Jose A. Velásquez: Registering voters in East Austin, Texas

Jose A. Velásquez: Registering voters in East Austin, TexasJose 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