Grassroots Ohio group empowers people with felony records to participate in democracy by voting 

Editor's note: This segment was rebroadcast on July 4, 2024. Click here for that audio.

A community organizer in Ohio is helping formerly incarcerated people who feel powerless after leaving prison to feel powerful by engaging in democracy.

Here & Now’s Deepa Fernandes speaks with Fred B. Ward about how his personal experience drives his work in a pivotal election year as state director of the grassroots organization Building Freedom Ohio.