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: