To say this week was a little bit crazy would be an understatement. Stating of on Monday, Joyce and I met for breakfast with Washington Council-member William Pitt to discuss Washington's economic development and how politics run in Washington. Joyce and I were also given a grand tour of Washington, which Joyce didn't really need considering [...]
Another week of Dem NC Summer! We moved our phonebanking days to Tuesday and Wednesday this week because we were attending a Democratic Women of Greenville meeting Thursday. Our phone banking on Wednesday was accompanied by a nice summer storm with thunder that shook the windows. I had the most interesting conversation with one caller, [...]
This week at Dem NC was quite unforgettable as the past two weeks. On Monday afternoon, Joyce and I took a trip to the Youth Correctional Facility for a special presentation to the teens who are incarcerated. We were not sure what to expect, so we decided to figure an interesting manner to not only [...]
Last Friday, we were invited to Beaufort County's NAACP Annual Banquet hosted by William Booth (Joyce's father). Not only were we able to enjoy some delicious Southern food, but we had the opportunity to present information about Democracy NC! We also collected 19 postcards from people who support Voter Owned Elections. The banquet was our [...]
The first week of Dem NC for Pitt County was very interesting. We are very fortunate to have Shaunee as our field organizer. She is awesome at what she does. Tuesday started off with us finding our office and immediately starting to plan how to decorate. We brought in plants (affectionately named Clementine & Fern) [...]
Ana Eusse, Greenville Originally uploaded by democracync Ana Eusse is a native of Englewood, New Jersey. After graduating from Dwight Morrow High School as Vice President of her class and with salutatorian awards, she enrolled in Montclair State University. While there, she decided to pursue an undergraduate degree in Sociology with a minor in Latin [...]
Joyce Booth, Greenville Originally uploaded by democracync Joyce Booth is the youngest of six children and a native of Washington, North Carolina. She attended and graduated from Washington High School. She stayed very active in sports and multi-cultural organizations during the 3 1/2 years it took her to complete high school.Throughout her youth she was [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]