Houston has a reputation for having some of the most ridiculous boundaries for Congressional districts. Over the last 10 years as Houston and the surrounding area has turned either more blue or shades of purple, these Congressional boundaries have been scrutinized.
For this project, I created a fictional student group, Fair Democracy Now, who wanted wants to educate the student body of the University of Houston about the practice of gerrymandering - types of gerrymandering, how it is done, and why redistricting should be left to robots not elected representatives.
U of H is majority Latinx, white, and Asian students who live in Houston (Dem) and the surrounding suburbs (majority Republican control though growing more purple). The target audience is 18-22 year old students who do not know or fully understand what gerrymandering is and how it can affect them for 10 year-long swaths of time.
The goal is to clearly define gerrymandering, how gerrymandering can lead to misrepresentation of a district, and how this practice can be ended. The ultimate call to action (CTA) is for students to sign the End Gerrymandering Now campaign through Common Cause. This information will be sent via email to all students, faculty, and staff as well as printed posters that will be posted throughout campus.
If you like what you see and want to work together, get in touch!
info@jes.fyi
