Friend -

During this pivotal time, I'm committed to showing up wherever I can - including on podcasts and on social media - because of how important it is right now to engage people everywhere we can.

Much of the conversation is online and in the media, but we need to spend more time (and do more work) offline too. Democracy is built face to face: in conversation, in community, and in action.

That’s why on May 13, I’m excited to be heading to Iowa for a town hall with VoteVets Action.

In Cedar Rapids, we’ll come together to organize and to share ideas about how we build a future rooted in our shared values - true to ideals like service, belonging, and freedom.

If you believe in this work - and want to help make more conversations like this possible across the country - your support today would make a real difference.

There’s no pretending otherwise: these are difficult times for our country.

But nothing is more American than a faith in the future and a willingness to do whatever it takes to turn hope into reality. To build what comes next, we have to redouble our commitment to meet, listen, and work together.

This town hall is an important next phase of this work. I remain convinced that a better kind of politics can emerge from the very human, often complicated process of face-to-face engagement, listening, and persuasion.

If you believe in that effort - and want to help fuel what comes next - please chip in and support Win the Era today.

- Pete