Students in the Advanced Photojournalism course were charged with showing the story of campaign workers during the 2022 midterm election cycle. Working with canvassers, organizers and volunteers, they researched who makes campaigns and elections happen, then spent time in the field with them.
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Sharon Bellah (left) debriefs Blake and Sherry Tanner upon their return to the Athens-Clarke County Democratic Party Headquarters after canvassing on Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Bellah has been volunteering with the ACC Democratic Party for just over a year, helping to train volunteers and going out on canvassing trips herself, regardless of weather or events. (Photo/Aisha Schulz)
Signs on a board inside the Athens-Clarke County Democratic Party Headquarters, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. (Photo/Aisha Schulz)
Blake Tanner returns yard signs to the Athens-Clarke County Democratic Party Headquarters, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. The party sends out volunteer canvassers every Friday-Sunday in two two hour shifts. (Photo/Aisha Schulz)
Kathy Boyle-Gast (left) helps Bill Loughner pick out yard signs for Democratic Party Candidates outside the Georgia Square Mall, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. Loughner was the only person to stop by and take signs at this location. (Photo/Aisha Schulz)
Athens-Carke County Democrat volunteers discuss the election with Mokah Jasmine Johnson, running for Georgia House seat 120, while waiting to give out signs outside the Georgia Square Mall, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. (Photo/Aisha Schulz)
Mokah Jasmine Johnson straightens a stack of Stacey Abrams signs outside the Georgia Square Mall, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. Johnson is running for House District 120 in Georgia and is a co-founder of the Athens Anti-Discrimination Movement. (Photo/Aisha Schulz)
Sherry Tanner fills out a canvassing log at the Athens-Clarke County Democratic Party Headquarters, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. Due to the University of Georgia vs. Florida game and the rainy weather, Tanner only made contact with nine of the 47 doors she knocked on. (Photo/Aisha Schulz)
Canvassers eat snacks and discuss results in the Athens-Clarke County Democratic Party Headquarters, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. This close to the election, canvassing numbers have fallen, but regular volunteers continue to take to the streets of Athens to inform residents of how and where they can vote. (Photo/Aisha Schulz)
Jim Taflinger (center) helps Kathy Boyle-Gast (left) prepare a plastic yard sign for Bill LoughnerÕs neighbor at the Georgia Square Mall, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. (Photo/Aisha Schulz)
The Athens-Clarke County Democrats set up camp in the parking lot of the old movie theater behind the Georgia Square Mall to distribute yard signs, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2022. The party distributes signs outside the old Kmart in Eastside Athens and behind the Georgia Square Mall every Saturday leading up to the election on Nov. 8. (Photo/Aisha Schulz)
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