John,

We are now in the midst of a crisis more severe than anything our country has experienced in generations. What happens in the coming months could determine the course of the next decade in America.

Will we unify as a country and put people first, mobilizing our economy and society to provide life-saving equipment, and ensuring that working families can survive through the coming economic crisis? Or will we let massive corporations price-gouge medical care, lay off millions to save their bottom lines, and demand taxpayer bailouts? The leadership of Justice Democrats is needed now more than ever -- those already in Congress, and those running to join them there.

Right now these are uncertain times for so many families. This is a moment for our nation and our movement to come together, to support one another and provide a vision for how our country can move through this crisis. All of our Justice Democrat candidates with upcoming elections -- Jamaal Bowman, Kara Eastman, Morgan Harper, Cori Bush, Betsy Sweet, Georgette Gómez, and Alex Morse -- are working to support mutual aid efforts and vulnerable families in their districts.

Can you join them and split a $3 donation between these four mutual aid groups to help those in need during this crisis?

Contribute $3

I also want to make sure you are keeping yourself and your loved ones safe. Our country desperately needs to “flatten the curve” -- reduce the pace of transmission through social distancing so that our healthcare system is better able to cope. Justice Democrats staff are all working from home, travel and in-person meetings cancelled, for the foreseeable future. But keeping a physical distance doesn’t mean we need to be isolated! Reach out and connect with your friends, family, and neighbors. We will get through this crisis together.

Through this all, our team has re-doubled our efforts to bring out the best in the Democratic Party. We are working with every one of our campaigns to shift gears, with fully digital campaigning, building online communities of supporters, engaging potential voters, and making sure that everyone can cast their vote this year. We are elevating voices like AOC, Ayanna Pressley and Pramila Jayapal in Congress, pushing Democratic Party leadership to do what the American people demand and what experts say is needed:

• Mass industrial mobilization with the Defense Production Act to produce life-saving equipment;
• Universal paid sick leave;
• Free healthcare for everyone affected by the crisis;
• A universal basic income, including expanded unemployment benefits;
• A national moratorium on evictions, foreclosures, and utility shut-offs;
• Halting all debt collection and negative credit reporting, and the cancellation of all student debt; and,
• Heavy restrictions on any bailout money given to corporations to ensure that it benefits workers and consumers, not hedge fund billionaires.

We need to scale up our response at the scale of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s response to the Great Depression, who said:

“The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little.”

Together -- our supporters all across the country, our staff and volunteers, our leaders in Congress and on the campaign trail -- Justice Democrats is ready to meet the challenges of this crisis. We will continue to fight for those who have too little. And I could not be more proud to be fighting alongside you in this moment.

In solidarity,

Alexandra