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About

• Why Crochet?
  • Why Can’t Crochet Be Done by a Machine? Answers, Knitting Machines, and More! – Crochet That
  • National Library of Medicine – Happy Hookers: findings from an international study exploring the effects of crochet on wellbeing
• Craftivism
  • Pratt Institute LIS – Craftivism: An Introduction
• Who we are?
  • Georgetown – MA Program in Engaged and Public Humanities

Cost of Congress Vest

• Introduction
  • Brennan Center for Justice – Citizens United Explained
  • Campaign Legal Center – PACs, Super PACs and More: Your Guide to Key Election Spending Vehicles
• Understanding the Cost of Congress Vest
  • Open Secrets – Election Trends
• Understanding Campaign Finance
  • Federal Election Commission – Contribution Limits
  • Federal Election Commission – Understanding independent expenditures
  • Open Secrets – Dark Money Basics
• Impacts on Democracy
  • FiveThirtyEight – How Money Affects Elections
  • Open Secrets – Majority of lawmakers in 116th Congress are millionaires
  • CBS News – Are members of Congress becoming telemarketers?
  • Open Secrets – American Israel Public Affairs Committee backed candidates won midterm races following big spending by group’s super PAC
• Conclusion
  • Politico – How Rick Caruso spent $104M and still lost the LA mayor’s race
  • Open Secrets – “Midterm spending spree”: Cost of 2022 federal elections tops $8.9 billion, a new midterm record

Incarcerated Voting Rights Tote Bag

• Introduction
  • Center for American Progress – The Intersection of Policing and Race
• Understanding the Tote Bag
  • Movement Advancement Project – Voting Rights for Formerly Incarcerated People
  • Brennan Center for Justice – Voting Rights Restoration
• Ties to Civil Rights
  • The Law Dictionary – What Rights Do Convicted Felons Lose?
  • The Sentencing Project – Locked Out 2022: Estimates of People Denied Voting Rights
  • History.com – Black Codes
  • Voting Rights Lab – Existing Disenfranchisement & Rights Restoration Laws: Losing Eligibility
  • National Conference of State Legislatures – Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Criminal Justice System
• Representation
  • Perspectives of Change – The Three-Fifths Compromise
  • Prison Policy Initiative – Prison Gerrymandering Project: The Problem
• Regaining the Right to Vote
  • American Bar Association – The Modern Poll Tax: Too Many States Condition the Right to Vote on the Payment of Court Debt
  • Prison Policy Initiative – New data on formerly incarcerated people’s employment reveal labor market injustices
• Conclusion
  • The Sentencing Project – Increasing Public Safety by Restoring Voting Rights
  • The Marshall Project – Jim Crow’s Lasting Legacy At The Ballot Box

Voter Turnout Blanket

• Introduction
  • History.Com – Voting Rights Milestones in America: A Timeline
• Understanding the Voter Turnout Blanket
  • US Elections Project – Voting Statistics
• Ties to Voter Disenfranchisement
  • National Constitution Center – The Amendments
  • Brennan Center for Justice – DC Statehood Explained
  • Politico – What the 19th Amendment Meant for Black Women
• Federal Regulations About Voting
  • NPR – The Docket: The Rise and Fall of the Voting Rights Act of 1965
  • Brennan Center for Justice – Shelby County vs. Holder
  • American Disabilities Act – Voting and Polling Places
  • Library of Congress – Voting Rights for Native Americans
  • Washington Post – ‘Jim Crow, Indian style’: How Native Americans were denied the right to vote for decades
  • USA.gov – Voting rights laws and constitutional amendments
• Voter Suppression of the Past & Present
  • Voting Rights Lab – Potential Changes to Voting with Student ID
  • American Civil Liberties Union – Oppose Voter ID Legislation: Fact Sheet
  • Zinn Education Project – March 24, 1966: Supreme Court Officially Abolishes Last Vestige of Poll Taxes
  • National Archives – Black Americans and the Vote
  • Slate – Take the Impossible “Literacy” Test Louisiana Gave Black Voters in the 1960s
  • Brennan Center for Justice – Voter Purges
  • NAACP Legal Defense Fund – Landmark: Smith V. Allwright
  • Democracy Docket – Texas Republican Introduces Bill to Ban College Polling Places
  • The New York Times – What is Gerrymandering? And How Does It Work?
  • Campaign Legal Center – Gerrymandering harms all American voters, regardless of party (The Hill)
  • The Conversation – Voter intimidation in 2022 follows a long history of illegal, and racist, bullying
  • Center for American Progress – The Intersection of Policing and Race
  • The Sentencing Project – Locked Out 2022: Estimates of People Denied Voting Rights
  • Vote411 – Voting Rules: Nationwide Quick View

