Hey folks,

A little story.

We always planned to release a new Indivisible guide after the election --
whatever the result. But after Trump won, suddenly that plan took on huge
new weight. At our best, Indivisible helps people find the path -- and in
that moment, the path felt farther away than ever.

So, two days after the election was called, we left our kids with my mom,
and Leah and I picked up a bunch of frozen meals and energy drinks and
locked ourselves in a cabin in the woods for the long weekend. After three
full days and long nights of nonstop writing, revising, getting feedback
from across the movement, fighting over language, consuming copious
caffeine, and partial reconciliation…we weren’t done yet. It wasn’t coming
together. It didn’t flow.

That Monday I came back to DC to tell Rachel Maddow on live TV that we’d
be releasing it Wednesday. Which meant, ready or not, it was coming out.
We decided on a new structural rewrite that night at about 1am. We were
coming down to the wire…but we made it: Wednesday morning I sent the final
uncopyedited draft (typos are in our DNA) to our team: [ [link removed] ]Indivisible: A
Practical Guide to Democracy on the Brink. 

A few hours later, we held the launch call with about 40,000 of you and
Senator Elizabeth Warren. Since then, about 10,000 people have told us
they’re looking to either be connected to a local group or start a new
one. We had about 1000 people come to a training on “How to Start Your
Local Indivisible Group” this week, and we’re hosting another one
tomorrow. We drove 20,000 calls to Congress to unify Dems against a
terrible bill that would increase Trump’s power (H.R. 9495). Matt Gaetz
has come and gone. And we’ve talked to more press about building defiance
to Trump 2.0 more times than I can count -- [ [link removed] ]this one that ran in USA
Today is my favorite so far.

Some things have changed for the better. At this point in 2016, we didn’t
have an Indivisible movement or organization. We didn’t have any real ties
to the pro-democracy world of brilliant thinkers, researchers, and doers.
We didn’t have a professionalized Indivisible national team of expert
organizers, policy wonks, digital mavens, and technical wizards. Hell, we
didn’t even have [ [link removed] ]the original Indivisible guide -- we wouldn’t start
writing that until the weekend after Thanksgiving that year, and I didn’t
post it until mid-December.

Yes, some things have gotten worse. The other side is more unified,
prepared, and determined. What they’re planning to do is even scarier than
last time. But we’ve also grown. We’ve also become better prepared. We
also are determined from the get-go to fight for every inch.

We need your help to do that. Indivisible has always been a “fundraising
second” operation -- if you’re signed up on our list, you get far more
messages from us about what you can do rather than what you can give.
That’s important to us because first and foremost, we want you actually
doing stuff. Too many political emails treat people like ATMs rather than
real participants in the political process. 

We aim to fundraise with honesty and integrity so you can be proud to give
and you can be proud to be part of Indivisible locally. With integrity in
such short supply right now, that seems like a good thing to pump out into
the world.

[ [link removed] ]Here’s what I’d appreciate you considering: a monthly donation to
Indivisible. If you don’t like what we’re doing, cancel it. But I want to
defeat more MAGA legislation. I want to support and push our Democratic
governors and mayors to fight back proactively. I want to protect our
election infrastructure. I want Indivisible groups to show up in
solidarity with all those who Trump 2.0 will target. And I want this work
funded through grassroots dollars that make this movement accountable to
the people and nobody else. 

[ [link removed] ]A monthly donation will give us something Indivisible desperately needs
as we head into the chaos to come: predictability. There are a lot of long
weekends and late nights in coming months for Indivisible. I need to know
we have the resources to support the team to get through it. Every dollar
you are able to commit will go to reducing harm, building power, and
defending our diminished democracy. 

Thank you for investing in this movement. We need you. 

In solidarity,
Ezra

Ezra Levin

[6]Indivisible Co-Executive Director

Pronouns: He/him

 

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