathering places, creating welcoming spaces where people can connect, celebrate and get the information and resources they need to participate.
The tour is focused particularly on Black, Brown and young voters and on turning voter registration into sustained participation. At stops across the country, organizers are helping eligible voters register, check their registration, understand voting rules and deadlines, access voter protection information and make a plan to participate through Election Day.
September is also National Voter Registration Month, with Mississippi election officials encouraging eligible residents to register and existing voters to ensure their information is current.
The Natchez stop carries particular historical resonance. The city was an important center of civil rights and voting-rights organizing, including during Freedom Summer in 1964, when organizers worked with Black Mississippians confronting voter intimidation and barriers to political participation.
March On for Freedom launched earlier this month outside the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., where congressional, faith, civil rights and movement leaders issued a national call to action around Black history, voting rights and democratic participation.
Since leaving Washington, the bus has moved through communities across the South, taking that call to action on the road and transforming it into voter registration, education, protection and turnout work on the ground.
The tour is led by Registration Nation Action Fund alongside national partners including March On PAC, Future Dems PAC, SEIU, Rainbow PUSH, We Are Somebody and additional national and local organizations.
March On for Freedom 2026 National GOTV Bus Tour: Mississippi Swing
Two community activations bringing together voter registration, voter education and voter protection resources with free food and drinks, music, special guests and community celebration.
3:00 to 5:00 PM | Alcorn State Community Stop
Patton’s, across from Alcorn State University
Students, faculty and community members are invited to join the March On for Freedom bus for free food and drinks, a DJ, special guests and community, along with opportunities to register to vote, check registration information and connect with voter education and protection resources.
6:00 PM | Natchez Community Stop
Paradise Sports Bar, Natchez
The tour continues with an evening community activation featuring free food and drinks, special guests and voter engagement, with opportunities to register, check voter information and learn more about participating in the November election.
Media are invited to cover both stops and interview special guests, organizers, students and community members about the national effort and its work across Mississippi.
Visual opportunities include the March On for Freedom bus, HBCU students and community members, voter registration and education, a live DJ, food and community activities, and organizers engaging voters.
Media RSVP / on-site coordination:
Angelo Greco
angelo@praxismulticultural.com
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Registration Nation Action Fund is a 501(c)(4) organization focused on expanding voter registration and building ongoing civic dialogue with young people and communities of color. Through grassroots efforts and strategic partnerships, the organization works to engage people who have historically been excluded from the democratic process.