The Mexican American Legislative Caucus held a Texas Redistricting Town Hall on Sept. 24, 2020 to discuss the census, redistricting and gerrymandering. In 2021, the Texas Legislature is scheduled to begin the redistricting process for 38 or 39 U.S. House seats, Texas Senate seats and Texas House of Representatives seats. Because of COVID-19, the Texas House and Texas Senate indefinitely postponed a series of public input hearings that were to have been held in cities across Texas in 2020.

By Ross Ramsey, The Texas Tribune Counting is one thing. Culling is something else entirely. As the federal government prepares for its once-every-decade count of the U.S. population, it has decided to ask residents whether they are U.S. citizens or not. At a time when immigration and sanctuary cities top Republican lists of political concerns, that question has less to do with counting and more to do with culling.

What is redistricting? How does it effect your community and organizing?Southwest Workers Union, along with guests from Southern Echo from Mississippi, will be hosting the ‘Texas Redistricting School’ from Friday, Nov. 19 through Sunday, Nov. 21 at Southwest Workers Union, 1416 E. Commerce St.This training is for grassroots, social justice based organizations and leaders, which have an interest in being apart of the redistricting process in Texas.