“Whoever has the most toys wins.” I used to laugh (albeit pityingly) at this slogan whenever I saw it on tee shirts during my NYC days boom days in the late 80’s and early 90’s. It was mildly funny then. It’s not so funny when the Supreme Court makes it official. It is now okay [...]
Ok, so over the past couple of weeks sans Democracy North Carolina, I had a chance to look back and reminisce about the summer and things that I took away from this experience. This summer was a blessing in many respects...First of all, I got an opportunity to apply principles of community organizing that I [...]
First of all, I hate saying good bye. As many people may have figured our by now, I’m a pretty upbeat person. I like to laugh, I LOVE to make jokes, and I genuinely like forming friendships with people. I put this blog off until the last possible moment because when I press ‘publish,’ I [...]
I want to begin this reflection by saying, all of ya’ll are amazing people for different reasons and I am extremely grateful I was able to experience this opportunity. First, I have been able to extend my passion for advocacy. I have learned that there is a deeper layer of advocacy and grassroots organizing. Previously, [...]
Time really seems to fly when you are working hard! Especially for CHANGE! So now our internship is pretty much over and it is time to reflect on my summer with Democracy NC... First, I have met many influential and inspirational people that believe in change and are out here trying actually change things! I [...]
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 [...]
The Fayetteville Team went to speak to the teens of Upward Bound at Fayetteville State University. When we first arrived on campus, I felt unsure of how the teens would react to our presentation and the HB 1260 bill. I hoped every teen would be as excited as Reniki and I were about the bill. [...]
It's been a while since I've last blogged, but we've been so busy down here in Greenville that I've barely had time! The month of July seemed to seriously fly by and I cannot believe we're already in our last week! We've done so much, including hosting Pitt County's first-ever Democracy North Carolina Open House [...]
Since I haven't blogged in a while, I'm going to take you back to a couple of weeks ago when America, Robert and I spoke at the Charlotte Mecklenburg Senior Democrats meeting. We were coming from a sit down with a writer for the Charlotte Post. Herb, a JCSU alum (evidenced by his collared polo bearing the [...]
This past week us interns, had the chance to speak at the Democratic Headquaters in Davie County. Now that was definatley a LONG drive from Greensboro, and the meeting was held at the City courthouse. We were welcomed to a large group of senior citizens, and some old lady who every five minutes mentioned something [...]