Tales From The Frontline – Page 4 – Democracy North Carolina

Speak It Loud! Local Talent + democracy

On July 17th, Democracy North Carolina hosted a creative, youth-oriented, political event called Speak it Loud! The event was very well attended and the performers were talented. We were able to get 9 artists to come and either sing, rap, or do spoken word about the dysfunction of our current political system. It was very [...]

By admin| 2017-01-03T12:05:17-05:00 July 23rd, 2013|Charlotte, Democracy Summer, Democracy Summer 2013, Tales From The Frontline|0 Comments

Working Weekend: Pathways to Power

This week Martina and I had the joy of participating in and assisting with the Pathways to Power Training in New Bern. For those who don’t know, Pathways to Power is an intensive, two-day training that helps local activists become true democracy advocates and leaders within their community. Omisade, Democracy NC's fabulous training director, did [...]

By admin| 2017-01-03T12:05:17-05:00 July 20th, 2013|Democracy Summer, Democracy Summer 2013, Greenville, Tales From The Frontline|0 Comments

Progress through Education and Action in the Triad

Through our work this summer, I have come to realize that the two key components to effective organizing are: education and exercise. From the film festival we held a couple weeks ago on voting rights and money in politics to distributing thousands of legislative report cards, I have seen first-hand the power of education. On [...]

By admin| 2017-01-03T12:05:17-05:00 July 19th, 2013|Democracy Summer, Democracy Summer 2013, Tales From The Frontline, Winston-Salem|0 Comments

Youth Engagement in Politics

After interning for almost 6 weeks with Democracy NC, I have become more dedicated to getting North Carolina Central University, the school I attend, more involved with state government issues. To this end, The Winston-Salem team traveled to Durham on July 3, 2013 to talk to students at NCCU about issues currently before the state [...]

By admin| 2013-07-12T14:55:20-04:00 July 12th, 2013|Democracy Summer, Democracy Summer 2013, Winston-Salem|0 Comments

What’s Next? Voter Registration

This past Monday marked the 10th wave of Moral Mondays. Since Cassy and I have attended our fair share of Moral Mondays already, we decided to switch things up a bit and set up a voter registration table. We envisioned registering an overwhelming number of people, but that did not happen. But who knew having a voter registration [...]

By admin| 2017-01-03T12:05:18-05:00 July 11th, 2013|Democracy Summer, Democracy Summer 2013, Greenville, Tales From The Frontline|0 Comments

Maintaining a presence in Rural Communities

Yesterday we spent a rainy afternoon in the gathering place of the Intertribal Native American Counsel in Shannon, North Carolina. This was a follow-up to an initial meeting, so we saw familiar faces as well as several new ones. The gathering was unique in the fact that we essentially talked about similar issues as the [...]

By admin| 2017-01-03T12:05:18-05:00 July 10th, 2013|Democracy Summer, Democracy Summer 2013, Fayetteville, Tales From The Frontline|0 Comments

Fireworks of Freedom

Last week, I witnessed my friends and peers, students and young people from across the state, more engaged with North Carolina’s political process than anytime since the Presidential election. As I woke up from a nap late Tuesday evening, I found Facebook, Twitter, and all the various social networks my generation clings to ablaze with [...]

By admin| 2017-01-03T12:05:18-05:00 July 9th, 2013|Democracy Summer, Democracy Summer 2013, Tales From The Frontline|0 Comments

Continuing Together

The Fayetteville team is continuing our advocate work serving local communities. We recently traveled to Wilmington, NC the monthly New Hanover County coalition meeting. We all gathered in the meeting room of the historic St. Stephen AME Church with a group that included prominent members of the community who are advocate leaders in the region. [...]

By admin| 2017-01-03T12:05:18-05:00 July 3rd, 2013|Democracy Summer, Democracy Summer 2013, Fayetteville, Tales From The Frontline|0 Comments

The Campaign for Citizens Review Board Reform

I have lived in the Charlotte area for about 7 years, but I had not heard of the Citizens Review Board until recently. Matt Newton, one of Democracy North Carolina’s big supporters in the area, is leading the campaign to give the Citizens Review Board the power to actually do the job it’s been tasked [...]

By admin| 2017-01-03T12:05:18-05:00 July 3rd, 2013|Charlotte, Democracy Summer, Democracy Summer 2013, Tales From The Frontline|0 Comments

Knowledge is Power for Social Change

As a student, I am well acquainted with the phrase, “Knowledge is power.” However, I never truly understood the true meaning of this phrase until a few days ago, when we held our first Democracy Summer event. On Saturday morning, June 22, we held a film festival in the Forsyth County Public Library, “Justice Denied [...]

By admin| 2017-01-03T12:05:18-05:00 July 2nd, 2013|Democracy Summer, Democracy Summer 2013, Tales From The Frontline, Winston-Salem|0 Comments