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A fact from Arekia Bennett appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 October 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Arekia Bennett was inspired to organize a voter registration drive in 2017 by the 1964 Freedom Summer drive?

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... that despite graduating with a physics degree, Arekia Bennett turned to civic activism due to her political concerns regarding reproductive rights and the electoral process?

Source: https://www.splcenter.org/news/2020/11/02/vote-your-voice-mississippi-grantee-organizations-are-challenging-systemic-voter Arekia Bennett was a physics and chemistry major at a Mississippi university when she tuned into local and regional politics. “As a young woman in the Deep South, I started to understand that there were so many issues I cared about, like control over my own body, that were intrinsically tied to the electoral process,” Bennett said.

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Created by CaptainAngus (talk). Number of QPQs required: 0. Nominator has less than 5 past nominations.

CaptainAngus (talk) 16:55, 24 August 2024 (UTC).[reply]

How is this surprising or interesting? Many people who go into politics or advocacy don't have polisci degrees. (t · c) buidhe 13:48, 27 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Two alternative hooks below:

ALT1: ...that despite intending to become a physics teacher, Arekia Bennett turned to civic activism due to her political concerns regarding reproductive rights and the electoral process?

Additional source for ALT1: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/25/us/freedom-summer-mississippi-votes.html “This is about creating a culture of civic engagement, not just during the election season. We want people to understand the political landscape and be involved on and off the clock,” said Ms. Bennett, a Jackson State University graduate who wanted to be a physics teacher before turning to civic activism.

ALT2: ...that voting-rights activist Arekia Bennett based a 2017 mass voter registration effort in Mississippi on Freedom Summer?

Source for ALT2: https://jacksonadvocateonline.com/ms-votes-the-next-generation-of-freedom-fighters-are-here/ “In 2017, [the organization] started to test this theory of what it means to do mass voter registration in the same ways that folks did during Freedom Summer,” says Bennett.

CaptainAngus (talk) 01:39, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not sure about these hooks either: #1 are very common reasons for political activism in the US and #2 is a commonly cited inspiration for voter registration. (t · c) buidhe 02:40, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Additional alternative hooks below:

ALT2a: ...that voting-rights activist Arekia Bennett aimed to recreate Freedom Summer, Mississippi's 1964 voter registration drive, in 2017?

Source for ALT2a: https://jacksonadvocateonline.com/ms-votes-the-next-generation-of-freedom-fighters-are-here/ “In 2017, [the organization] started to test this theory of what it means to do mass voter registration in the same ways that folks did during Freedom Summer,” says Bennett.

ALT3: ...that Arekia Bennett is focused on voting rights for Mississippi citizens including young queer people and children who have gone through the juvenile justice system?

Source for ALT3: https://www.djournal.com/mississippi-today/the-story-behind-the-technology-that-mississippi-votes-uses-to/article_8fe12716-715e-56e3-9a32-fc3a38f033e8.html Arekia Bennett throws herself into a chair in front of a dark red accent wall and rattles off a list of positions she hopes to fill as quickly as possible at Mississippi Votes, the nonprofit she has led as executive director for almost a year. <break> More specifically, they focus on people ages 18 to 35 as well as young queer people and people who have experienced the juvenile justice system.

CaptainAngus (talk) 01:44, 30 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Full review needed now that multiple alternate hooks have been proposed. BlueMoonset (talk) 03:13, 22 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
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Overall: ALT2a is probably the most interesting of these. However, the article only says that she drew inspiration from Freedom Summer, rather than aimed to recreate it. The source likewise mentions it as an inspiration for their methodology ("In 2017, [the organization] started to test this theory of what it means to do mass voter registration in the same ways that folks did during Freedom Summer"). Currently, the only ALT that is supported and reasonably interesting is ALT3 (AGF on the paywalled source). Thoughts? — Chris Woodrich (talk) 21:41, 29 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Crisco 1492: Thanks for the review! For ALT2a, I went to the word "recreate" to try to summarize what I believe Ms. Bennett was describing. Let me make another attempt:

ALT2b: ...that voting-rights activist Arekia Bennett was inspired by Freedom Summer, Mississippi's 1964 voter registration drive, in 2017?

I still find it somewhat lacking, because it doesn't explicitly say: "they were inspired to do another voter registration drive in 2017". However, I would think most people could/world infer that. Here's another take trying to put it all together:

ALT2c: ...that voting-rights activist Arekia Bennett was inspired to organize a voter registration drive in 2017 by Freedom Summer, Mississippi's 1964 drive?

I'm struggling to make a sentence that flows though. What reads best to you? Thanks again! CaptainAngus (talk) 00:56, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi CaptainAngus. ALT2c is going in the right direction. What if you nixed "voting-rights activist"? Something like ALT2d ...that Arekia Bennett was inspired to organize a voter registration drive in 2017 by Freedom Summer, Mississippi's 1964 drive? — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:17, 30 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Crisco 1492: I think that's great! I agree it reads better. Can we go with that? :) CaptainAngus (talk) 01:14, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I think it should be okay. to mark good to go. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 01:53, 1 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]