Dear MoveOn member,

For many, it's been a year of hope and heartbreak. We know how deeply
every MoveOn member values democracy, freedom, and justice. Millions of
MoveOn members took action, supported creative efforts with partners in
this movement, and organized in our own communities. Just know that
millions of people still share our vision for a better future. A future
rooted in community care, where our families can not just scrape by but
thrive, where we care for our planet and create a sustainable and joyful
path forward for generations to come. 

Whether it was adding your name to a petition or starting your own, we
hope you are inspired by the power of our collective action and everything
we were able to accomplish in 2024. And it's clear: We need you—and each
other—now as much as ever as we prepare for what lies ahead.

In 2024, MoveOn members and progressive partners launched more than 10,000
petitions on the MoveOn petition platform, and we had more than 5.2
million petition signatures across petition campaigns. That's incredible!
Check out a few of our petition highlights from this year and what your
signatures accomplished below. [ [link removed] ]Then, if you're feeling fired up, start
your own petition today.

2024 HIGHLIGHTS

MoveOn's focus in 2024 was mobilizing member energy around the election.
On the petition platform specifically, we amplified creative campaigns to
drive enthusiasm, engagement, and support for Vice President Kamala Harris
and Governor Tim Walz—as well as expose the threat that Donald Trump and
MAGA Republicans pose to our freedoms and rights.

We launched a [ [link removed] ]"pledge to vote" that surpassed 75K signatures shortly
after Kamala Harris's announcement. We worked to engage influential
celebrities who could reach broad audiences, including our petition urging
[ [link removed] ]Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, and other touring celebrities to endorse and a
member-started petition that even got [ [link removed] ]coverage in The New York Times! 

We also focused on the issues voters care deeply about—such as abortion,
advocating for it to take center stage during the presidential debates.
More than [ [link removed] ]45K members signed a petition urging ABC moderators to ask
about abortion during what ended up being the only presidential debate
between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. We worked with actress and
influencer Busy Philipps, as well as Amanda Zurawski and Kaitlyn Joshua,
to share their reproductive health stories and amplified the petition over
email and on [ [link removed] ]social media. The debate moderators, while they didn't ask
our exact questions about abortion, did confront Trump about his track
record on abortion, corrected disinformation in real time, and asked both
candidates about why Americans should trust them when it comes to
abortion. Read more about this powerful campaign [ [link removed] ]here.

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And during the vice presidential debates, we worked with our partners at
Rural Organizing to amplify their petition calling for JD Vance to release
his tax returns. Nearly [ [link removed] ]70K MoveOn members signed the petition calling
on Vance to show the sources of his wealth, getting the attention of major
publications like [ [link removed] ]Newsweek. We launched a mobile billboard the day of
the vice presidential debates to circle around CBS News, calling out
Vance's hypocrisy. And we created downloadable signs for members to print
and display. Rural Organizing's campaign pushing for accountability and
transparency from Senator Vance continues. Read more about it [ [link removed] ]here.

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Post-election, we took a pause to acknowledge and honor Kamala Harris and
the Black women and other women of color who worked tirelessly to launch
and execute this historic campaign with less than 100 days before Election
Day. More than [ [link removed] ]140,000 members signed the public petition and shared
hundreds of comments. One MoveOn member, Firerunner, wrote, "I signed this
petition because, as a young woman, I truly wanted Vice President Harris
to be our president, and make our country a much better place … That
didn't happen, but I know she'll still make history each time she does.”

We also began to lay the critical groundwork we're going to need in
preparation for a second Donald Trump presidency. In the weeks following
the election, MoveOn members took collective action, signing petitions
[ [link removed] ]urging Congress to resist Project 2025 every step of the way and
[ [link removed] ]calling on President Biden to do everything he can to protect
democracy before Trump takes office. We also launched a petition urging
the Senate to [ [link removed] ]block Trump's loyalist Cabinet appointments, signed by
more than 103,000 MoveOn members and counting. And our partners at Demand
Justice [ [link removed] ]urged President Biden and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer
to confirm as many Biden nominated judges as possible. And they did! The
Senate confirmed 22 of President Biden's appointments in the lame duck and
235 overall—exceeding Trump's four-year total of 234—and making history
and increasing the diversity of the judicial branch.

