Indivisibles,

We want to share with you something that the American Psychological Association (APA) released on Sunday:

“As our nation tries to process the unthinkable yet again, it is clearer than ever that we are facing a public health crisis of gun violence fueled by racism, bigotry and hatred. The combination of easy access to assault weapons and hateful rhetoric is toxic… One critical factor is access to, and the lethality of, the weapons that are being used in these crimes. Adding racism, intolerance and bigotry to the mix is a recipe for disaster.”

The APA doesn’t name names, but we will: Donald Trump’s racist policies and rhetoric combined with Mitch McConnell’s adoration of guns and refusal to implement even basic gun violence prevention measures are making our country’s racism and our gun violence bloodbath even worse. 

In order to stem this epidemic, we need to do a lot of things: We need to elect leaders who have the bravery to face down the NRA, and who will close the detention camps. We need to get Trump off Twitter and out of office. We need to eliminate anti-democracy rules like the filibuster that allow McConnell to kill any gun violence prevention bill before it reaches a vote. We need to Defund Hate and dismantle the Trump Deportation Machine.

One of our jobs at Indivisible is to provide tools and resources so that we can make all of that work as easy and effective as possible for you -- but that costs a lot of money. 

We pay for text messages to keep activists apprised of what’s going on (that’s about $6,000 per full-list message). We build toolkits to help Indivisibles understand often-complicated bills and policy asks (the toolkits can take hundreds of hours to build). We build back-end infrastructure to organize events (a map helping activists find their local town halls alone costs us another $6,000). We buy access to voter contact software and email tools, and pay for online ads and paper mailers to get these people out of office. 

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We cannot stop the slaughter happening in this country without doing a lot of work. No one of these solutions will get us all the way there without the others. We’re grateful and humbled that you’ve helped us build this movement of people fighting on every front to make our country better. 

In solidarity,

Indivisible Team