After nearly three days together, the Democracy Summer 2009 class is really coming together as a team. This was evident in Friday’s team-building exercises and the Family Feud style game show interns played at the retreat’s end to test their knowledge of what they had learned. Before that, however, Friday was full of more background [...]
Day Two of our Democracy Summer retreat was a long day of learning more about the fundamentals of what we do, the nuances of communicating our mission to the public and more. The day included training in such areas as phone banking, coalition building, conducting one-on-one meetings and understanding our nonpartisan focus. Student organizers also [...]
Democracy Summer officially began on Wednesday, May 27th when ten outstanding college students chosen from colleges across North Carolina arrived at Chestnut Ridge Camp & Retreat Center near Efland for a 3-day training retreat with Democracy North Carolina staff. By 10:00 AM, with everyone unpacked and moved into their cabins, student organizers introduced [...]
Q. What happens when you take ten outstanding college students, all with a passion for civic engagement, and put them on the frontline of North Carolina's biggest cities? A. Check this blog often for the answer. Our student organizers will be blogging regularly throughout June and July and sharing photos of their accomplishments with us! [...]