Ripley House event helps educate voters
First-time voters were celebrated during a special event Tuesday, Oct. 30, at the Ripley House Neighborhood Center that drew dozens of HISD high school students and their parents.
The Voter Education and Citizenship Celebration, sponsored in part by Univision 45 and Mi Familia Vota, was held to help new voters understand the electoral process.
Students and parents from Jones, Milby, North Houston Early College, East Early College, Chavez, Austin, Sam Houston, and Lee high schools participated in the event. Teams of students from each of the schools called eligible voters across Houston as part of a “High Schools Unite” phone bank.
Ripley House has already been drawing thousands of people for early voting over the past week and organizers hope Tuesday’s event will encourage even more people to cast their ballots.
I Voted Early @ the Ripley House! 🙂