But while the election was a priority, there were other critical efforts
(and wins!) MoveOn members mobilized around throughout the year. Here are
some additional highlights and ongoing campaigns that we will continue to
fight for in 2025:

* ⚖️ Together, we continued to advocate for court reform. After Trump's
cases headed to the Supreme Court, [ [link removed] ]we called for Clarence Thomas,
whose wife actively participated in trying to overturn the 2020
election results in support of Trump, to recuse himself from all Trump
and January 6-related cases. When Trump-appointed judge Aileen Cannon,
who is overseeing the classified documents case and has shown nothing
but favoritism, used her power to shield him and announced that she is
delaying the trial indefinitely, [ [link removed] ]we launched a petition demanding
that Chief Judge Altonaga exercise her authority to remove Judge
Cannon from the United States vs Donald Trump case. 

* 🕊 MoveOn members continued to mobilize for a [ [link removed] ]ceasefire and to
demand that the government [ [link removed] ]stop using our tax dollars to send
weapons to the Israeli government to bomb Palestinians. And when
funding was cut for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for
Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)—the largest humanitarian operation in Gaza,
with over 30,000 staff—[ [link removed] ]more than 65,000 MoveOn members signed the
petition to demand that Congress reinstate the funding. When Senator
Bernie Sanders called for an investigation of the Israeli military's
indiscriminate bombing in Gaza, [ [link removed] ]89,000 MoveOn members joined him,
and when he introduced a Joint Resolution of Disapproval that (for the
first time in history) forced a vote in Congress to block the $20
billion weapons sale to the Israeli military, [ [link removed] ]40,000 MoveOn
members signed in support and made more than 2,700 calls to their
members of Congress.

* 📢 With COVID surging in multiple states across the country, MoveOn
members continued to push for COVID assistance. From petitions
[ [link removed] ]urging leaders to bring back free COVID vaccines and testing to
[ [link removed] ]demands for free PCR and at-home tests, MoveOn members were clear
in their demands for accessible and comprehensive COVID protections.
And those efforts were in part successful when, in September,
President Biden announced residents could once again request free
at-home COVID tests from the government. 

* ❤️‍🩹 As our neighbors recovered from the devastation of Hurricanes
Milton and Helene, and when Disaster Relief Funding, whose budget is
set by Congress, didn't have the money it needed, [ [link removed] ]MoveOn members
came together to demand that Congress come back into session before
the end of their break and pass disaster relief funding to support
relief efforts. MoveOn members even fundraised more than $250,000 for
food and water aid for Hurricane Helene survivors. And as early voting
was underway, we put up billboards in Florida, Georgia, and North
Carolina—critical battleground states—spotlighting Trump's decision to
cut $155 million from disaster relief funds during his presidency.

COMMUNITY SPOTLIGHTS

MoveOn members and progressive partners launched thousands of petitions to
spark local, state, and federal changes. We were inspired by the
incredible movements that people like you sparked. Here are a few of the
highlights:

* 🛏️ After a terrible flood in San Diego, Aaron S. [ [link removed] ]started a
petition urging the San Diego County Board of Supervisors to extend
hotel vouchers for San Diego community members who were affected and
displaced. And they won! In March, the board of supervisors
unanimously voted in support of extending hotel vouchers and funding
three meals a day for an additional $9.6 million on top of the
original $10 million that was allocated.

* 📝 Last year, members of UFCW Local 152 started a petition demanding an
equitable contract for the hard-working families at Johanna Foods.
They [ [link removed] ]gathered more than 300 signatures and this year, in June
2024, finally won a just and fair contract. 

