In St. Louis, the Organization for Black Struggle has focused on black political empowerment for the last 27 years. Earlier this year, they held a deep canvassing training and built a team to go out into neighborhoods and start conversations.
“To me, deep canvassing is really about building relationships and getting community stories,” says Tempestt Tuggle, field organizer for OBS. “What deep canvassing really touches on is we’re all people and we’re all people who go through the same things.