Terence Crutcher Foundation leads non-partisan push to get voters to polls
TULSA, Okla. — On the final weekend before Election Day, volunteers with the Terence Crutcher Foundation spent their Saturday morning empowering north Tulsa voters.
"We're out here canvassing the neighborhoods, spreading voter awareness," said volunteer Sharif Bey. "This is a bipartisan, get out the vote effort."
He's part of a group of volunteers pounding the pavement for a purpose.
"We're doing this to for one to listen to the community so that we can take action," Bey explained.
The group knocked on dozens of doors, with the goal of asking voters about their plans to go vote and to get support for their foundation.
"You're more likely to, you know, turn out to vote if you have a plan to vote," explained Bey.
Volunteers spoke to everyone they could, with some doorknocks left unanswered.
The few who did answer made the volunteers' efforts worthwhile.
"It was very surprising just because it's super duper cold outside," said Katara Kniep, who answered the door. "But it was inspiring just to see like I say I see people who look like us and talk like us, be in the community actively and they're pushing for something very positive"
For voter Kamri Washington, she said hearing from the group was exciting.
"Voting personally for me, I did take it serious but now like talking to them and like talking about the Terence Crutcher, like what happens in real life, it makes me want to vote more," she said.
The Terence Crutcher Foundation is also partnering with a church to get voters to the pools.
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