Organizers push voters to have their voices heard

From the local to federal level, dozens of El Pasoans want to make sure their representatives understand issues that matter to voters,so they got together Saturday to motivate voters and have their voices heard.

“We’re writing postcards, they’re great, to elected officials, in our case ted Cruz. We gave a nice concise list of representatives who would be able to respond,” Xochitl Nicholson, one of the Boundless Across Borders organizers said.

Dozens of El Paso voters gathered at the Armijo Library to speak out about the issues that mattered to them, from protecting Duranguito to fighting against the border wall.

“We’re hoping to activate people who haven’t been activated. We’re hoping to engage people who have been on the fence, or who have only been watching in the distance, or who maybe haven’t been watching at all, haven’t been listening, haven’t been paying attention,” Nicholson explained.

Organizers explained representatives are supposed to listen to their constituents, but they can’t hear if voters don’t speak out.

“That’s our major goal, creating these events, these platforms, these spaces so people can stand up for each other and stand in solidarity with each other,” Nicholson said.

Something, they say, everyone should do, no matter their political views.

“We’re strong believers in radical inclusion, so we want people from all walks of life to come together. We know it’s not gonna be easy, we know there’s people who are strongly and deeply divided right now, but if we can’t reach across the table we’re never gonna fix anything,” said Nicholson.

Boundless Across Borders gathered the postcards written to mail them to the appropriate representatives.