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SJ Sindu I cannot speak of voting without speaking of citizenship the goal of many immigrants like me escaping home countries where they face persecution and death. Citizenship, for me, is a moving target. I’ve lived significant amounts of time in three different countries. I was born in Sri Lanka, lived most of my life in the US, and currently reside in Canada. Where many view citizenship as a fixed, stable connection, I see it as ever-shifting. I have little patience for nationalism or patriotic pride, and little faith in the stability of governments, no matter their power. In Sri Lanka, I was born Tamil during a civil war where the Sinhalese-controlled government sought to dominate Tamils who wanted a separate state. And if domination wasn’t possible, then eradication. I spent my early childhood without wealth in cities on the borderlands between government and rebel control. I carry those memories of war with me as an artist and as a citizen. I’ve seen first-hand how gerr

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