NC Dem youth travel Eastern parts of state
Voter registration, supporting our North Carolina troops, meetings with religious and community leaders. Youth from the North Carolina Democratic Party will do all of this and more this weekend as they travel in their “Eastern Caravan.”
A group of a dozen or more youth are traveling in vans across Eastern North Carolina in order to canvass voters, speak to leaders, pack support and gift packages for troops, aide in voter registration efforts and increase the strong, underlying support the Democratic Party surely has in what many consider one of the most conservative parts of the state outside of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
So far, the group has stopped in Lumberton, Clinton and Greenville. Tomorrow they’ll start of the day working with Give 2 the Troops, an organization that assembles care packages for soldiers, and then head to Windsor, Conway and Ahoskie.
They’ll be providing updates over at BlueNC.com. You can check out photos from their journey on Flickr.
Technorati Tags: North Carolina, Democratic Party, NCDP, youth, Greenville, North Carolina
About the Author: Matt
2 Responses to “NC Dem youth travel Eastern parts of state”
The Eastern Caravan was incredible. We were able to register voters and speak with some pretty amazing families struggling with issues like healthcare and gang-violence. We had a ton of fun and I think we made a huge difference. I would recommend to anyone that they try to attend the next one. There’s nothing like hanging out with young people committed to making the world a better place.
By filmfiend on Aug 16, 2007
I definitely agree that doing an activity like that can be fun and rewarding. In Marcfh-APril 2007, I traveled the entire east coast with 30 youth on the Soulforce Equality Ride. You really learn a lot about other people and even yourself in activities like these!
By Matt on Aug 16, 2007