But he doesn’t want his past to define who he is now.
“I think I have a lot of positivity since I was released,” he said.
That s why he was in Kissimmee on Sunday to visit the Florida Rights Restoration Coalition s Free The Vote tour bus.
The group s bus provides voter registration information, COVID-19 testing, food, and had a bounce house for kids.
Members with the FRRC said they want to not only restore former felons’ rights but also the dignity of these returning citizens. The organization is celebrating April as “second chance month.”
Marquis McKenzie, FRRC s chapter development and training manager, said he lost his voting rights before he even had them. At 15 years old, he was taken out of the juvenile system and charged as an adult, he said.