Democracy Summer overall was an amazing experience. This experience allowed me to meet all types of people and interact in different situations that I would have never been able to otherwise. One of the best examples was Lobby Day. The preparation for Lobby Day was tedious and tiresome. Reniki and I were constantly calling legislators to schedule meetings and calling people in each legislator’s district for support. In addition, we were phone banking twice a week trying to get people to these meetings in Raleigh. Another preparation was transportation. We told all of our guests that if transportation was an issue, we would provide it for them. Luckily, after calling to confirm and give directions everyone had a ride. Then came the day! Lobby Day was finally there. This allowed the interns a chance to talk with legislators about important issues. What I took away from that experience was that legislators really wanted to know what the people had to say. That made me feel that all of our hard work that we were accomplishing over the summer wouldn’t go to waste.
Today, I feel that Reniki and I have proven my prediction. All of our hard work seems to be helping our bills, SB 966 and HB 1260. Hopefully, after the budget is passed our bills will be passed shortly after. I am pretty confident that these bills will turn out successful in the future. The only thing about these bills that upsets me is that the summer is over and we won’t be able to celebrate together. I hope all of the interns keep in touch with me and have a great rest of the summer. Any of you can Facebook me at any time! I’d love to hear what you all are up to in the future. I hope that we will never lose touch and thank you for all being extremely friendly. I enjoyed all the times we spent together and hope that everyone got what they wanted out of this experience. I did! I can’t wait to see you all at the party. We definitely had some good times. Jackie
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