LaTosha Brown, civil rights activist and political consultant, spoke at the Gephardt Institute for Civic Engagement about empowering African American and minority voters and encouraging political involvement, Wednesday, March 31.

TThe 2012 elections marked a momentous time in my life. I had just become eligible to vote, and I was eager to participate politically as an adult in society. Now, in high school I had learned about the fight for equal voting rights, and the way it was taught to me was that now all people have the right to vote regardless of gender, race or property ownership.