Eden started deep canvassing as a volunteer with the Leadership LAB during the last midterm election in 2018, and when she calls this work life-changing, it’s because it changed hers. Growing up in Texas, she didn’t come into her queer identity until her mid-twenties and discovered how much of a disconnect can form when we don’t talk openly with others about how politics impact our lives.
Eden has now helped increase voter turnout to protect LGBTQ rights in door-to-door campaigns across the country, in battleground states such as Wisconsin, Ohio, and Pennsylvania during the 2020 Presidential Election, becoming an expert in deep canvassing and training others in this work along the way. Most recently, she has taken over as Field Manager of the program, leading a robust and skilled volunteer team through this November election and into an exciting new chapter for the LAB.