Dear,

After 4 years of organizing and protests, we went to the polls this month
for a historic election.

But you have to wonder: How was it so close? Why did this election come
down to just a few thousand votes in several states? Worse, why were there
millions of eligible voters who didn’t register and didn’t come out to
participate in the democratic process?

It’s frightening to think about just how many people still believe that
voter fraud swung this election, when there's absolutely no proof.
Democracy only works with full, willing, and educated participation, and
we're working toward that goal.

Courage California Institute has already kicked off the Your Power Is Your
Vote initiative, and now we’re expanding to a voter-engagement program to
build a record-breaking new generation of empowered voters. Please make a
tax-deductible donation today.

[ [link removed] ]This Giving Tuesday, you can help give the gift of democracy to future
generations. Will you make a tax-deductible donation?

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One of the true success stories from the 2020 election was about Georgia’s
one million new voters, who changed the face of representation in the
state.(1)

Georgia was able to achieve this record-breaking registration of voters by
starting on the very first day after the 2018 midterm election, educating
potential voters not just about the mechanics of how to register but --
more important -- how crucial their voices are to the democratic
process.(2)

Nonvoters, especially Generation Z, say they don’t vote because they think
that no matter who wins, nothing will change for them; candidates don’t
listen to their issues; or the system is too broken to be fixed by
voting.(3)

Outreach programs that start in the fall of an election year will never do
enough to convince these nonvoters to vote -- which is why we are
launching our ongoing civic-education program right this moment.

Courage California Institute’s initiative aims to help reach young people
across California, ages 16 to 28, to engage them in the voting process.
We’re going to build the next generation of voters by:

* connecting them to their representatives to help them to get their
issues heard,
* exposing campaign-finance pathways and teaching them how to interrupt
corporate power, and
* taking the veil off the legislative process so that these young people
can understand their power in the system.

This is an ambitious project, but Courage California Institute is uniquely
positioned in our state as a platform and pivot point for progressive
organizations and leadership to get it done. We need your help to make
this vision a reality.

[ [link removed] ]This Giving Tuesday, will you make a tax-deductible donation to Courage
California Institute to help empower a new generation of informed voters?

Yours in the fight for our democracy,

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

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