John,

We’re just 24 hours away from our year-end deadline, and I need to be direct: meeting our budget target by tomorrow determines how many young, values-driven candidates we can recruit and train for 2026. 

This moment decides how strong our bench will be next year. Here’s your supporter record as of today:

Our theory of change only works when we have the resources to provide young, first-time candidates with coaching, mentorship, campaign tools, and volunteer support.

And the scale of what we can do next year depends entirely on whether we close this final fundraising gap before tomorrow night’s deadline.

Right now, every single donation is being doubled—your gift will go twice as far to build the bench of young leaders we urgently need.

If you believe in building a new generation of leaders from the ground up, I’m asking you to give ASAP so we can fund the work ahead.

Thank you,

Johanna Silva Waki
Executive Director

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