Dear John,

We’re writing to you with urgency—from our office in Arlington, Virginia, the state where history has been written before, and where it will be written again on November 4, 2025.

Even if you don’t live in Virginia, what happens here in 2025 will shape what happens in your state in 2026. This is why we’re sending you this Early Warning Alert: The battle for women’s rights and democracy begins now in Virginia as we prepare for the 2025 elections here.

The upcoming gubernatorial and legislative elections in Virginia—and the simultaneous fight for control of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court where your Feminist Majority is also at work—are no ordinary elections. They’re a national test. Referenda on Trump. On Musk. On MAGA. On the entire extremist wrecking crew that wants to rewind time, erase rights, silence millions of voices and ruin millions of women’s lives.

We’re sounding the alarm early because this is our chance to fight back in a way that matters. That makes a difference because the outcomes in Virginia and Pennsylvania in 2025 will affect the outcome of the all-important Congressional mid-term elections in 2026.

In Virginia, the stakes are enormous:

We must elect a pro-equality, pro-women’s rights Governor.
We must grow the pro-equality majority in the House of Delegates.
We must elect a pro-equality Attorney General and Lt. Governor.

And we know how to win. Because we’ve done it before.

In 2019, Feminist Majority organizing helped flip the Virginia State House to pro-equality control—for the first time in 40 years. That victory helped make Virginia the 38th and final state needed to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment.
In 2023, we mobilized young voters across the state and stopped MAGA extremists from seizing control of the legislature. We faced down their voter suppression tactics—and we won.

Now, in 2025, we must do it again. And we must do it early.

This election will come down to turnout. And turnout will come down to young voters on college campuses—especially young women.

We’re already mobilizing:

Recruiting and training teams of student organizers across Virginia campuses.
Alerting students to new voting rules, ID laws, and early voting dates.
Deploying rapid-response teams to fight disinformation.
Flooding campuses with digital and text messaging to break through MAGA noise.
Staffing election protection hotlines with legal experts to counter voter suppression in real time.

In short: We’re building a wall of feminist power stretching across Virginia’s campuses.

Why this election matters so much—for all of us:

The race for Governor is razor-close. Virginia is a toss-up.
Extremist dark money is already flooding in from billionaire donors.
If we lose, abortion bans could follow. The ERA could be challenged. Voting rights stripped.
A template for attacking women’s rights nationwide would be set—and ready to spread.

But if we win?

We protect reproductive freedom.
We defend the ERA, LGBTQ+ rights, and democracy.
AND...We build momentum for the critical 2026 midterms that will determine control of the U.S. House and Senate.

Even beyond women’s rights, the Trump administration’s mass firing of federal civilian employees has thrown Virginia into chaos. Thousands have lost their jobs. Families are reeling. And the current Governor has stood silent, nodding along as lives are torn apart.

This is a moment for action, not waiting.

That’s why we’re asking: Will you commit $25, $35, $50 or even more to power this fight?

We sure hope so, because your early donation is a shield against chaos and loss. With your help—together with the help of other members of the Feminist Majority Community are contributing – we’ll win.

We’ll win because we’ve done this before. We’ve made history before. And with your help, we can do it again.

When history asks what we did while the walls were closing in, let your answer be: I fought. I gave. I stood my ground.

With gratitude and determination,

Eleanor Smeal
President

Kathy Spillar
Executive Director

P.S. Please make as generous a donation as you can today. Early money is critical to building the organizing momentum we need to win. Thank you.

Feminist Majority
1600 Wilson Blvd
Arlington, VA 22209
United States

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