Angela Rye: Putting Power in Motion with the
When Angela Rye speaks, people listen — not because she demands attention, but because she speaks with the clarity, courage, and conviction of someone who refuses to let her people be forgotten.
For years, Rye has stood at the vanguard of political advocacy and cultural commentary, dissecting policy with precision and reminding the nation that Black lives, voices, and power are not up for debate. Now, as democracy itself is tested and communities search for pathways forward, Angela Rye is not just offering commentary — she’s offering action.
Her latest endeavor, the State of the People POWER Tour, is nothing short of a national mobilization.
Alongside fellow changemakers like Tamika Mallory and LaTosha Brown, Angela is bringing together over 50 organizations, activists, and everyday citizens to awaken the nation’s conscience, energize its communities, and write a new chapter in the pursuit of Black liberation. Kicking off April 26 in Atlanta, this 10-city tour is a bold answer to an era filled with fear, fatigue, and frustration.
“This tour is about our devotion to Black people,” Rye declares. “It is about our commitment to our survival and our everlasting commitment to our ability to thrive. So it’s about our power.”
A Movement Rooted in Love, Action, and Self-Determination
Angela Rye’s brilliance has always been her ability to balance fire and focus. She has long emphasized that the fight for justice is not just political — it is personal, communal, and deeply spiritual.
The POWER Tour is a reflection of that ethos. With stops planned in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Virginia, Missouri, New Jersey, and California, the tour will infuse community rallies, town halls, and service projects with urgent calls to action and collective healing.
From voter suppression to economic justice, from educational equity to racial reckoning, the issues at the heart of the tour are many — but they are unified by a single truth: the power to change them lives within the people.
Angela understands that, especially in the South — where a large share of Black America resides and where the scars of history remain fresh — hope and strategy must go hand in hand. She knows that resistance requires both urgency and rest, both rage and radical joy.
“There’s a middle-of-the-road approach,” Rye notes. “That doesn’t mean you can’t put your little under-eye mask on and drink your tea at night time, but in the day, we are awake and we’re working. And that’s because your life depends on it. Your freedom depends on it. Your people are depending on you to utilize your gifts.”
Shifting From Defense to Offense
At the heart of the POWER Tour is a call to move beyond reaction and into intention. Angela and her co-organizers are flipping the script — refusing to frame this as a defensive response to political attacks, but as a proactive declaration of Black brilliance and autonomy.
“We can’t keep centering whiteness in Black advancement,” Rye says plainly. “What this moment is requiring of us is to engage in a paradigm shift, which means we have to put ourselves first.”
This shift is not just rhetorical. It is rooted in actionable steps: community service initiatives, mass voter engagement, and dynamic conversations that reimagine solutions by and for Black communities. The tour is about re-energizing those who have felt worn down by endless battles, and reminding them that power is not something to be given — it is something to be taken, built, and shared.
The tour will culminate in the Juneteenth General Assembly, a celebration of freedom that also marks a springboard for future stops and expanding impact.
Angela Rye: A Lifelong Architect of Power
Angela Rye’s leadership is not new. She has been a constant force in the fight for justice, leveraging her platforms to educate, empower, and galvanize communities. As a political commentator, lawyer, strategist, and advocate, she has made complex policy issues accessible and personal.
Her voice has rung out from cable news studios to congressional hearing rooms to community town halls, always carrying the same message: our liberation cannot wait.
Angela embodies what it means to use every gift, every opportunity, and every platform in service of the people. She is a living reminder that advocacy is not a career — it is a calling.
Angela Rye and The Machetes: A Collective Power Surge
Angela Rye’s journey doesn’t unfold in isolation. As a founding member of The Machetes — an extraordinary collective of ten influential women of color — she stands shoulder to shoulder with fellow powerhouses Joy Reid, Tiffany Cross, Jemele Hill, LaTosha Brown, Errin Haines, Alicia Garza, Cari Champion, Brittany Packnett Cunningham, and Sunny Hostin.
Together, they form a sisterhood of unapologetic truth-tellers and cultural architects, each wielding her platform like a blade to cut through injustice and carve new futures.
Angela’s leadership on the POWER Tour reflects the very heartbeat of The Machetes’ mission: to build a world where Black voices are amplified, not erased; where communities lead the way in shaping their destinies; and where collective power is unstoppable.
In Angela, The Machetes have not just a member but a movement-maker. Her work ignites their shared purpose, demonstrating that while individual brilliance can light a spark, collective action creates an uncontainable fire.
Through the POWER Tour and beyond, Angela Rye and The Machetes are not waiting for history to happen. They are writing it — in bold, unerasable ink.