I went on MSNBC to discuss the launch of Leaders We Deserve, an organization I co-founded to elect young people to office to make real change in Congress and State Legislatures across the country.

Here’s why:

After the Parkland shooting, people told us that young people would never be able to create meaningful change. But Gen Z defied the odds and their expectations.

We stood up in record numbers to change dangerous gun laws in Florida, register tens of thousands of voters, and elect the youngest member, Maxwell Frost, to Congress.

But we can’t stop there.

We have to continue fighting to build a better future for the next generation.

That’s why I’m proud to announce Leaders We Deserve is partnering with Ban Assault Weapons NOW! Together we can elect young gun safety candidates up and down the ballot who are committed to banning assault weapons and ending gun violence once and for all. But we’re counting on 921 supporters to fuel our critical work. Will you stand with us and chip in $15 before our End of Week Deadline in 24 hours? All of the proceeds from this email will go to my organization, Leaders We Deserve. >>

I’ll tell you what I told MSNBC:

My generation, the school shooting generation, has been taught our entire lives to Run, Hide, and Fight to survive school shooters.

It’s time our generation repurposes that.

We need to start running for office.

We need to stop hiding from the responsibility that we have to protect future generations.

And we need to start fighting to fix our broken political system.

Because just voting is not enough.

The truth is gun-lobby-backed Republicans are outraising and out-investing us in races up and down the ballot – and the impacts are painfully obvious.

They are working to REPEAL life-saving laws put in place following the Parkland massacre, even though 2023 is on track to set the record for the most mass shootings in a decade.

They RUSHED dangerous permitless carry bills into law, enabling more untrained and unchecked people to carry hidden, loaded guns in public.

And they’ve REFUSED, time and time again, to offer anything other than empty “thoughts and prayers” to those left behind in the wake of these entirely preventable slaughters.

But I’ll be honest: Change isn’t going to happen in Washington, D.C., until it happens in your state, too.

That’s why I’m so proud to partner with Ban Assault Weapons NOW! to further our mission to elect leaders we deserve across the country. Now, I’m reaching out to ask you to join our movement too. I’m counting on 921 grassroots supporters to stand with us in the next 24 hours to prove we have what it takes to take on the gun lobby’s massive war chest, elect gun safety candidates to Congress and State Legislatures nationwide, and finally ban the assault weapons that are ripping our communities apart. So, I’m humbly asking: Can I count on you to chip in $15 to join BAWN and Leaders We Deserve before our End of Week Deadline? Your contribution will directly support Leaders We Deserve’s critical work to recruit, support, and fund young champions running for office up and down the ballot. >>

Chip in $15 now >> Chip in $25 now >> Chip in $50 now >> Chip in $100 now >> Chip in another amount now >>

Thank you,

David Hogg
Co-founder, Leaders We Deserve
Board Member, Ban Assault Weapons NOW!

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