Help them count our votes!
"Make My Vote Count" is a short film by members the 431 Exchange community about a mother's fight to vote in the Jim Crow South.
It’s in the running for a $5,000 prize from the “Spark The Vote” Social Media & Film Challenge.
“Make My Vote Count” is written and narrated by Connie Payton, a member of our scholarship committee and graduate of Adult Education Center class of 1970. It’s directed by her great-niece, Daryanna Barrett, a Scholarship Winner who also won the award for Student Film of the Year at Loyola and recently graduated in May.
Daryanna Barrett (speaking) and Connie Payton (seated on the left) at the 431 Exchange Friends and Family Fundraiser, 2023.
You can help us win $5,000:
1. Go to Spark The Vote Challenge
2. Select the "Voting" category
3. Scroll down to our video, "Make My Vote Count"
4. Click on the heart button.
We appreciate your vote!
We hope to win and use the funds to create more content that tells stories about individuals in our community and continues our legacy.
Please keep scrolling until you see our video. Thanks!