Significant Volunteer Experience: I am currently volunteering on the re-election campaign of Chicago Alderman Michele Smith. I have volunteered since the beginning of January. I volunteer three days a week, two after school and one on the weekend. At the beginning, I called perspective voters and asked whether or not we had their vote. Later, I worked to persuade undecided voters to vote for the Alderman both over the phone and in person. I also put together letters that the Alderman sent to constituents and went around the entirety of the ward knocking on constituent's doors identifying supporters. Lastly, I collected constituent requests and filled out the paperwork to service the person. During the election push I started working more often, especially leading up to the election where I worked three consecutive days along with my normal schedule. On Election Day, I served as a poll watcher for the campaign at two of the precincts. Unfortunately we were forced into a runoff, so I will be working with the Alderman and her team until April, which is awesome! Looking back, I learned a lot about politics on themunicipal level and have met friends and colleagues that will be resources down the road
