For our Impact 25 project Sophia Di Vitto and I asked people why they vote. The political scene right now is ruled by emotions and we thought it would be nice to get people thinking again about the causes and issues they care about. I've heard a lot of people saying that their votes don't matter, or they hate both candidates too much to vote, or they feel like the election is rigged. I thought that if everyone stepped back a bit and thought more about what's important to them they would be inspired to get more politically active.
We asked people to write down their name, the issues they care about, their zip code, and to find an image that sums up their thoughts. We then printed these images onto postcards using the laser engraver. We will then write our interviewee's name and message on the back and send the postcards off to their local senators and representatives.
The hope is that not only will we impact the people we interview, but by creating beautiful images we will also impact the politicians receiving the cards and maybe some of these messages will actually get heard.
We created a Tumblr page to showcase our postcards and we will include the web address of the page on the bottom of each postcard we send, so the politicians know that the card they receive is part of a larger movement. Sophia and I plan to continue on with this project beyond today.
Tumblr:
http://postcardsforpoliticians.tumblr.com/
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