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T-shirt

Object number2019.138.3

Date2004

MediumCotton: Ink

Credit LineGift of Paul Freund

DescriptionGreen t-shirt with white text down front. Manufacturer's tag attached to back of neck inside shirt.DimensionsHeight x Width x Depth (laying flat): 29.75 × 34.5 × 0.5 in. (75.6 × 87.6 × 1.3 cm)
Inscriptions"LET OUR VOICES / BE HEARD!!" on front of shirt.
Marks"©2004 www.thenthdegree.com for MHAAC" printed below white text on shirt.
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.

Previous owner Rachel Freund (1959 - 2013)

Related institution Mental Health America Allegheny County

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