Postcards for change

Name: larz

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 wrote postcards to help let felons vote in Florida.

What I learned:

I learned that there are 1.5 million felons that can’t vote in Florida. I also learned that some states don’t let ex-felons to vote or run for office. I am confused why a democracy won’t let people vote who already served their punishment.

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

I learned that people in some parts of this country don’t want others to vote because they think that they will change the election. I think this is unjust because this goes against our democracy and everyone should be able to vote for who they want even if they might vote “wrongly.”

Lars

Lars is an 8th grand student at LREI. Lars likes to play soccer. Lars likes pizza. Lars cares a lot about the environment and wants to stop plastic pollution. 

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