2/28 The Struggle for Voting Rights by Ursula Wolfe-Rocca https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc Please add a post to one or more of the columns. Next, read and reply to at least two other posts. en-us 2022-02-28 14:20:13 UTC 2025-11-24 16:00:54 UTC hello@padlet.com Mom cried Nov. 1980 ursulawolfe https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2069558085 One of only a handful of times I have seen my mother cry. I was five. I came into the living room and she was watching our little 10-inch black & white T.V. with tears rolling down her cheeks. I said, "Mama, what's wrong?" She said, "A very bad man just became President of the U.S." ]]> 2022-02-28 14:23:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2069558085 Hygiene ursulawolfe https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2069560479 I have heard people say, "Voting is hygiene" and I wonder what they mean. I have ideas, but...I find it provocative. ]]> 2022-02-28 14:24:05 UTC https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2069560479 VOTINGS AFFORDS YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO USE YOUR VOICE (IF YOU DONT USE IT YOU LOSE IT) keciasmith https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070251138 2022-02-28 20:18:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070251138 https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070251531 Everyone should be registered to vote automatically when they turn 18. ]]> 2022-02-28 20:18:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070251531 For the 2008 elections, I was not a US citizen. I wanted to vote for Obama. So I became a citizen in September 2011 and was able to vote. Obama was the first president I actually voted for. rodeline_daux https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070251536 2022-02-28 20:18:41 UTC https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070251536 I can remember how excited I was to vote for the very first time with my mother. I was so excited and proud because I realized that women and BIPOC were denied the right to vote. s_richardson3 https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070251626 2022-02-28 20:18:45 UTC https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070251626 Nov 2008 https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070252398 I will never forget the night when Barack Obama had won the 2008 election. The cheers and tears that my parents had will also be a cherished memory. ]]> 2022-02-28 20:19:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070252398 Voting Decisions marialijoi https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070253003 I remember being a child and my grandmother saying once that she was just going to vote for whomever my grandfather told her too. It was so odd to me that she would do that because she was so opinionated usually.]]> 2022-02-28 20:19:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070253003 My son came to me in 2012 with telling me who he wanted me to vote for, after making some reasonable arguments as a 10 year old, I let him come with me to cast his vote for me. olivia_johnstone https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070253361 2022-02-28 20:20:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070253361 Making connections marialijoi https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070255229 I've tried when I taught social justice at my old school to get students to see the connections between disenfranchisement of the past and the more subtle ways voters are sometimes disenfranchised now.]]> 2022-02-28 20:21:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070255229 I took m mom to vote for her first time too. rodeline_daux https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070255237 2022-02-28 20:21:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070255237 https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070255427 Elections should last a week (early voting) and end on election day. ]]> 2022-02-28 20:21:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070255427 Tracey https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070255633 I remember voting and having a discussion with some friends about the election results...one of my former friends said that she wasn't registered and just didn't care to vote. She also thought it would help to keep her off of the Jury Duty list. We are no longer friends. You have very few responsibilities in life and voting is one that I do not think is optional. ]]> 2022-02-28 20:21:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070255633 I can recall how the scholars use to react to learning about the poll tax and literacy tests, especially the Louisiana Literacy Test. I use to make them take the literacy test as a part of a lesson on voting rights, and their reactions were so authentic and empathetic! s_richardson3 https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070256132 2022-02-28 20:22:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070256132 EXPOSURE, SHOW SCHOLARS WHAT OTHERS DID TO AFFORD THEM THE RIGHTS keciasmith https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070256831 2022-02-28 20:22:38 UTC https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070256831 joseph_day2 https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070256932 I remember seeing my mother vote for the first time after becoming a naturalized citizen. She always encouraged my sibling and I to take part of the process, especially since where we origin from voting is not applicable to most people. ]]> 2022-02-28 20:22:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070256932 Tracey https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070257346 I encourage everyone to vote, at least once during their adult life. ]]> 2022-02-28 20:23:03 UTC https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070257346 joseph_day2 https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070259146 How come the candidates with the largest election budget is always the front runner?]]> 2022-02-28 20:24:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ursulawolfe/wu97piqrbtul4rwc/wish/2070259146