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[1]Women's March

  

John,

Saturday was a historic day for Women’s March, the movement that kicked
off the resistance to Trump on his first day of office. In the face of
hate and division, women spent the last four years marching, training, and
organizing. Together, we built a movement and we won.

This weekend, the power of women, especially women of color, prevailed,
slamming the door on Trump’s ugly and dangerous presidency and ushering in
a new era of American politics. Take a moment to recognize that you were
instrumental in setting this country on another path by getting rid of
Trump and his administration. Together, we voted our values for a
different future.

In the month before the election, Women’s Marchers sent over 12 million
text messages to women voters, engaged over 25,000 volunteers, made more
than 30,000 phone calls, trained over 650 women to combat disinformation
online, and organized a march for tens of thousands with nearly 450 sister
marches across the country. We have been an on ramp for new activists –
millions of women who were angry, fed-up, and ready to demand change.

Here’s the big question now: what’s next for our movement?

We are still getting more insight into this election, but we wanted to
send some preliminary thoughts to help ground you in the days to come.
This email is longer than usual but it is critical you read to the end to
understand the important work that’s still ahead of us.

FAST FACTS:

This was a historic election in terms of turnout. At least 160 million
people voted which is two thirds of Americans eligible to vote. This is a
22 million increase since 2016 — making this the largest election turnout
in the history of our country. We also saw a large spike in voter
registration over the summer during the weeks of mass protests for racial
justice.

We won many races. We removed the most dangerous President in modern
history from the White House. We made history by electing the first woman
of color as Vice President, the daughter of immigrants. In addition, we
flipped US Senate seats in Arizona and Colorado and key states including
Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania away from the Republicans.

We won because of women and women of color. While final data is
forthcoming, we know that women cast over 37 million votes in this
election. Women of color led the organizing work that allowed us to remove
Trump from office. For example, Georgia’s mobilization was led by
grassroots leaders like Nse Ufot of New Georgia Project and LaTosha Brown
of Black Voters Matter, who spent years organizing and transforming the
political possibilities.

The news is not all good; we also lost races. Democrats were unable to
flip statehouses in our favor. This means that the GOP will have an
advantage in drawing congressional and state legislative maps for up to a
decade. This makes it harder for us to gain and maintain seats in
statehouses and in the House of Representatives.

It will take time to understand the full outcome of this election because
the polling data is not reliable. The number of Americans in general, and
white women in particular, who voted for Trump was far too high. We do not
have adequate data yet to completely understand exactly how people voted,
but what is clear is that this race was way too close. Millions of people
voted for Trump, many of them against their own economic and health
interests. We must not underestimate the power of our opponents, and our
continued organizing must reflect that understanding. 

WHAT THIS MEANS:

We owe this victory to the movement: Candidates alone do not win
campaigns, people-powered movements do. This win was driven by
movement-based organizations and groups that put heart and soul into
transforming communities, building power, and getting out the vote.

All of the states that were won for Democrats were places where grassroots
organizations have been working for a decade or more. These are places
that have transformed because of the organizers that live there, many of
them women, people of color, and LGBTQ people. There are too many
organizations and leaders to name, and we know that some of them will
never be seen or thanked. They will not be on TV, they will not be listed
as activists to follow, and they will not be clamoring to claim this
victory as theirs. These women represent the hundreds of thousands of
volunteers who won this election for all of us. On behalf of the nation,
we thank them.

We need all hands on deck in Georgia: Control of the Senate will be
decided by two Senate runoffs in Georgia. We need to come together, and
pool our resources and organizing expertise to ensure Rev. Raphael Warnock
and Jon Ossoff are elected to the US Senate.

We have to continue to push Biden on a progressive agenda: We have to be
uncompromising about holding the Biden Administration accountable to the
debt they owe our movement. This includes nominating progressive women of
color to be appointed to cabinet positions, centering the concerns and
issues of people in communities on the outskirts, ensuring meaningful
COVID relief, economic stimulus, action on the BREATHE Act, protections of
reproductive health, rights, and justice, action on the childcare crisis,
and legislation on court reform.

We cannot mistake the symptom for the root cause: While the announcement
of the results saw the country breathing a collective sigh of relief, we
cannot stop short of defeating Trumpism, just because Trump himself is
leaving office. Trump’s presidency made visible some of the decay in our
democracy, a rot rooted in racism, and one that is harmful to all
Americans.

Women’s March is committed to expanding our multi-racial movement to tip
the scales towards a more progressive future that serves everyone across
race, place, and difference.

Thank you for fighting with us. The future is feminist, and our movement
is just getting started.

Rachel




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