The return of the ‘People’s Convention’

By , Daily Memphian Updated: April 08, 2022 12:57 PM CT | Published: April 08, 2022 4:00 AM CT

Earle Fisher of UpTheVote 901 talks about the return of the political gathering begun in 2019 and the state of the city’s new activism that has mixed campaigning for causes with campaigning for elective office.

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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.


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