T-shirt
Object number2019.138.2
Manufacturer
Port & Company
Manufacturer
The Nth Degree
Date2005
MediumCotton; Ink
Credit LineGift of Paul Freund
DescriptionRed t-shirt with white text down front. Manufacturer's tag on back of neck inside shirt.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (laying flat): 25.688 × 28.563 × 0.5 in. (65.2 × 72.6 × 1.3 cm)Inscriptions"MY VOICE / COUNTS: / I VOTE! / LET OUR VOICES BE HEARD!! / ©2005 www.thenthdegree.com for our friends at MHAAC"
MarksTop tag reads: "PORT / and / COMPANY" Tag underneath reads: "100% ALGODON PRE-ENCOGIDO / HECHO EN EL SALVADOR / INSTRUCCIONES DE CUIDADO AL REVERSO / 100% COTTON PRE-RETRECI / FABRIQUE AU EL SALVADOR / VOIR VERSO POUR ENTRETIEN / 100% PRESHRUNK COTTON / MADE IN EL SALVADOR / CARE ON REVERSE / ADULT S/P/C" Care instructions printed on back of this tag.
Historical NotesThis t-shirt is part of a collection related to the mental health and disability rights advocacy work of Rachel Freund. She is credited with playing a large role in getting people with disabilities registered to vote in Allegheny County, increasing the cash supplements to low-income personal care home residents and organizing a vast network of disability voting rights activists. Rachel Freund used voting machines like this one to train people on how to vote and she trained grassroots leaders and created a network for people with disabilities. She dedicated her time to providing voting access to people within the mental health community, eventually expanding to people with disabilities. She generated her own funding through foundations, she had to find non-traditional (non-government) funding sources as this work was considered political. She began “Let Our Voices Be Heard” in 2003, this was a conscious raising effort at first for people in group homes and state institutions in order to have them register to vote and to educate them on the importance of voting and their power as a voting bloc to advocate for change. T-shirt belonged to Rachel Freund.
Previous owner
Rachel Freund
(1959 - 2013)
Related institution
Mental Health America Allegheny County
On View
Not on view
Screen Stars
2003