Friend,

The student-led movement to liberate Palestine and stop this genocide is building at a breathtaking pace.

Solidarity encampments are springing up at universities all across the country, and now the rest of the world.

In the last few days, I have been repeatedly asked if I think the students are doing the right thing by disrupting their campuses.

To me, the answer is obvious.

Photo credit: Ariel Ciprian

All of our institutions are propping up Israel’s war crimes. Those same institutions stand in the way of the urgent changes needed to stop the climate emergency, strengthen unions and give power back to the workers, and stop the advance of authoritarianism that threatens to disband our democracy.

These institutions are trading our very survival for a few more minutes of power.

I’m asking you to join me today to take back our future. Ours is the only anti-war, pro-planet, pro-worker campaign that will be on the ballot across the country this November, and this is our moment to deliver a mandate at the ballot box.

We’ve received a rush of contributions in the last 48 hours that brought us so much closer to our goal. But to ensure that we meet every ballot requirement in states like New York in the next few weeks, we need to raise another $100,000 as swiftly as possible.

That number sounds overwhelming, especially to me. But I also know it is achievable. It is so close to our grasp, in fact, we would raise that right now if everyone reading this email gave as little as $28.

I need your support today, because we cannot let this moment pass.

In solidarity and gratitude,

Jill