Ethnic Media Services organized a briefing to raise awareness of new realities regarding redistricting maps in states south of California, especially since they now include vulnerable and minority populations that are now represented.
In the country, the redistribution of districts is coming to an end, so it is important to know where we are assigned to better understand the needs of our environment. The new maps of the southern states have reduced or dismantled the electoral opportunities of the region's Afro-descendant communities, which are growing rapidly.
Mitchell Brown, Voting Rights Advisor, Southern Coalition for Social Justice states: