During any given election, 30-90% of registered voters stay home. A large portion of these “nonvoters” simply lack the resources and background they need to get out and cast a ballot. One of my passions is translating the technical, divisive, and alienating world of politics into succinct and down-to-earth language that everyone can understand, whether they be 6th and 7th graders just learning about voting rights, or retirees looking to get involved in grassroots organizing efforts. I do this in the hope that individuals can then take that knowledge and use it, both at the voting booth and in their personal lives.
This is part of an informal political education series I’ve begun across social media to help explain our complex political system in layman’s terms.
March 26, 2025
One of the most rewarding things about politics is watching people light up when they realize how much power they have. Here I am guest lecturing for a 6th grade class at the Plato Academy in Florida over Zoom. We talked about the Civil Rights Movement and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. We went through the story of John Lewis, and then Bloody Sunday as a failed attempt to march for voting rights. The kids started cheering when I told them the marchers finally made the successful March from Selma to Montgomery.
Nov. 13, 2024, Nov. 12, 2025
HOPE: How to have it, keep it, and use it
This was a workshop I presented for So What’s Next? #2023 Web Summit, an event sponsored by the Angela King Foundation and hosted by Third Wave Feminism and the Notorious Nasty Women for progressive organizers leading into 2024.
March 26, 2023
YES WE CAN: 5 Steps to Brining Back to North Georgia
This was one of thirteen workshops I presented on grassroots organizing and policy message development to encourage voter outreach and increase turnout in the 2022 midterms. It worked! Our corner of Northwest Georgia saw a nearly 10 point shift to the left from 2020.
Oct. 29, 2022
Building Bridges with Civil Politics
This was a presentation I gave to the Whitfield County Democratic Committee shortly after the three successful campaigns I helped run at the Democratic Party of Georgia in 2020 and 2021, sharing with the committee the techniques that helped us the most at the state-level.
Feb. 23, 2021
A Really Bad Makeup Tutorial/How To Vote In Georgia
Voter outreach and engagement means getting creative, so here I decided to pair a makeup tutorial with genuine voting information for the 2021 Senate runoff election in Georgia.
This was part volunteering resource, part inspirational speech. I wrote this for my fellow Georgia election workers during a period of the pandemic when we had yet to discover a vaccine and when Georgia was still considered impossible to win. Because you can’t march toward a finish line you don’t believe exists.
Sept. 13, 2020
Your Voice Is A Weapon 