October 4th 2008—Register ‘N Style and Sisters of Alabama A&M University
Today dawned brightly with the anticipation of all that Sister Tonya has arranged here in Huntsville!
I started the day’s activities with a presentation to a Human Behavior I class at the Social Work School at Alabama A&M University, a historically black university. I gave a summary of my path from being a social work student to being a social justice activist, including a synopsis of the 41 Million Strong Campaign.
After the class a group of three students, Maya, Lorraine, and Sparkle, agreed to sit down with me and share their views on civic participation, how well represented they feel they are in the political system and processes, and on what issues matter to them as they visit the polls and choose their elected officials. (Links to the video of the discussion will be added soon….it’s taking a long time to upload all of the footage.)
After the class and interviews, I joined Sister Tonya as she shed her university hat and donned the yoke of campaigner and civic activist!
I accompanied Tonya to the Appeal Beauty Salon where, as part of the Register ‘N Style: The Future is NOW Campaign, she drops off blank voter registration forms and picks up completed ones. The Register ‘N Style Campaign focuses on voter engagement through beauty parlors and barber shops in Huntsville.
The beauty salon owner we visited, Lois Faye Jones, sat with Tonya and passionately shared about her voter registration outreach, about what civic participation means to her, and about the issues that matter to her. (Interview video coming soon.)
I ended the day by driving back to Atlanta in preparation for tomorrow’s round of church outreach that I plan to cover in the morning before heading home.
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