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 [...]
It happens to all of us eventually... a slip of the tongue, a mixing up of one or two letters, a brief lapse of concentration and out it comes... a parapraxis (the dreaded Freudian slip)! This week, while explaining how Voter Owned Elections will work in the town's local races, Brian told our Chapel Hill [...]
Despite several weeks of phone banking, night time presentations, weekend work and long hours -- plus a long weekend of Wellstone Training ahead -- Brian, Christina (both with the Durham Dem Summer team) and Katy (Greenville Team) all showed with friends to join us for the benefit baseball game on June 18th. Dem NC staffers [...]
Lobby Day (June 17) It was our first meeting of the day with representative Timothy Spear and I was hoping I wasn't about to be SPEARED. I was pretty nervous going into his office (hello: this guy is the big leagues!) because this was the first time I had ever done any sort of lobbying [...]
Hey Everyone, It's a week and a half into the internship and over here with the Fayetteville team, things have been going great...well now it is! For the first two days we didn't have any air or any Internet, which left us hot and without any access to the outside world. Every time we needed [...]
Week 2: Week 2 for the Greenville team kept both Brittany and I in CHECK as we completed three days of some intense phoneBANKing. Brittany is a pro on the phone though, she was able to get through almost 70 callers a day while my slow self barely completed 50 calls. We both decided it [...]
Week two of Democracy Summer entailed Young Democrat meetings, potato bread and trips to Fox Studio Charlotte. We began the week with a visit from our illustrious leader, Adam, for instruction on how to phone bank properly and schedule speaking engagements. With his guidance, America and I chatted our way to more than 25 commitments [...]
Last week on Tuesday, our office finally got the chance to do some phone banking. Honestly, this has been something I have found fustrating but helpful at the same time. It is helping me become more patient, far more attentive to detail, and more focused on the issues at hand. But to me, I think [...]
Welcome to the tough world of phone banking -- definitely not for the faint of heart! But a rare opportunity to learn a lot about the way people react to what you say and how you say it -- and a great time to look beyond our own agenda and into the hearts and minds [...]
Well, I tell you, this week has been extremely hard on all of us (especially Shae and I, because we are the interns). I truly believe that our office is cursed, it looks descent when you are there for a couple of minutes. Soon after the internet goes out and does not want to come [...]