Tales From The Frontline – Page 5 – Democracy North Carolina

On being a part of a historic moment

Of all the times for us to have taken on this internship, we feel blessed to be interning for Democracy NC right now. From Moral Mondays to the Supreme Court decisions, we are witnessing something truly historic in this state and nation. This past Monday was the biggest Moral Monday yet, with thousands of protesters [...]

By admin| 2017-01-03T12:05:18-05:00 July 1st, 2013|Democracy Summer, Democracy Summer 2013, Greenville, Tales From The Frontline|0 Comments

Speaking out as one of “the people”

On Wednesday June 27, 2013, Charlotte team got a chance to protest against the Duke rate hikes in front of the Mecklenburg county courthouse. We fired people up by leading chants and passing out petitions. We also got the chance to be citizen advocates by giving our testimonies on the stand! This was my first [...]

By admin| 2017-01-03T12:05:18-05:00 July 1st, 2013|Charlotte, Democracy Summer, Democracy Summer 2013, Tales From The Frontline|0 Comments

Outreach to our Region’s Rural Communities

In the past weeks, our team has made great progress in our goals to increase outreach to rural communities. Just last week we met with the Native American Intertribal Counsel in Hoke County. We were invited into their community meeting area where they hold meetings, movie nights, and various other gatherings. We had the opportunity [...]

By admin| 2017-01-03T12:05:18-05:00 June 27th, 2013|Democracy Summer, Democracy Summer 2013, Fayetteville, Tales From The Frontline|0 Comments

Our Work Through a Different Lens

Again this week, the students participating in the Democracy Summer program are showing the work they're doing every day through photos. The images below offer a view through the lens of the young people who are on the front lines of the fight for voting rights -and so much more- in this state. From historical [...]

By admin| 2017-01-03T12:05:18-05:00 June 21st, 2013|Charlotte, Democracy Summer, Democracy Summer 2013, Fayetteville, Greenville, Winston-Salem|0 Comments

Democracy Summer: The Week in Pictures

Over the past week, the Democracy Summer interns have been hard at work across the state carrying the message that our state wants a government that is of, by, and for the people, free of the influence of big money. Students had the opportunity to speak to their local community groups, join in demonstrations at [...]

By admin| 2017-01-03T12:05:21-05:00 June 14th, 2013|Charlotte, Democracy Summer, Democracy Summer 2013, Fayetteville, Greenville, Tales From The Frontline, Winston-Salem|0 Comments

The Movement In Perspective

“Democracy was coming back to North Carolina.” “It had been a long time since I had seen people come together in a massive movement to make change. I had not seen as huge a crowd since 2010, as during the health care movement. I didn’t think that was possible again in North Carolina,” says Dr. [...]

By admin| 2017-01-03T12:05:21-05:00 June 10th, 2013|Democracy Summer, Democracy Summer 2013, Tales From The Frontline|0 Comments

Fueling the Fire

This was indeed a long but exciting week! We started off protesting at the NC Legislature in Raleigh during Mega Moral Monday. The mass rally was an exciting experience for us as interns, and everyone that came out in support was fired up! Seeing the huge crowd of supporters as well as the number of [...]

By admin| 2013-06-07T18:50:12-04:00 June 7th, 2013|Charlotte, Democracy Summer, Democracy Summer 2013, Tales From The Frontline|0 Comments

Initiation as Organizers

This was our second week in the field, and what a crazy, exciting week it has been! On Monday we went to Raleigh for our first Moral Monday experience. The event lived up to the name “Mega Moral Monday,” with more than 1600 protesters, 150 of whom were arrested for civil disobedience. It was incredible [...]

By admin| 2017-01-03T12:05:21-05:00 June 6th, 2013|Democracy Summer, Democracy Summer 2013, Greenville, Tales From The Frontline|2 Comments

Forward Together

The Fayetteville team covered substantial territory in Southeastern NC in our first full week of organizing with Democracy NC. First, we participated in stops of the NAACP’s “Forward Together tour. The passion we witnessed during the tour has been inspiring and being in such rural regions really highlighted the importance of grassroots organizing. Next, we [...]

By admin| 2017-01-03T12:05:21-05:00 June 4th, 2013|Democracy Summer, Democracy Summer 2013, Fayetteville, Tales From The Frontline|0 Comments

Remembering to Reach Our Uninformed Neighbors

On Wednesday of last week, I had the opportunity to attend the Chapel Hill stop of the statewide organizing tours being conducted by the North Carolina NAACP and various other organizations in the Historic Thousands on Jones Street coalition. In addition to thoroughly enjoying the Raging Grannies, I was struck with the level of enthusiasm [...]

By admin| 2017-01-03T12:05:21-05:00 June 3rd, 2013|Democracy Summer, Democracy Summer 2013, Tales From The Frontline|2 Comments