Hi Friend,
My name is Rebecca and I’m an organizer with NextGen America. I was born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, but have called Texas my second home for years.
Right now, I’m working on the ground in Houston, Texas and at Texas Southern University to help build the largest youth voter mobilization campaign in this state’s history.
Growing up, my mom instilled in me the value of civic engagement and never missed an opportunity to take me along to the polls whenever she cast her ballot. But it was when my family and I experienced climate disaster firsthand that I realized my calling to help build a government that truly reflects and respects us.
After Hurricane Katrina, I saw that those in power, those tasked with making critical decisions to get us out of a devastating crisis, did not look like me and did not serve my community.
From that point forward, my path was clear. I wanted to help people and I chose to do so through political organizing.
I took my drive to leave this country better than we found it and honed my skills as an organizer while I attended Texas Southern University.
TSU, the first state university in Houston, was actually started thanks to Black organizers before us. In 1946, when Heman Sweatt was denied admission to the University of Texas School of Law on the basis of race, legal advocates and organizers came together to establish the school we now know as TSU. In March of 1960, the first sit-in in Houston was organized by TSU students.
Since then, TSU has had a rich history of empowering a generation of trailblazing Black organizers.
To be a TSU student is to have organizers’ blood run through you. That’s why I’ve loved coming back to this university to create a true presence for young voters and determine a new direction not only for Texas but for the entire country.
In my day-to-day, I work with local volunteers, register voters on campus, and mobilize TSU students to help shape the next generation of organizers. Today, I have one ask for you.
Will you take two minutes today to pledge to vote in the 2022 midterm elections?: [link removed]
Pledge to vote: [link removed]
I’ve always viewed organizing as an act of love and an act of sacrifice. It’s the ultimate exercise of listening so that others have the opportunity to be seen and heard.
A pledge to vote tells us that you’re with us as we build a better government. Within this pledge, you’ll also have the opportunity to tell us what issues you care about.
We want to know why you vote and embolden that reason, so you can find your voice in our democracy.
Thanks for being with us,
Rebecca E.
Organizer in States - Texas
NextGen America
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NextGen America
268 Bush St. #2919
San Francisco CA 94104-3503
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