Arekia Bennett

Arekia Bennett ɗan gwagwarmayar Amurka ne kuma babban darakta na Mississippi Votes, Ƙungiyar da ba ta da riba da ke mai da hankali kan inganta rajistar masu jefa kuri'a. Bennett yana jagorantar kokarin kaiwa ga matasa da masu jefa kuri'a a Mississippi ta hanyar fitar da masu jefa jefa kuri'u, ilimin al'umma, da zanga-zangar jama'a

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Bennett 'yar asalin Jackson ce, Mississippi .  Ta kammala karatu daga Jami'ar Jihar Jackson tare da digiri na farko a fannin kimiyyar lissafi. Bennett da farko tana so ta zama malamin kimiyyar lissafi kafin ta zama mai sha'awar fafutukar jama'a  bayan ta fahimci cewa duk batutuwan da ta damu da su sun kasance zaɓaɓɓun jami'ai da ke ƙoƙarin sarrafa su.  Yayinda yake a Jihar Jackson, Bennett ta kafa GIRL (Gathering Information Related to Ladies), ƙungiyar da ke mai da hankali kan bayar da shawarwari, magance "matsalar manufofin jami'a", da kuma taimakawa wajen ilimantarwa game da tarihin mata na Afirka.

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Bennett shine babban darakta na Mississippi Votes,  wata kungiya mai zaman kanta da ke mai da hankali kan inganta rajistar masu jefa kuri'a da shirya rajistar masu zabe.  Bennett ya ambaci Freedom Summer, babban yunkurin yaduwar masu jefa kuri'a wanda ya faru a Mississippi a shekarar 1964, a matsayin wahayi a cikin jagorancin yunkurin rajistar masu jefa kuriʼa a shekarar 2017. A cikin 2020, Bennett da Mississippi Votes sun taimaka wajen shirya daya daga cikin manyan zanga-zangar a tarihin Mississippi, wanda kisan George Floyd da sake fasalin tutar jihar Mississippi suka haifar. Bennett ya ambaci al'adun gargajiya masu ƙarancin shiga daga masu jefa kuri'a a matsayin abin motsawa a bayan aikin Mississippi Votes.

A matsayinta na babban darakta, Bennett ta fadada mayar da hankali ga Mississippi Votes don hada masu jefa kuri'a a ƙarƙashin shekaru 35, matasa masu kama da juna, da yara ko manya waɗanda suka shiga tsarin shari'ar yara. A cikin 2019, Bennett ya shirya kamfen don amfani da geofencing don yin niyya ga takamaiman kwalejoji a cikin Mississippi don yin tallace-tallace na 'fita da kuri'a' kafin zaben Nuwamba. Mississippi Votes ya kiyasta yakin neman zabe ya haifar da kusan sabbin masu jefa kuri'a 3,000 su yi rajista.

A cikin 2023, Bennett ya shirya ƙoƙari na mayar da baya ga dokar Mississippi HB 1020, wanda ya bayyana lissafin a matsayin ƙoƙari na tura iko ga jami'an jihar Republican daga birnin Jackson. Bennett ya ce lissafin ya kasance "hanzarin dama ga [fararen] mutane don sarrafa albarkatu da kuma siyasar shuka don yin wasa a hanya ta ainihi". Bennett abokin aikin shari'a ne na zaɓe tare da Movement For Black Lives . 

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