[ [link removed] ]A banner reading Giving a Sh*t Tuesday. Because we give a damn about
saving our democracy.
You’ve heard of Giving Tuesday? This is something like that, only our goal
isn’t a dollar amount, but rather getting as many [ [link removed] ]individual donors
involved as possible to defy the doom and gloom narratives about next
year’s election and to show this movement gives a sh*t about winning in
2024! On Giving Tuesday itself, usually a big fundraising day for our
organization, we’ll be raising funds for humanitarian relief instead.
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Indivisibles,
Both of our co-executive directors -- [ [link removed] ]Ezra and [ [link removed] ]Leah -- have reached
out over the past few days to share their thoughts on 2024. Their emails
are lengthy and detailed, but ultimately come down to this:
1. 2024 is going to be an extremely close election. It’s all but certain
Trump will be the Republican nominee, and one year out, he’s
maintaining a slight lead.
2. The scariest thing for us right now isn’t Trump or MAGA generally,
because we have a plan to beat them, and we’ve shown again and again,
we can do it. The biggest threats we face are complacency, fatalism,
and apathy heading into 2024.
These threats all come from different places, whether a lack of enthusiasm
for another Trump/Biden matchup, overconfidence that one of Trump’s many
indictments will take him down, or just a general feeling of dread and
exhaustion at having to wage yet another fight to defend our democracy
from fascism.
But they all have the same result: inaction and defeat. We either do
everything we can to win in 2024 and restore a trifecta that can do cool
stuff like restoring Roe, passing voting rights, bringing back the Child
Tax Credit, making healthcare cheaper, getting assault rifles off our
streets, building a green economy and more, OR we get Trump and slide
further toward autocracy and climate disaster.
We dubbed today Giving a Sh*t Tuesday because now’s the time we need to
make that choice. Now’s the time when we need to break the narrative of
apathy, of fatalism, of the “enthusiasm gap” and show that we are all in
to win in 2024.
We set a goal of bringing in 1,000 donations today to help turbocharge the
grassroots organizing we need to win in 2024 AND to create a contagious
energy that’ll carry us into the election year. [ [link removed] ]And right now, we're
asking everyone who is in a position to do so to chip in any amount --
whether $1, $100 or more -- to show your commitment to defeating Trump and
saving our democracy. If you’re unable to give, you can [ [link removed] ]sign up to
volunteer here.
If you've saved your information with ActBlue Express Lane, your donation
to Indivisible Action will go through immediately:
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[ [link removed] ]Donate $25 >>
[ [link removed] ]Donate $50 >>
[ [link removed] ]Donate $75 >>
[ [link removed] ]Other Amount >>
Listen -- Indivisible was born from regular folks all over the country who
woke up one dark morning in 2016 wishing they’d done more to prevent
Trump’s election when they had the chance. And we know from talking to our
leaders and members that they aren’t about to be caught off guard this
time.
If you’re reading this email, we know you get the stakes and you’re not
part of the so-called “enthusiasm gap.” But the other gap we’re seeing is
in fundraising -- and that’s a gap that’s being felt across progressive
organizations who will be responsible for getting regular voters in swing
states keyed into the stakes of this election, registered, and out to the
polls.
So we’re asking you to donate (or to sign up to volunteer) today as a
symbol of your commitment, yes -- but most importantly to help us do the
outreach necessary to get voters all over the country who might be tuned
out right now to give a, you know, about this election as much as they did
in 2020.
We’re talking about reaching disaffected voters who aren’t super tuned
into politics and aren’t easy to reach with political ads -- and certainly
aren’t reading emails like this one.
How will your donation help us do that? Ezra and Leah went into it in a
lot of detail in their recent emails, but it comes down to:
1. Making this election a contrast between the MAGA extremism that
threatens our rights and our broadly popular agenda. That’s how we won
in 2018, 2020, 2022, and in special elections all over the country
since.
1. Communicating that contrast through trusted messengers, not TV ads and
political speeches. We’re talking about tens of thousands of one on
one conversations in the key areas of the country that are going to
decide this election.
Indivisible’s campaign to win in 2020 required tens of millions of dollars
to mobilize and train a massive number of volunteers; recruit new people
to their local Indivisible groups; and provide voter contact resources,
tools, and technology to our entire network.
We’re ready to do it again -- but it won’t be cheap. And it won’t happen
without all of us fully committed to the cause.
Does it matter, really, if you chip in today or next week? Real talk, no.
If we don’t reach 1,000 donations today, the work will go on and your
donations will be put to good use. But the investments required to win do
need to happen soon -- and if you’ve read this far, it’s clear you give a
sh*t about making it happen. So please: [ [link removed] ]Donate now or [ [link removed] ]sign up to
volunteer.
If you've saved your information with ActBlue Express Lane, your donation
to Indivisible Action will go through immediately:
[ [link removed] ]Donate $1 >>
[ [link removed] ]Donate $25 >>
[ [link removed] ]Donate $50 >>
[ [link removed] ]Donate $75 >>
[ [link removed] ]Other Amount >>
Again and again -- including just last week, we’ve shown what this
movement can do when we all work together and reject cynicism,
complacency, and fatalism. We can do it again in 2024. [ [link removed] ]But we’ve got
to invest now.
In solidarity,
Indivisible Team
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