Friend, 

When I think about the specific political moment we’re in as a country, there is something I keep coming back to. 

The politics of fear – making people behave differently because they are afraid – works through a specific mechanism. It makes people calculate that engagement isn't worth the cost. That speaking up, or standing for something, or even just staying visible carries too much risk. And the more people make that calculation, the more the fear compounds. That's how it's designed to work.

What I've found, though, in conversations across a lot of different places over the past year, is that most people haven't given up. They're frustrated, sometimes exhausted, but they're still paying attention, and in more and more cases they are getting results. They expect leaders to make a serious argument and treat them like they're capable of handling it. And people have kept cultivating hope for a better future.

That's the opening. Not to match what's happening with something louder or more reactive – but to lean into that hope, stay steady, stay present, and keep forming a different kind of politics. 

That's what Win the Era is trying to do. The people who choose to support this work financially are key to sustaining that work – keeping us in the spaces and the conversations where hope and action reinforce one another.

If you're able to contribute today, I would appreciate your support in building that kind of politics.

Thank you,

Pete