How to

• Crochet Resources
  • TL Yarn Crafts – LEARN TO CROCHET (for real this time) | SLOW Step-by-Step How to Crochet Tutorial
  • Youtube – Bella Coco Crochet
  • Sarah Maker – How to Crochet for Beginners: A Complete Guide
  • Ravelry – Welcome to Ravelry!
  • Reddit – r/crochet
  • Pinterest
  • Yarnsub – Yarn substitution made easy
• Project Resources
  • Stitch Fiddle – Online knitting and cross stitch chart pattern design community
  • Center for Artistic Activism
    • Center for Artistic Activism – Let’s Step it Up! Workshop Handout
  • Coolers – The super fast color palettes generator!
  • The Data Visualisation Catalogue
• Stats to Stitches Projects
  • Make & Do Crew – How to Crochet a Hexagon – Clear Photos + Tips
  • Hayhay Crochet – Crochet Checkerboard Sweater Vest – FREE Pattern + Video Tutorial
  • US Elections Project – Voting Statistics
  • Movement Advancement Project – Voting Rights for Formerly Incarcerated People
  • Open Secrets – Election Trends

Take Action

• Know Your Rights
  • U.S. Department of Justice – The Americans with Disabilities Act and Other Federal Laws Protecting the Rights of Voters with Disabilities
  • US. Department of Justice – Know Your Voting Rights: Your Guide to Federal Voting Rights Laws
  • American Civil Liberties Union – Felony Disenfranchisement Laws (MAP)
  • Brennan Center for Justice – Voting Laws Roundup: June 2023
  • Vote411 – Voting Rules: Nationwide Quick View
• Register to Vote
  • Vote.gov – Register to Vote
  • Rock the Vote – Am I registered to Vote?
  • USA.gov – Who can and cannot vote
  • Vote.org – Voter Registration Deadlines
  • 270toWin – 2024 Presidential Election Calendar
• Support Creativity
  • National Endowment for the Arts
  • National Endowment for the Humanities
• Support Voting Rights
  • US Election Assistance Commission – Become a Poll Worker
  • American Psychological Association – How to Call your Member of Congress
  • American Civil Liberties Union – Voting Rights
  • Brennan Center for Justice
  • NAACP – Democracy & Voting
  • Rock the Vote – Register to Vote, Find Election Info, and More!
  • She Should Run
  • Sign Vote – The Election in ASL
  • When We All Vote
• Learn More
  • The Sentencing Project – Locked Out 2022: Estimates of People Denied Voting Rights
  • University of North Texas – Voting and Civic Engagement
  • Open Secrets – Money-in-Politics Timeline
  • ABC News – Timeline: Voter suppression in the US from the Civil War to today
  • Ballotpedia
  • Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law – 50-State Report on Re-Enfranchisement – A Guide to Restoring Your Right to Vote
  • Voting Rights Lab – The Markup
  • ACLU – Oppose Voter ID Legislation: Fact Sheet
• Create Data-Driven Crochet
  • Craftivist Collective – How we define Craftivism: by Sophie Freeman
  • Craftivist Collective – What exactly is the Craftivist Collective?
  • Pussyhat Project – Our Story
  • University of Alberta – Stitching the Curve: A UAlberta Library Data-Driven Making Project
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