by Kristyn Senters | Sep 4, 2020 | Count Her In
Image from Facebook Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Voto Latino is a grassroots political organization that focuses on “educating and empowering a new generation of Latinx voters, as well as creating a more robust and inclusive democracy. Through innovative digital...
by Kristyn Senters | Sep 4, 2020 | Count Her In
Activist and librarian Martha P. Cotera is one of the co-founders of the Texas Women’s Political Caucus. Image from Wikipedia. In 1971, more than 200 women gathered in Austin to form the Texas Women’s Political Caucus, a state-level extension of the National Women’s...
by Kristyn Senters | Sep 4, 2020 | Count Her In
Pictured: The Senate Chamber. Image from the Bullock Museum The Texas Senate The Texas Senate Chamber is located on the second floor of the east wing of the Texas State Capitol. Noteworthy features include “sunset red” granite steps leading into the chamber,...
by Kristyn Senters | Sep 4, 2020 | Count Her In
Image from the MALDEF resource page MALDEF (Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund) is a Latino legal civil rights organization dedicated to defending the “rights of all Latinos living in the United States and the constitutional rights of all Americans.”...
by Kristyn Senters | Sep 4, 2020 | Count Her In
The poll tax restricted access to the ballot box for minorities, women, and poor voters for much of the 20th century. Public domain image. For the better part of a century in post-Civil War America, Texas and other states enforced racial segregation and other...
