Posts by Democracy Summer interns and others.
Yet still at the commencing of my summer with Democracy North Carolina, it is difficult for me to recall my original expectations going into my placement here in Charlotte; to be honest, I’m not sure I had any. As someone who proudly carries my fusion of heritages, a daughter of Palestinian refugees who migrated to [...]
Killian and I have been off to a busy start in our first week and a half as Democracy Summer interns. Last week we got started by calling and recruiting folks in the eastern part of the state to be Democracy NC "Souls to the Polls" ambassadors and getting ready with the presentations that we’ll [...]
My first week as an intern with Democracy North Carolina has already been one filled with adventure and learning. Zaina and I have developed a working relationship that will be an asset for the both of us during this experience. We are able to bounce ideas off of one another while maintaining a level of [...]
The first week of adjusting as a Democracy NC organizer dealt with, surprisingly, a lot of organizational skills. It’s ironic that the majority of the best organizers in the state are definitely not the most well-organized people. As we tried to sort through sheets and sheets of random papers titled “Strategy Charts” dated back to [...]
As we finish up our last week of being interns for Democracy North Carolina and Democracy Summer wraps, we can’t help but feel a sense of nostalgia. Coming into this internship, we were so ignorant. So unaware. We were energetic and full of pre-determined ideas but boy did that first day prove us wrong. The [...]
Holiday is Over Despite taking a little time off for the July 4th holiday, we came back energized and ready to go, getting a lot accomplished even with two shortened weeks. We spent a significant amount of time at the Green Bean Coffeehouse meeting with people and we were able to get a lot accomplished. [...]
The Ride to Raleigh to Rally On July 13, 2011, two vans from the Triad loaded up to attend the “Respect Our Vote, Protect Our Vote Rally” at the General Assembly to help prevent a devastating change to our voting rights. On this day they were expected to make a decision on HB-351, which is [...]
Once again our week started with our weekend =). We attended another block party which had a great turnout. The people that attended were really interested in our work, and what Democracy NC does. We even managed to get a few people registered to vote! Even though we are quickly approaching the end of Democracy [...]
It’s the second to last week of Democracy Summer and it has been busy as ever. We began the week with our follow-up election reform meeting in Ashville on Saturday, the 16th. That turnout was about as rich as the one at our screening on the previous day. Again, thank you to our director, Adam [...]
“The financial industry is a service industry. It should serve others before it serves itself.” -Christine Lagarde Friday the 15th marked our first official screening adventure. The YWCA had permitted us to show the “Inside Job” film and it was a great success! Overall, we were extremely pleased because we obtained approximately 30 petition signatures [...]