Name: Farin

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: Brigette Olsen and Molly Harris

Type of Fieldwork: Direct Action

What I did:

We sent postcards with a brief message telling the votes in Florida whose signature did not go through to remember to vote for re-enfranchisement of felons (not murders or sex-offenders) in Flordia. We sent 247 postcards to people in Pasco County, and Jacksonville.

What I learned:

I learned about re-enfranchisement, and the struggles ex-felons have to go through in some states to have their voting rights. I also learned that there are 1.5 million ex-felons in Florida and that they can majorly affect the next elections if they get their voting rights back.

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