In this episode of Built by Us, we sit down with Debbie Karamera and Alexia, two of Democracy North Carolina's Democracy Summer Friendterns, to talk about what it's really like organizing for voting rights as young people in North Carolina right now. They break down the attacks on campus voting access at schools like NC A&T, Elon, and Western Carolina, why the argument that students "aren't really from here" falls apart under scrutiny, and what it means when federal protections for the vote start to weaken. Debbie and Alexia also share how storytelling and community research bring history and lived experience into the same conversation, why they're not waiting for older generations to make room for them, and where they find the joy that keeps them in this work. Then a special reminder as we kick off our Freedom Rising tour across the state.

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