We are in week four and we have been busy busy busy. On Saturday we were stationed in both Wilson and Greenville doing voter registration and speaking on our work as a part of Democracy North Carolina. Monday was set aside as an administrative day but on Tuesday we were back on the road again. We had meetings in Wilson and then had to began our Cut the Strings Tour with a showing of the Academy Award winning documentary Inside Job in Greenville. We have been working on getting the word out about our money in politics work since so much has been focused on voting and redistricting. We weren’t sure at first how many people we would come out, but to our delight we had a crowd of at least 50. After seeing the film multiple people spoke up about how “upset” (or other choice of words) that the film made them. We had a really good discussion of how money plays a role in government and how everyone could get involved to try and stop it. By the end of the night we had 49 petition signatures! That was a lot more than we expected to get. It was a really tiring night, but we were so pleased to see that so many people had taken an interest in this issue.
Until next time,
Jasmine and Shaniqua
I was so proud at the end of the night too! With events like this, it’s hard to know how many people will show up and whether or not they’ll be engaged. However, we had such good turnout and great discussion afterward too. If only all the days could be like that..sigh..
I think that doing a film showing is a great break from “boring” meetings. I can’t wait to see Inside Job myself, I hear its infuriating! Keep up the good work. Adam