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 Summer, we constantly remain busy. We are still devoting hours to researching service organizations in the 22 counties that make up Eastern North Carolina. We have found that locating them may be relatively easy, however contacting them is a challenge in and of itself. Many organizations have been hesitant to get involved with any type of voter education work, and it has been hard to try and convince them to do so. However we have been able to get through to a few organizations and have hopefully started partnerships that will last.
Slowly we have grown from just being concerned college students to real organizers. This summer has been marked with as many triumphs as there were difficulties, and we couldn’t have asked for a better group of people to share them with. We are so thankful to all of the organizers and people we have met along the way, the summer would not have been the same without you. We aren’t quite sure what this last week holds in store for us, but know that we plan to go out with a bang!
Shaniqua and Jasmine
I think it’s going to end with a big bang — the legislature will probably decide the fate of voter ID, redistricting, and numerous other things next week. What a summer!! You both have done a great job – keep pushing ’til the end.
🙂 Great job guys