Dear John,

I'm writing to you today to ask you to take action.

I don't need to explain to you the unique difficulty of the situation
we're in right now. I know that you understand just how serious,
important, and unprecedented this moment is. Communities across the
country have been rising up and protesting police brutality and systemic
discrimination, and they're being met with disproportionately violent
repression. All the while, a pandemic continues to ravage our country at
an appalling rate: Over 100,000 have died from COVID-19 thus far, and that
number continues to climb by the day.

I know that you, John, aren't going to just observe from the
sidelines. MoveOn's 20-year history has shown that MoveOn members like you
take action in a big way—especially when things are really bad. You don't
just observe, you act.

John, will you take action right now by starting an online
petition on an issue that's impacting you or your community during this
tumultuous time?

[ [link removed] ]Get started today and start a petition on an issue that matters to you.

What upsets you the most right now? Having seen the Trump administration's
dangerous rhetoric fanning the flames of police violence and racial
hatred, will you step up and call for Trump to stop? [ [link removed] ]Start a petition
to Donald Trump demanding that he take the demands of protesters
seriously.

Are you ready to call for massive police reform amidst all this police
violence? [ [link removed] ]You can start a petition to your local government to cut
police funding and reallocate it to health and social services.

Have your local, state, or federal representatives accepted police union
donations? [ [link removed] ]Create a petition calling on your representatives to refuse
donations or donate all police union donations to Black-led
organizations, so that they can properly advocate for their communities
without fear of reprisal. 

I know that you care about many people and issues, and that you want to
take action. You might think, "I do, sure, but what will starting a
petition do?" It almost feels too easy. A few clicks, a little bit of
typing, and that's supposed to make a difference? But, John, I
promise you, it does make a difference.

In May of 2019, MoveOn Civic Action joined with coalition partners to
organize the largest petition delivery in U.S. history, delivering 10
million signatures calling for impeachment—and Donald Trump was impeached.
Petitions show grassroots power and put pressure on politicians to act.

And on May 21 of this year, a petition started by a MoveOn member, calling
on Congress to provide essential frontline workers with hazard pay and
that has—as of this moment—1,397,913 signatures was delivered to the
Senate, along with a petition for an Essential Workers Bill of Rights, to
ensure that workers come first in the next relief package passed by
Congress.

You have the power to make a difference, John. [ [link removed] ]Will you
start a petition today and advocate for an issue that matters to you?

[6]Start a petition

Thanks for all you do.

–Isbah, Corinne, Arvin, Emily, and the rest of the team


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by day and year by year, to resist Trump's agenda, contain the damage,
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pendulum back toward sanity, decency, and the kind of future that we must
never give up on. And to do it we need your support, now more than ever.
Will you stand with MoveOn?



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