Dear MoveOn member,
June is PRIDE Month! Pride was born out of an act of resistance, standing
for the unequivocal right to live an authentic and true-to-self life. From
the first brick thrown at Stonewall all the way up to the passage of the
Respect for Marriage Act, we have made meaningful progress in building a
society that is more welcoming to the LGBTQ+ community, but it's still not
enough.
As with much of the progress we've made as a society, the MAGA Republican
Party, led by Donald Trump, is working around the clock to curtail this
progress—and to actively roll back LGBTQ+ rights across the country.
It's 2024, and just six months out from Election Day, the LGBTQ+ community
needs us more than ever. Just last year, 510 antigay and antitrans bills
were passed in the U.S., in Congress and in state legislatures. That’s the
most bills on record in a single calendar year.^1 The 2024 election isn't
just a battle for our democracy; its outcome will have implications for
marginalized communities across the U.S.
[ [link removed] ]Host a house party any time from June 6 to June 9, and let's
collectively fight back to protect and defend the LGBTQ+ community by
calling key voters in battleground states about supporting Democrats in
November.
We'll provide you with everything you need to make your event successful,
including a beginner resource guide if you need a primer for talking about
LGBTQ+ rights, and we'll help recruit other local MoveOn members to your
event. But even if you can gather just a few friends on your own, a
handful of people making calls to voters can make a big impact!
Hosting a house party is easy and impactful. Whether you gather at your
home, a local park, or another venue, you can bring together a small group
of friends, family, or fellow activists to join in the cause.
Just this past weekend, we completed our first major set of election house
parties around the country. More than 100 MoveOn members hosted events,
from Alaska to Texas. And they were a big success! Together, in living
rooms and cafes, in small groups and big gatherings, we churned out
thousands of handwritten postcards to key voters in the states and
districts that will decide the presidential race and whether MAGA
Republicans are in charge of Congress. Now we're gearing up to give these
very same voters a call at June phone bank parties. Can you take the lead
in your community by hosting one?
[ [link removed] ]SIGN UP to host a house party any time from June 6 to June 9, to
phone-bank and call voters who are on the fence about turning out in 2024.
As you know, we need as many people as possible to vote in order to defeat
Donald Trump, retake the House, and protect the Senate majority.
We will join together to tell the MAGA Republican Party that we're not
backing down and we won't go back in history or backtrack on progress.
We'll leave you with this: The reality of what's happening to the LGBTQ+
community is terrifying, and balancing that reality while instilling joy
and resilience is a MUST.
[ [link removed] ]What are you waiting for? Sign up to host a house party!
Thanks for all you do.
—Joel, Nakia, David, Amanda, and the rest of the team.
P.S. If you can't host a phone bank on June 6-9 but want to start taking
action as part of MoveOn's election program, [ [link removed] ]sign up to be a Vote
Mobilizer! We'll be in touch about upcoming trainings and ways to
participate.
Source:
1."Record number of anti-LGBTQ bills were introduced in
2023," CNN, January 22, 2024
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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.
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