This ethos of going deep into communities to transform their political participation has also driven BLOC, an organizing and mobilization group in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, that engages black voters to understand their electoral power and prepare for the 2020 elections. One of their novel tools is the silent canvass, where candidates and elected officials are taken on a tour of Milwaukee but cannot speak. They are encouraged to experience the city with their full senses, but also to encounter the everyday lives of voters without the filter of their position or power.
