The Citizens Registering Citizens is a local group of 18 volunteers with the mission of making sure all Halifax County residents eligible to vote in the November election are registered to vote, focusing particularly on the youth, Cowan said.

“We want to make sure all the young people turning 18 are registered to vote,” Cowan explained. “We focused on the felons, too. We’ve gotten quite a few of them registered, as well.”

While Saturday’s event has an important mission, it will bring the community together in a relaxed environment, event coordinators shared.

“Saturday’s event is a way to get people out and interested in voting,” said Nevaeh Hodges, a member of Citizens Registering Citizens. “The event is also to show off the talent of people in Halifax County and to get everyone to come together and have a fun day.”

Key Ferrell, a disc jockey and South Boston native, Mikhail Stephens, a motivational speaker from Greensboro, North Carolina, musician Alon Farmer, dancers with Essence of Movement and the Stomp and Shake Team, a cheerleading team, are slated to perform at the “Halifax Has Talent” event.

While enjoying the entertainment, those attending the event can fill out voter registration forms.

Cowan shared her thoughts on the importance of getting young people active in the election process.

“Everything that’s being done now will affect them five or 10 years down the road. This is going to be their world,” Cowan said. “We need to make sure we have people in place to look out for their interests. Right now, there are a lot of older people who are making decisions that are going to affect our young people.”

Hodges, a senior at Halifax County High School and activist who organized a peaceful “Black Lives Matter” protest in Constitution Square in South Boston the evening of June 2, said getting other young people registered to vote is important to her, because it is the only way to make the changes they would like to see happen on a local level.

“It’s not just the national, presidential election that we’re voting for. It’s the local elections, as well,” Hodges said. “If you want things done, you have to vote people in office who will get those things done.”

While Citizens Registering Citizens has focused primarily on young people so far, the group’s next mission is to make sure all the residents of nursing homes in Halifax County are registered to vote, Cowan said.

The group sets up tables all over the county from apartment complexes to supermarkets and churches with the mission of registering people to vote.