“We’re hopefully about to have our first Native female governor. We have Deb Haaland in the Department of the Interior, actually having a Native American speak for their own people in a cabinet of the presidency,” he says. “That comes from voting.”
With Walk to the Polls — part of the larger civic engagement campaign Ride to the Polls — Ruffalo says, “The message [to young Indigenous people] has been, ‘Hey, this system has really treated you badly and it’s completely understandable, your distrust for it, but the fact of the matter is the bad guys want you to not vote. This system hasn’t been fair to you, but it’s also the promise of America and using our vote is how we actually capture power and how we get a seat at the table.’ “
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“We’re hopefully about to have our first Native female governor. We have Deb Haaland in the Department of the Interior, actually having a Native American speak for their own people in a cabinet of the presidency,” he says. “That comes from voting.”
With Walk to the Polls — part of the larger civic engagement campaign Ride to the Polls — Ruffalo says, “The message [to young Indigenous people] has been, ‘Hey, this system has really treated you badly and it’s completely understandable, your distrust for it, but the fact of the matter is the bad guys want you to not vote. This system hasn’t been fair to you, but it’s also the promise of America and using our vote is how we actually capture power and how we get a seat at the table.’ “