Dear MoveOn member,

Where are the coronavirus tests? Where are the masks? Where are the
ventilators? Where is the direct support to Americans who can't go to work
and whose rent and bills are due in days?

They are tied up in the severe dysfunctions of an administration that has
ineptly confronted this crisis, and lost in the Republican leadership's
obsession with prioritizing corporate bailouts over investment in and
relief for the rest of us.

We are facing an unprecedented moment. Health care providers are asked to
make miracles happen while being denied basic equipment. Parents are being
asked to school their children at home while they don't know if they'll
have money for rent that's due. Grocery store workers are being told that
they are essential—and truly, they are heroes—while being denied the basic
ability to stay safe at work, the time to care for themselves or their
families in case of infection, or the confidence that there will be
hospital beds left for them.

So forgive us for a moment if bailing out Boeing or reopening Mar-a-Lago
isn't our top priority.

MoveOn members are campaigning for masks and protective equipment for
health care providers, for immediate and significant financial support for
all Americans, and for community safety measures to stop the spread of the
virus—and we're doing this while campaigning in ways we never have before
... at home and physically separated from each other and from our members
of Congress.



It's a huge problem requiring huge campaigns—and huge innovation to meet
the moment. MoveOn was built to lead in this moment, but we need your
help: Can you pitch in $5 a month to help us sustain the
fight—for as long as it takes—for masks, ventilators, and cash subsidies,
and against the spread of the coronavirus and trillion-dollar corporate
power grabs?

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in monthly to help keep the pressure on our government
to rise to the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic.

[ [link removed] ]No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation.



We're in a critical moment to push our government to use its extraordinary
power to put people first, focus on our individual and public health and
our financial security, and help all of our communities weather this
pandemic and emerge resilient.

Here's some of what we need right now:

1. We need to care for the folks who are infected and the heroes who are
caring for them. That means tests that are fast, accessible, and free;
protective equipment, including masks, for all health care staff; more
ventilators and hospital beds than we currently have; and assurances that
this pandemic won't bankrupt a generation with medical bills.

What we don't need are excuses, attempts to downplay the crisis, delays in
providing equipment, or deference to companies that don't want to produce
and distribute masks quickly and affordably.

2. We need to stop the spread—with solid public health recommendations
based on science, not wishful thinking, with language that connects to
people all across the country, and with measures that can actually work
for working people. We need folks to stay home if they are able, and we
need to care for and support those whose jobs and financial situations
don't allow them to stay home. We also need to be responsive to the people
for whom staying home is a danger, including those living with domestic
violence.

What we don't need is to be urged to pack pews by Easter, or the idea that
sacrificing only the older generation would be a good idea (which isn't
even how the pandemic is playing out).

3. We need to care for Americans whose lives have been turned upside down.
We need freezes on rent, mortgage payments, and other bills, and we also
need to move money directly to people who are impacted, so they can care
for themselves, their families, and their communities. Support needs to be
immediate, significant, and ongoing.

What we don't need is a one-time $1,200 check, or GOP senators worrying
that unemployment insurance will incentivize people to stay home.

Those are big needs. And that's just the starting place, as we'll also
need to secure and strengthen our elections, build a broader safety net,
stand with the communities that are most under attack in this moment—such
as Asian Americans, who are facing a surge of hate speech and attacks—and
imagine and invest in the society that comes after this pandemic is over.



That's why we're running a big program to meet this moment—but we can only
do it with your sustained help. Will you chip in $5 a month
to help MoveOn keep up the fight on all fronts during this crisis?

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your help.



Here's some of what we're doing:

* To produce masks and ventilators, we're pushing the Trump
administration to overcome the objections of corporate moguls and
actually use the federal power known as the Defense Production Act to
direct industries to produce masks, ventilators, and other critical
supplies as soon as possible. We're also working to support innovative
groups that are not only matching folks who have masks with those who
need them but are even empowering individuals to produce masks to
support our health care workers.
* To confront the spread of the virus, we're moving public education and
advocacy campaigns to urge all who can to stay home, to push local and
state governments to listen to public health officials—and not Donald
Trump's Twitter feed—about when to reopen businesses and schools, and
to support those who can't stay home with measures that help their
health and financial well-being.
* To provide immediate relief, we're pushing for a stimulus that puts
people first—with direct payments, rent freezes, expanded housing,
paid sick and family leave, access to health care, and more. And since
the federal government seems unwilling to do all that's needed, we're
running campaigns with partners to push state governments and
corporations to do what must be done.

Over the past few weeks, this work resulted in tens of thousands of phone
calls, millions of petition signatures, digital homepage takeovers of key
newspapers, hard-hitting videos that focus on stories of folks impacted by
the pandemic, and more. And we need to keep all of that going—and do even
more.

At the same time, it has not included rallies, office visits, or other
tactics that MoveOn is known for—meaning we're now campaigning on new
ground.

And so we'll do what MoveOn always does: We'll innovate. Virtual rallies,
Facebook Lives, crowdsourced social media campaigns, peer-to peer
outreach, relational organizing through friends and family. We're
investing in all of these possibilities in order to channel the power of
millions of MoveOn members in new and impactful ways.

That takes work, experimentation, analysis, data, tech, and, of course,
staff time—while our staff are also all juggling caring for family members
that are home from school, or missing paychecks, or concerned about their
health. But we're giving our all, even while we're in uncertain times.

And we have to continue. The stakes are too high to do anything else. So
we will campaign on multiple fronts, raise many voices, put all that we
can out there.

As Rahna Epting, MoveOn's executive director, said to us today, "Now is
not the time to tighten our belts. Now is not the time to cut off our nose
to spite our face. This is the time to put it all out there, to meet this
unprecedented, high-stakes moment with everything we can. Let's do
everything our members are ready to do."



Are you ready to support this work across many fronts, many channels, and
many uncertainties?

[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll support MoveOn's work by chipping in $5 a
month.

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Thanks for all you do.

–Justin, Jayne, Ankur, Isbah, and the rest of the team

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