Outside the formal elective and appointed offices in Texas, there are powers invested in people.
This is the promise of representative democracy and the many freedoms protected by the 1st
Amendment to the US Constitution and Article 1 of the Texas Constitution. For this Conversation, I
want you to role-play from the perspective of one of the following: campaign director interest group
lobbyist civil right activist political party membership coordinator Get Out the Vote youth organizer
Further, you must choose an issue to organize around, one that you and those you represent feel
strongly about. What is it, and why did you pick it? From the role you are playing, what is the best
strategy to get your issue resolved? What part of Texas government needs to be involved and why?
Will you succeed, given what you know about Texas politics?