Dear John,

There are moments in history when the ground shifts under our feet — when the map we thought we knew is suddenly redrawn by those who thrive on fear, erasure, and domination.

We are living in such a moment now. And because of that, we want you to know that from time to time we’ll be writing to you with specific, documented reasons why our movement — our organizing, our funding, our resolve — must be stronger and more prepared than ever as we head toward the 2026 midterm elections.

We’ve just come through a year in which your support achieved what pundits politely called “miracles.” But we know better: they weren’t miracles. They were the result of relentless, strategic, early organizing.

In 2025, together we:

These victories were not just political wins; they were living proof that when women are organized, when young people are mobilized, the country moves toward justice – not just for ourselves, but for future generations.

The 2026 mid-term congressional elections will be the fault line between a future where women still have a voice — and a future where Trump’s and the Republicans’ War on Women become frightening reality of our daily lives.

Right before Thanksgiving the Trump administration declared that nursing — a backbone of women’s professional labor, care, and economic survival — is “unprofessional.”

And with that one change in the classification, they have stripped students in advanced nursing programs of access to Department of Education funding. That includes programs training nurse practitioners, nurse midwives, clinical nurse specialists, nurse anesthetists—the advanced practice roles that keep rural, poor and underserved communities alive.

The consequences will ripple across every age and every stage of a woman’s life:

This is just one Trump policy. One Trump decision. One glimpse into Trump and the Republicans’ larger worldview: that women’s work does not matter, that women’s lives are negotiable, and that women’s futures can be carved away piece by piece without consequence.

We cannot meet this threat with hope alone. We cannot stop Trump’s agenda if we do not retake one or both chambers of Congress.  And we cannot win those battles in 2026 unless we begin now — this month, this week, today.

Early organizing is the oxygen of victory.  Early money is the oxygen of organizing.   Without it, the machinery of democracy sputters.  With it, we can build the power needed to stop Trump’s second-term assault on women at every level — legal, economic, bodily, generational.

So we are asking — urgently, personally — for your 2026 Feminist Majority Membership Renewal today.

Because we need to know right now what resources we can count on as we deploy campus organizers, build coalitions and organize in key swing districts, and create the early pressure that defines who wins and who loses long before ballots are cast.

If you believe women deserve safety, dignity, autonomy, and equality — if you believe no president should be allowed to dismantle the very profession that has cared for this country — then we ask you to stand with us.

Thank you for Renewing Your Membership for 2026 today:

Every early renewal is a signal — telling us we are not alone, that the organized, determined majority is continuing to resist and rise.

With resolve,

Eleanor Smeal, President

Katherine Spillar, Executive Director

P.S.  Given the high stakes nature of what we face in the 2026 Mid-Terms we hope you will stretch to make as large a 2026 Membership Renewal Contribution as possible.  Thank you.

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