With just a few days left until the elections, efforts to get voters to go to the polls are not over yet.

Victoria Matthews, who grew up during the Donald Trump administration, had to travel three hours from Washington to Fernhill Park in Germantown to attend the event, along with other Howard University students and members of Vice President Kamala Harris’ sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha. Working Families Party volunteers We’re knocking on over 5,000 doors on Saturday Democratic ticket.

When Matthews was in ninth grade, a boy ran onto the stage with a bag in his hand. trump flagInterrupting his Mexican American classmate hostile attitudes and comments during cultural appreciation week.

“This really highlights how who is president affects how people think they can act,” the 20-year-old actor said. “Because if the top people in this country are not doing better than everyone else, how can you expect anything better from you?”

Valerie Bose, Harris Alpha Kappa Alpha The brother said he thought it wouldn’t be a problem for the vice president to set a better example.

sisterhood We support Harris’ candidacy in many statesespecially swing states like Pennsylvania. But for Bose, dressed entirely in Alpha Kappa Alpha’s signature salmon pink, the backboard feels more personal.

Bose, a Howard University graduate, started Alpha Kappa Alpha at the same time as Harris.

“You know, (he’s) the one who stays calm (when) everyone else is going crazy about testing,” Bose said. “He was always able to deal with stress in a calm, serious and open-minded manner.”

This clarity is exactly what Malik Abdul Bey is looking for in an election he describes as frightening.

Abdul Bey was imprisoned at age 16 and never had the chance to vote. After three decades behind bars, he believes education can change his life and the lives of many others in his situation.

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Abdul Bey believes Harris “is in touch with our struggles and the ways that lead us to crime, including lack of education.”

“If I had that, I might have chosen a different path, and it’s the same for so many others. young men wandering these street corners “They don’t feel like there’s anything for them,” the 48-year-old actor said.

Abdul Bey said he is campaigning for Harris to contribute to society and hopes she will be the kind of person who will help rebuild the country.

Howard University student Haley Lucas is confidentAunt Kamala”, as he puts it, may do just that, but he emphasizes that not all of his campaign work “is a love letter to Kamala.”

“This is more of a chess move,” Lucas said. “It opens the doors of the future. It opens the doors for young Black women like me to see the spaces we can occupy.