Name: Ana Vieira-Gerbracht

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, Brigette Olsen

Type of Fieldwork: Direct Action

What I did:

We wrote postcards to help pass Amendment 4. We sent them to people in Florida earning them to vote.

What I learned:

We learned about amendment 4, an Amendment to re-enfranchise felons. There are 1.5 million felons who don’t get to vote in the elections. The laws are like this because the felons are not going to vote for the people that enfranchised them. It is important that everybody gets a vote because this is a democracy.

What I learned about Social Justice “work” and/or Civil and Human rights “work” from this fieldwork:

This field work has taught me that It is important that everybody gets a vote because this is a democracy. You have to put in a lot of work to make social change. It is important that everybody has an opinion and an opportunity to spread their ideas.