Name: Ava Basile
Social Justice Group: 2018-2019
Date of Fieldwork: October 1, 2018
Name of Organization: Lift Every Vote
Person (people) with whom I met and their job titles: Molly Harris and Brigette Olsen
Type of Fieldwork: Direct Action
What I did:
We wrote letters to people in Florida to help get votes for Amendment 4 so that ex felons can vote and have a second chance.
What I learned:
I learned that there are so many people who cant vote after they have gotten out of jail and served their time, they don’t even get another chance to something that is a basic right of citizens. People think that if they get a second chance, they are going to vote for someone who they don’t like.
What I learned about Social Justice “work” and/or Civil and Human rights “work” from this fieldwork:
