This Activist Says Voting Is Just One Tool To Improve Black Lives Thursday, January 7, 2021 | Sacramento, CA
Pannell Meadowview Community Center in Sacramento, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020.
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Helen Jones is in a long haul fight to convince people their vote matters. An activist with Black Lives Matter, the slow pace of progress makes her job difficult.
For the 2020 general election, Jones texted thousands of people from her Watts studio each week about voting. Then she turned her texting to Georgia’s Senate runoff elections, held today.
“Their vote is their voice,” she said.
Last year she had to persuade her own son to vote. The debate happened during a music production session, between the mixing of beats.