00:00In this moment, I believe we face a choice between two different visions for our nation.
00:17One focused on the future, the other focused on the past.
00:24And with your support, I am fighting for our nation's future.
00:30We here believe in a future where all women and all mothers are safe.
00:38That is why, as Vice President, I have elevated and took on the issue of maternal mortality,
00:45knowing that women in America die at a higher rate in connection with childbirth than women
00:53in any other wealthy nation in the world.
00:57And black women are three times more likely to die in connection with childbirth.
01:02And for too long, this has been a crisis in our country.
01:06And it is time that we recognize the crisis it is.
01:11And ours is a fight for freedom.
01:16Across our nation, we are witnessing a full-on assault on hard-fought, hard-won freedoms
01:24and rights.
01:25The freedom to vote.
01:27The freedom to be safe from gun violence.
01:31The freedom to live without fear of bigotry and hate.
01:34The freedom to love who you love openly and with pride.
01:37The freedom to learn and acknowledge our true and full history.
01:41And the freedom of a woman to make decisions about her own body and not have her government
01:48telling her what to do.
01:51We are not playing around.
01:56So in conclusion, to the incredible members of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Incorporated, I
02:04say there is so much at stake in this moment.
02:10There is so much at stake.
02:13And again, then, in this moment, our nation, as it always has, is counting on you to energize,
02:23to organize, and to mobilize.
02:26To register folks to vote, to get them to the polls, and to continue to fight for the
02:34future our nation and her people deserve.
02:40And we know when we organize, mountains move.
02:46When we mobilize, nations change.
02:50And when we vote, we make history.
02:55So let us continue to fight with optimism, with faith, and with hope.
03:04Because when we fight, we win.
03:06God bless you, and God bless the United States of America.
03:09God bless you.
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