Singer-songwriter has been putting out a lot of music during the coronavirus pandemic — including a song he released on YouTube in late April called “." The song went viral and garnered more than 400,000 signatures to take action to save the post office.
It was part of a successful campaign by to raise awareness of postal service funding, and it spawned a new project that Troop is spearheading, called The video series features interviews with artists, politicians, activists, community leaders and stakeholders from across the state talking about the biggest issues in the upcoming election. Troop has interviewed people including , an immigrant living in sanctuary in Greensboro, Indigenous Lumbee activist and bail reform advocate . Troop talks about “Pickin’ for Progress” with host Frank Stasio and shares some new music.
You can find the full video series here:
You can find out more about Troop's advocacy work to increase voter participation .