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THE VOICE IS
YOURS
JASON BREWER
En·gage·ment
To occupy the attention or efforts of (a person or
persons)

To bind, as by pledge, promise, contract, or oath;
make liable:
                                    -Webster’s Dictionary
Em·pow·er·ment
to enable, permit, or give power to; to promote
individual self-assurance to produce a desired
outcome

                                   -Webster’s Dictionary
Com·mu·ni·ty
A social group of any size whose members reside in a
specific locality, share government, and often
have a common cultural and historical heritage.

A social, religious, occupational, or other group sharing
common characteristics or interests and
perceived or perceiving itself as distinct in some respec
t from the larger society within which it exists

                                       -Webster’s Dictionary
OUR
COMMUNITY
SO…
WHAT’S
THE POINT?
1 IN 4
WILL NOT GRADUATE
HIGH SCHOOL.
1 3
  IN

EL PASOANS ARE
LIVING IN POVERTY.
HELIOTROPIC
PRINCIPLE
SO…
WHAT CAN
I DO ABOUT IT?
Voter Registration
ONLINE:
http://www.epcounty.com/elections/


IN PERSON:
El Paso Department of Motor Vehicles
5 offices across all parts of El Paso
City of El Paso Neighborhood
Services


ONLINE:
http://home.elpasotexas.gov/community-
development/neighborhood-services.php
Center for Civic Engagement:

http://academics.utep.edu/Default.aspx?alias=acade
mics.utep.edu/cce


United Way Volunteer Action Center

http://www.volunteerelpaso.org
Find Elected Officials:

City:
http://home.elpasotexas.gov/onlineservices.php

County: http://www.epcounty.com/elections/current/electedofficials.pdf

State:
http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/voter/current.shtml

Find Business Leaders:

Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.elpaso.org/

Hispanic Chamber of Commerce:
http://www.ephcc.org/
City of El Paso Online Services


ONLINE:

http://home.elpasotexas.gov/onlineservic
es.php

www.change.org
THANK YOU!!
Jason Brewer
@brewerjlz


brewerjlz@gmail.com

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Utep live 2013

Editor's Notes

  1. Tell story about moving to El PasoWife’s Employment brought us here (Bait and Switch)You have preconceived notions about what you think it might be like.
  2. This is our community in a totally broad sense.This is what most people think of.
  3. Your Neighborhood is a community.Change can happen here.
  4. Established in 1935 is second oldest bowl football game ever.Only Second to the Rose Bowl.
  5. 12 stories, the Mills was considered the tallest multistory reinforced concrete framed building in the world.Renound Architect Henry Trost Designed and built in 1912
  6.  Conrad Hilton opened his first high-rise hotel in El Paso1930
  7. Varney Speed Lines in El Paso (1934–36) 1937 Taken over and renamed to become Continental Airlines
  8. If people hate on El Paso it keeps us down as a community.
  9. If people hate on El Paso it keeps us down as a community.
  10. If people hate on El Paso it keeps us down as a community.
  11. If people hate on El Paso it keeps us down as a community.
  12. If people hate on El Paso it keeps us down as a community.
  13. If people hate on El Paso it keeps us down as a community.
  14. If people hate on El Paso it keeps us down as a community.
  15. If people hate on El Paso it keeps us down as a community.
  16. If people hate on El Paso it keeps us down as a community.
  17. If people hate on El Paso it keeps us down as a community.