Willie Velásquez: Sú Voto es Sú Voz (Your Vote is Your Voice)
When: Tue., Sept. 25, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 2018
In observance of Heritage Month and National Voter Registration Day, Palo Alto screens Hector Galan’s 2016 documentary about voting rights activist and visionary leader Willie Velásquez, who through his grassroots organizing and founding of the Southwest Voter Registration and Education Project (SVREP) changed the Latino voting landscape in Texas and throughout the U.S. Following the film (11am), SVREP Executive Director Lydia Camarillo facilitates a student plática.