These quilters are making the case for DC statehood.
. We talked to Barbara Garlock, a retired nonprofit exec who helped organize the project with the League of Women Voters.Hochsztein, who works at a campaign-finance-law watchdog organization, has created a quilt that’s “technically superb,” Garlock says.A DC resident and Howard grad, Hassan used spare bits of African cloth to create this assemblage.Garlock adores this piece by a Maine quilter, who cleverly transforms the Potomac and Anacostia rivers into cherry-blossom branches.
By also calling for Puerto Rican statehood, it’s a reminder, Garlock says, that “there are other places in our country where democracy does not prevail.”Chase, who lives in Wichita, hopes her local League of Women Voters will stage a similar project to highlight how restrictive voting laws are affecting Kansans.This quilt, from California, incorporates DC’s motto. The hands represent Washington’s diversity.
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