National voter campaign includes East High student’s work
A billboard on I-240 eastbound between Airways and Lamar features a drawing by Abel Billings, an East High senior.
(Credit: Mark Adams)
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David Waters
David Waters is Distinguished Journalist in Residence and assistant director of the Institute for Public Service Reporting at the University of Memphis.
The billboard campaign to encourage civic engagement is sponsored by an arts-based organization called For Freedoms.
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