In June, a “Call to Oneness” — an anti-violence campaign borne of the frustration of seeing young black men in St. Louis on both sides of crime and gun play — brought thousands together for a peace march that stretched from Kingshighway to Sumner High.

Now, the effort has a new aim: getting African-Americans to the ballot box.

Group members are planning to hold a voter registration drive outside the Edward Jones Dome before and during the annual Gateway Classic college football on Sept. 27.

Call to Oneness will also host a voter-turnout rally the Sunday before the election at Kiener Plaza.

Leading the voter push is Eric Rhone, longtime manager of hometown favorite Cedric the Entertainer. Rhone helped form the Call to Oneness along with a pastor, the Rev. Freddy James Clark.

Rhone hopes to double the number of local black voters by encouraging African-Americans to get to the polls early.

“We mostly vote late in the day or after work,”Rhone said in a news release. “If we change that pattern, we will have a much better chance of increasing the numbers at the polls.”