* 🏳️‍🌈 Over the summer, a newly launched organization, Qommittee for
Drag, launched a petition on the MoveOn platform calling for federal
law enforcement to monitor and take seriously all threats against drag
and Pride events. The petition [ [link removed] ]gained more than 25,000 signatures
and was featured in outlets like [ [link removed] ]Newsweek and [ [link removed] ]HuffPost. 

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* ⚾ In August, environmentalist and MoveOn member Zan Dubin started a
petition demanding that the Los Angeles Dodgers drop their sponsorship
deal with fossil fuel giant Phillips 66. After [ [link removed] ]more than 20,000
MoveOn members signed the petition and it was covered many times by
[ [link removed] ]the Los Angeles Times, Zan delivered the petition with the Sierra
Club at Dodger Stadium, and fellow activists, MoveOn members, and
representatives from the Los Angeles Times, Spectrum, and Fox 11
attended the event. 

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* ✈️ Union power continued strong, with [ [link removed] ]Sun Country flight
attendants launching their own petition in their efforts to secure an
industry-standard contract. Sun Country flight attendants have been in
contract negotiations since 2019. After five years, they started a
petition calling for their union to authorize a strike vote for the
flight attendant group. And in August, a vote was brought forth and
99% of eligible voting members authorized a strike—giving union
leaders the ability to swiftly call for one if contract talks continue
to break down.

* 🗳️ In October, our friends at Common Cause launched a petition urging
Congress to prohibit guns at polling locations nationwide. [ [link removed] ]The
petition reached more than 45,000 signatures and was delivered to
Representative Mike Johnson's office. Common Cause has already worked
to pass laws restricting guns at polling places in New Mexico and
Massachusetts, and they will continue their work to make polling
places safe for all. 

* ❄️ In November, a Purdue Fort Wayne student started a petition to push
back against their university's implementing a new fee to stay on
campus over winter break. [ [link removed] ]The petition received nearly 2,000
signatures. One student signed the petition, stating, "The cost for
staying during the winter break should've been included in the Housing
Cost like it was last year. Now I have to stress about scraping
together funds so I don't lose my job." Quickly, the university
reversed the decision, announcing it would not be charging students a
nightly fee.

* 🏛️ MoveOn member and former educator Pam Alexandroff started a
petition calling on the Senate to vote on the Social Security Fairness
Act before the end of the year. The [ [link removed] ]petition quickly climbed to
more than 60,000 signatures, with other members sharing how flaws in
the execution of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the
Government Pension Offset (GPO) withholdings negatively affected them
and their families. We also had more than 12,000 messages sent by
MoveOn members to their senators, urging them to advance and vote yes
on the bill. And it worked! The Senate passed the bill during the
final week of session, and it now heads to President Biden to sign. 

We're not going to sugarcoat it: The next four years will be challenging.
Donald Trump and the far-right extremists backing him are banking on our
complacency, silence, and hopelessness. They are exploiting people's worst
fears, sowing division at every chance they get. They want us to give up.
We will not sit quietly as they threaten our democracy, cheat the American
people, and profit off our pain. We are ready to fight back. And we hope
you are too. 

MoveOn—powered by members like you—has existed for decades. We've seen
presidents come and go. And through it all, we've focused on building the
people power we need to not only win campaigns but make more possible so
that we can truly transform our society. 

But that transformation doesn't happen overnight. And it doesn't happen
without backlash or setbacks. Transformation happens through continued,
sustained action. Through disciplined hope. And, most importantly, it
happens collectively, with each one of us committed to doing what we can
to build a better future for all of us.  

We will not only get through the next four years, but we will continue to
build, resist, and win the only way we can—together.

[ [link removed] ]If you're feeling inspired and ready to take action, click here to
start your petition on MoveOn's free petition platform now. And know that
we’re ready to fight alongside you for the future we all deserve.

As always, thanks for all you do.

–Aliya, Isbah, Jensine, Valeria, and the rest of the team


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