I have never been involved in politics and really never payed attention to them. I have always felt that I have no say in anything that has to do with politics since I am not a citizen nor resident from here. Having to do a political experience has changed my perspective on politics and made me realize that I can be involved. For my political experience, I went canvassing with a nonprofit organization called coalition for humane immigrant rights of Los Angeles. This was a great political experience and taught me a lot. I learned myself many things and was able to teach others about it as well. It made me get more involved in this year’s election and made me realize how many people are not well informed about what they even get to vote for.
At first I was able to attend to one of their meetings with the director of CHIRLA. She came from Los Angeles to inform us and teach us about what canvasing was all about. As well as why it was important for us to do this in our community. In the meeting, we learned about the propositions we went through all of them briefly and decided which ones where yes, no, or neutral to us. We also learned how to use …show more content…
Due to the hour change we wanted to go until eight o’clock reminding people since that was when voting was going to close but since it became dark early we were only able to canvas until six thirty. We were able to go to a lot of houses and to my surprise all the houses we went to everyone had already voted. We had a viewing party to be together as group to watch as the votes were counted so we could see live who was winning. As well as to celebrate our hard work of voter registration and voter outreach. As the day went on and we witnessed who became our new president it was a disgrace, but I know that I went out there and tried my best to inform people and help
At first I was able to attend to one of their meetings with the director of CHIRLA. She came from Los Angeles to inform us and teach us about what canvasing was all about. As well as why it was important for us to do this in our community. In the meeting, we learned about the propositions we went through all of them briefly and decided which ones where yes, no, or neutral to us. We also learned how to use …show more content…
Due to the hour change we wanted to go until eight o’clock reminding people since that was when voting was going to close but since it became dark early we were only able to canvas until six thirty. We were able to go to a lot of houses and to my surprise all the houses we went to everyone had already voted. We had a viewing party to be together as group to watch as the votes were counted so we could see live who was winning. As well as to celebrate our hard work of voter registration and voter outreach. As the day went on and we witnessed who became our new president it was a disgrace, but I know that I went out there and tried my best to inform people and help