Dear MoveOn member,

We have some exciting news! MoveOn has been selected as a finalist at the
16th Annual Shorty Awards for our work with LeVar Burton to combat book
bans!
[ [link removed] ]Will you cast your vote for Artists Against Book Bans to help build
more public pressure on Republicans to stop their oppressive bans?

You likely recall that last summer MoveOn members across the country
joined forces to fight back against regressive book bans, through our
Banned Bookmobile tour, our Artists Against Book Bans open letter, and the
smash hit "LeVar Burton Says Read Banned Books" retro T-shirt.

[2]LeVar Burton influencer collaboration

Now, that campaign is on the verge of winning a Shorty Award! This award
would give more recognition to the power of MoveOn members to create
change in our communities, as well as the power of cultural organizing to
reach massive audiences. Through this campaign, MoveOn was able to engage
thousands of people across the country and show everyone that there is a
place with honor and dignity for them, no matter what MAGA elected
officials say.

[ [link removed] ]Cast your vote for Artists Against Book Bans here!

The Shorty Awards honor the most innovative work in digital and social
media by brands, agencies, and organizations. Prior winners include Malala
Yousafzai, Trevor Noah, Michelle Obama, Conan O’Brien, Lady Gaga, Lizzo,
and many major brands, such as Marvel Studios, HBO, Red Bull, and BMW.
MoveOn is constantly aiming to be on the cutting edge of digital tactics
since we pioneered digital petitions at our founding in 1998 and continued
with the development of using grassroots donations and the Spoke
open-source peer-to-peer texting tool. We've even won a Shorty Award in
the past, for "Guilty Pleasures," the only ice cream truck defending the
independent investigation by Robert Mueller into Trump's ties to Russian
attacks on our democracy in 2018. 

There are two ways to win: through a panel of industry judges and the
voting public. That's where you come in! You can vote for the Artists
Against Book Bans campaign every day, now through April 30!
[ [link removed] ]Vote every day through April 30 for Artists Against Book Bans!
Through this campaign, we were able to engage nearly 200 high-profile
celebrities and influencers, such as Ariana Grande, Amanda Gorman, Rosario
Dawson, Bill Nye, Margaret Atwood, Mark Ruffalo, Idina Menzel, Emma
Roberts, Gloria Steinem, Billy Porter, W. Kamau Bell, Kerry Washington,
Judy Blume, Roxane Gay, Alok, and more. And even more exciting, the
"[ [link removed] ]LeVar Burton Says Read Banned Books T-shirt" (you can still get
yours!) is MoveOn's most popular T-shirt of all time!
Our work is powered by you and other MoveOn members across the country,
and because of you we've been able to show up to fight censorship and book
bans around the country. This nomination is a recognition of our work
together—which we must keep up!
It's incredibly exciting to be a finalist, and we'd greatly appreciate
your support while voting remains open through April 30!
[ [link removed] ]Place your vote here!

Thanks for all you do.

–Mona, Jordan, Emily, Elizabeth, and the rest of the team



Want to support MoveOn's work? The MAGA movement's book bans have forced
teachers and librarians across the country to remove books from their
shelves and censor what young people can learn. MoveOn is fighting back,
including by filling a "Banned Bookmobile" with books that the far right
has banned and driving it to key cities and towns to raise the visibility
of book bans, hand out banned books for free, and bring people together to
stop censorship. To keep up the fight against book bans and the MAGA
politicians who support them, we need your help.

Will you start a monthly gift to power and sustain MoveOn's critical
work? 



[ [link removed] ]Yes, I'll chip in $5 a month.

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





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