Collection
Latinx Civil Rights
Contributor
Bagley, Carly (Interviewer & Transcribed by); Birnal, Alex (Interviewee)
Publication Date
2022
Description
Alex Birnel shares his experience organizing young voters and helping create the organization MOVE Texas. Birnel also discusses providing voter education to other young voters in the San Antonio area during his time as a college student as well as inviting the local community to participate in civic engagement outside the university campus.
Biography
Alex Birnel co-founded MOVE Texas in 2013 at the University of Texas at San Antonio and has continued working with the organization to empower young voters. Currently, he is the Advocacy Director of MOVE Texas.
Interview Index
0:36 Founding MOVE Texas as a college student
9:47 Beginning action as MOVE Texas
19:05 Challenges of founding MOVE Texas
27:29 Serving as advocacy director at MOVE Texas
35:41 Barriers to Latinx voting
Keywords
Latinx politics, MOVE Texas, neighborhood level democracy, political movements, voter registration, young voters
Size or Duration
17 pages; 55 minutes, 47 seconds
Format
Docx; MA4
Disciplines
Chicana/o Studies | Latina/o Studies | Oral History | Public History
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Bagley, Carly, "Alex Birnel" (2022). Latinx Civil Rights. 3.
https://commons.stmarytx.edu/mascroh/3
Included in
Chicana/o Studies Commons, Latina/o Studies Commons, Oral History Commons, Public History Commons