Dear,

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Today is Black Friday, the second busiest shopping day of the entire
year. 

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is hoping to make billions of dollars between today
and Cyber Monday, off of the work of thousands of warehouse employees
across the country.  

Warehouse workers at Amazon are twice as likely to be injured on the job
than those in similar jobs.(1) Coronavirus cases are spiking but Amazon
has ended its hazard pay and still does not have significant paid sick
leave.(2) And while Bezos has made $70 billion since the start of the
pandemic, warehouse employees in California aren't being paid wages
competitive to where they live.(3)

We're encouraging everyone to shop local this Black Friday and Cyber
Monday in order to support local businesses and send a strong message to
Bezos that we won't support his exploitation of warehouse workers. 

[ [link removed] ]Will you change your profile picture to our #BlackOutBezos image from
today through Cyber Monday and help convince others to shop local?

Here are instructions for how to change your profile picture for various
social medias:

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* [ [link removed] ]Twitter
* [ [link removed] ]Instagram
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And just a reminder, here is what we’re asking of you:

 1. Sign our pledge to boycott Amazon on November 27 and 30 -- Black
Friday and Cyber Monday. Instead, check out [ [link removed] ]local businesses and
Black Lives Matter's [ [link removed] ]Black Xmas shopping page, and take advantage
of local stores’ delivery and curbside pickup options.
 2. Share our #BlackOutBezos images (like the one above!) and [ [link removed] ]our
pledge form on social media and encourage your friends and family to
shop local this season.
 3. Let your circles know about your favorite local shops, restaurants,
and artisans they should visit and support instead of shopping Amazon
by sharing our [ [link removed] ]blog and social media posts.

This holiday season, you can stand in courage and support your neighbors
while sending a strong message to Amazon's CEO Jeff Bezos: Stop exploiting
for profit! Be sure to #BlackOutBezos this Black Friday and Cyber Monday.

[ [link removed] ]Will you change your profile picture to our #BlackOutBezos image?

Yours in the fight against corporate power,

Irene, along with Angela, Annie, Caitlin, Deepthi, Gabby, Jay, Lindsay,
Molly, Raquel, and Scottie (the Courage team)

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