Jose A. Velásquez,
president of Hermanos de East Austin, has
registered more than 180 voters in the last three
months to encourage political involvement in East
Austin, Texas. Photo by Lizzie Chen/News21
“We want to get people politically and
civically engaged,” Velásquez said. “We want them
to start tearing down this wall, or idea, that
politics is something foreign, or that East
Austin doesn’t get involved, or abusing the idea
that East Austin [residents] aren’t interested.
Its just that no one comes to speak to them about
it. ”
By Lizzie Chen, News21