my guest is mass vote clyburn crawford, she grew up in boston, joining her is angel winster, mass votes youth coordinator. she is boston native who recently graduated from syracuse university where she earned a dual degree in political science and policy studies. welcome, ladies, to higher ground. >> thank you for having us. >> my pleasure, indeed. >> tell us, sheryl, what is mass vote, where did it come scene. how and why was it established? >> okay, great. mass vote has been around since 1999. it rose up out of an organization called commonwealth compact, mass vote. and # # came up at the same time. mass vote is a non-partisan voting rights issue advocacy organization, basically we work in communities of color, through mass vote. we have our fair agenda, which is legislation that we advocate for to make voting accessible to everyone. we have a mobilization program , our civic engagement initiative, our main stay is democracy for non-profits and underneath that falls cea, civic engagement initiative, our boston 500 initiative, which is a joint program we're working with the naacp bosto