Sweat the Vote

What if movement could be more than something we do for our bodies? What if it could also be a way to move toward a more engaged, informed, and connected community?

On Wednesday, October 21 at 7:00 PM, Flow With Coco is partnering with Vote For Your Daughter for Sweat the Vote, a special R&B Yoga Flow centered around movement, civic engagement, and the importance of using our voices.

This isn't about telling you who to vote for.

It's about reminding ourselves that our voices matter and that our participation matters, too.

Why women’s rights are the conversation

Women’s rights aren't an abstract issue. They show up in our everyday lives in our workplaces, relationships, healthcare, families, finances, safety, and communities.

And while laws and protections exist to address many forms of discrimination and violence against women, gaps in protection, access, enforcement, and policy continue to affect women across the country.

The numbers are difficult to ignore.

According to the CDC, more than 1 in 3 women in the United States have experienced contact sexual violence, physical violence, and/or stalking by an intimate partner during their lifetime. Nearly 1 in 5 women have experienced contact sexual violence, and nearly 1 in 4 have experienced physical violence by an intimate partner.

Sexual violence is also widespread: the CDC reports that nearly half of women have experienced some form of contact sexual violence in their lifetime, while more than 1 in 5 women have experienced completed or attempted rape.

These aren't just statistics.

They represent mothers, daughters, sisters, friends, coworkers, neighbors and people in our communities whose experiences deserve to be heard and taken seriously.

Women's health and safety also extend to the care we receive. Black maternal health is an important part of this conversation: in 2024, the maternal mortality rate for Black women in the United States was 44.8 deaths per 100,000 live births, compared with 14.2 for White women. These disparities remind us why access to quality healthcare, listening to women's experiences, and understanding the policies that shape our lives matter. Source: CDC/NCHS

Abuse doesn't always look the way we imagine

October is also Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to recognize survivors, remember those we've lost, educate ourselves about abuse, and recommit to building safer communities.

Domestic violence isn't limited to physical violence.

Abuse can be physical, sexual, emotional, psychological, verbal, financial, or technology-facilitated. It can involve intimidation, manipulation, isolation, threats, stalking, or attempts to control another person's choices and independence.

And that's why conversations about women's safety cannot stop at telling someone to “leave.”

We also have to ask bigger questions:

What systems support survivors?

What resources are available to them?

Are policies meeting the realities of the people they are intended to protect?

Are we listening to survivors when we create those policies?

And how do we, as a community, participate in creating safer environments?

Civic engagement is one piece of that larger conversation.

Your vote is one way to use your voice

Voting doesn't solve every problem. And casting a ballot isn't the only way to participate in your community.

But it is one opportunity to have a say in who represents you and what issues receive attention.

The people we elect make decisions that can influence legislation, funding, public safety, healthcare, education, housing, economic opportunity, and protections for vulnerable communities.

That's why Sweat the Vote isn't about politics for politics' sake.

It's about recognizing that community care and civic engagement can coexist.

We can move our bodies.

We can educate ourselves.

We can have difficult conversations.

We can support survivors.

We can check on our neighbors.

We can learn who is on our ballot.

And we can vote.

Know Before You Go: Early Voting in the DMV

If you're registered to vote in the DMV, you don't necessarily have to wait until Election Day.

Maryland

Early Voting: October 22–29, 2026
 7:00 AM–8:00 PM daily

Maryland voters can vote at any early voting center in their county during the early voting period.

Washington, D.C.

Early Voting: October 26–November 1, 2026
 8:30 AM–7:00 PM daily

DC voters can use any designated Early Vote Center during the early voting period.

Virginia

Early Voting: September 18–October 31, 2026

Virginia offers early in-person voting beginning 45 days before Election Day and ending the Saturday before Election Day. Hours and locations vary by locality, so check your local election office before heading out.

Election Day is Tuesday, November 3, 2026.

Check your voter registration

Before you make your voting plan, take a minute to make sure your registration is current especially if you've moved or changed your name.

You can use Vote.gov to check your registration, update your information, and find your state's official election resources.

Don't assume. Check.

Your registration.
Your address.
Your polling location.
What's on your ballot.
Your voting options.

Being informed is part of being engaged.

Let's Sweat the Vote

At Flow With Coco, we believe movement is community care.

Sometimes community care looks like creating a space where you can breathe.

Sometimes it looks like showing up for a friend.

Sometimes it looks like listening to a survivor without judgment.

Sometimes it looks like learning more about an issue that affects your community.

And sometimes it looks like stepping into the voting booth and making your voice count.

So on October 21, we're putting all of that into one room.

We'll move to the music.
We'll breathe.
We'll connect.
We'll talk about why our voices matter.
And we'll remember that we don't have to be experts or activists to participate.

We simply have to be willing to care enough to show up.

Join Flow With Coco + Vote For Your Daughter for Sweat the Vote on Wednesday, October 21 at 7:00 PM. Register Here

Come move with us.
Come learn with us.
Come connect with us.

And when it's time

Sweat. The. Vote. 

If you or someone you know is experiencing domestic violence, confidential support is available 24/7 through the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE (7233), by texting START to 88788, or through their online chat.