Achieving Our Country
Busy week of travel but interspersed with a couple days off, at least for those of us on the Greenville team. Killian and I made an unaccompanied trip out to Greenville this Saturday so as to give Jake...
View ArticleThe Start of a New Chapter
This week has started off with our regular routine of Phone Banking, but this time we were focusing on a different issue: Getting People out to Vote in the runoff election!!!! Our team focused on...
View Article(Nearly) Closing Thoughts
We’re closing out our last full week as Democracy Summer interns this week. On the road a lot, recently — Kinston twice (last Thursday and this Tuesday), Goldsboro once, Greenville once. In Goldsboro...
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Week one: Greenville Team
Hi! I’m Cassandra Perkins, “Cassy.” I’m a junior at UNC-Chapel Hill studying Political Science and Journalism. Having grown up in Bethesda, MD, working in Eastern NC will be a whole new adventure for...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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