We won the presidency.

We changed the course of our country.

We removed white nationalists from the White House.

Friend,

It’s official: we helped elect Joe Biden to be the next President of the United States.

We’ll take our place in history as the people who rose up across religion, race, and all aspects of our identities, to preserve the dream that our country can be a place where freedom, safety, and belonging are for all of us.

Together, we’ve won more than an election. We’ve won the chance to renew our democracy and build a new future together. 

For millions of Jewish Americans and our neighbors this election was deeply personal, and our voices rang out clearly.

Bend the Arc organized across the country for four years, we led the only national Jewish effort to stop Trump in 2016 and we ran the largest grassroots Jewish campaign to defeat him in this election.

You rose up with thousands of Bend the Arc volunteers to mobilize like never before to win this election. Together we made nearly 5 million calls and texts to Jewish and swing voters to help flip Pennsylvania and Michigan (and maybe Arizona and Georgia, too). We raised more than $940,000 for Presidential, Senate, and House races with Bend the Arc Jewish Action PAC. And we changed the narrative about antisemitism and white nationalism, with powerful, inspiring ads delivered to Jewish swing voters. 

A historic 77% of Jewish Americans (a seven-point increase from 2016) voted to overcome a politics of fear, division, and lies — a politics which endangers Jews, Muslims, people of color, immigrants, and so many other communities.

For four years our community has risen up in solidarity to fight for the soul of our country — now, we begin the work of building a society that cares for the lives of all 330 million souls in this country. 

Pictured: Stosh Cotler speaking today at the Voters Decided National Day of Celebration in Washington DC.

This can be a country for all of us. 

Now that the will of the voters is clear, it’s time to get to work: tackling the COVID crisis responsibly and making sure we all have what we need to care for our families and make ends meet.

We'll ensure that we can all live in freedom and safety, no matter our religion, race, or how long we've been here. And we’ll hold our new leaders accountable to the promise of a country where all of us can thrive, no exceptions.

— Stosh Cotler, CEO, and the Bend the Arc team

P.S. Bend the Arc is in the streets today to celebrate what we have won and prepare for what’s next. We invite you to join us if it's within your Shabbat observance and COVID practice.