今年，我们的女儿扬拉达·蕾妮·金将首次参加投票。她是马丁·路德·金博士和科雷塔·斯科特·金唯一的外孙女，年仅18岁。就在现任政府试图挑战并改写这些权利之际，她正在行使自己的权利。她并不孤单。年轻人、妇女和边缘化群体都被卷入这场冲突之中，而总统唐纳德·特朗普正伺机发难。她和数百万与她一样的人正为投下这一票而拼尽全力！
This year, our daughter, Yolanda Renee King, the only grandchild of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King, will vote for the very first time. This 18-year-old is exercising her rights just as the current administration works to challenge and rewrite them. She is not alone. Young people, women, and marginalized communities are caught in the crossfire, with President Donald Trump on the attack. She and millions like her are in the fight of their lives to vote! First, President Trump’s efforts to change how voter eligibility is verified and how mail-in ballots are handled could create additional obstacles for voters who rely on mail ballots, including college students like Yolanda, who left Georgia to attend college in New York.
首先，特朗普总统试图改变选民资格核验方式以及邮寄选票的处理方式，这可能为依赖邮寄选票的选民设置更多障碍，其中包括像扬拉达这样离开佐治亚州、赴纽约州上大学的大学生。
Then there’s the SAVE America Act, which passed the House in February by a vote of 218 to 213, and would require documented proof of citizenship, such as a U.S. passport or qualifying birth certificate, to to vote.
此外，2月以218票对213票在众议院通过的《拯救美国法案》将要求选民在投票时出示有文件记录的公民身份证明，例如美国护照或符合条件的出生证明。专家警告，这可能给目前法定姓名与公民身份证明文件不一致的人设置更多障碍，例如改过姓名的已婚女性。
Experts warn this could create additional hurdles for people whose current legal names do not match their citizenship documents, such as married women who have changed their names. As Yolanda's parents, we have always stressed her autonomy, especially over her own body.
作为扬拉达的父母，我们始终强调她对自己，尤其是对自身身体的自主权。我们对一些州可能通过立法决定女性生育权利感到愤慨。这是对身体自主权本身的攻击。
We are appalled by legislation in individual states that could decide women's reproductive rights. This is an attack on bodily autonomy itself. It is clear to us that President Trump's actions validate what Dr. King taught us: freedom is never really won, and the fight never ceases.
我们清楚地看到，特朗普总统的所作所为印证了金博士传授给我们的道理：自由从来都不是一劳永逸的，斗争也永远不会结束。它会不断演变，并以新的形式呈现在新一代面前。这正是扬拉达所属的一代。
Instead, it evolves and is reimagined for a new generation. Yolanda's generation. As a country, we are tired.
作为一个国家，我们已经疲惫不堪。事实上，我们早已不只是疲惫，而是筋疲力尽。令人费解的是，我们竟还得再次抗争，去重新争取我们的父母辈曾经争取到的权利。但筋疲力尽并不意味着失败。这是一个信号，提醒我们重新校准方向，认清我们的对手。 Dr. King在世时，那些曾阻挠边缘化群体享有投票权的势力并未消失。它们只是换了形式，卷土重来。它们还没有罢手，我们也一样。
Actually, we are past tired. We are exhausted, and it makes no sense that we must fight again to restore rights our own mothers and fathers already fought for. But exhaustion is not defeat. It is a signal to recalibrate and know your opposition. The same forces that worked to keep marginalized groups from the ballot when Dr. King was alive are not gone. Just repurposed. They are not done, and neither are we. We believe we are the “Beloved Community” he dreamed of.
我们相信，我们就是他梦想中的“挚爱共同体”。我们将一起睁大双眼、肩并肩，以对真理与公平坚定不移的 dedication，再一次为我们的未来、为我们的孩子、为扬兰达而战。
And together, with eyes wide open, arm in arm, with unwavering dedication to truth and equity, we fight again for our future, for our children, for Yolanda. Here is what you can do right now: check your voter registration today, and find out what your state now requires—especially if your legal name does not match your birth certificate.
现在，你就能采取以下行动：今天就核查自己的选民登记信息，并了解所在州目前有哪些要求——尤其是在你的法定姓名与出生证明不一致的情况下。了解所在州有关生殖权利的政策，以及哪些人担任你所在县的选举委员会成员。与此同时，最重要的是，谨记 Dr. King的话。
Learn your state's reproductive rights measures and who sits on your county election board. And, importantly, heed Dr. King’s words. "So long as I do not firmly and irrevocably possess the right to vote,” he once said.
“只要我还没有牢固而不可撤销地拥有投票权，”他曾说，“我就没有拥有自我。”
“I do not possess myself.”