Why I Vote - ChaeRan Freeze
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As opening graphic appears on screen:
On the left-hand side of the graphic a portrait of ChaeRan Freeze is seen with a close-up image of red, white and blue "VOTE" button is in the background. One the right-hand side of the image in large white with a blue stoke lettering reads "WHY I VOTE" laid over a slate colored background.
The graphic then cuts to video of ChaeRan Freeze seated. A lower third graphic with their name and title transition on briefly -
"ChaeRan Freeze, Frances and Max Elkon Chair in Modern Jewish History"
"My name is ChaeRan Freeze and I teach in the departments of women's, gender and sexuality studies and Near Eastern and Judaic studies.
As long as I reside on stolen native lands, I vote because I care about Indigenous sovereignty, sacred sites in traditional culture, the epidemic of murdered and missing women and girls, the right of native children to grow up in their own communities, and environmental rights.
I am painfully aware that this country has long suppressed Indigenous vote and political participation even as native matrilineal traditions inspired the white suffragists and their struggle for the 19th Amendment a century ago.
The fight for the right to vote is still unfinished.
For me voting, is a powerful way to protect the lands and lives of the very people in whose homelands I dwell as a guest."
The video then transitions out to show a white background where blue text reading "Brandeis University" fades into the screen. A few frames later the text "go.brandeis.edu/votedeis" also fades into the screen after a few seconds the screen fades to black.