‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ 



[1]Women's March

  



Hey John! It’s
nice to meet you — I’m Jessica Maag.

This is my first time I’m writing to you and all my fellow Women’s
Marchers. Usually I’m the one reading these emails, but today I’m excited
to be on the other side.

I’m emailing because I want to share with you my Women’s March story and
how I became an active organizer in my community this year.

I hope that when you’re finished reading my story, you’ll understand why
I’m thankful for the support and encouragement Women’s March gave me to
learn more about the power of grassroots organizing [ [link removed] ]and then you’ll
chip in $5 to help power Women’s March’s organizing work for the Senate
runoff in Georgia next week.

Here’s how it started: Earlier this year, I started homeschooling two of
my children. With my new schedule, I wanted to find a way to start getting
involved with the election. I wasn’t sure how at first, but then Women’s
March sent me an email about becoming a Digital Defender — so I signed up.
I quickly loved the messaging during this training: We’re able to
meaningfully reach millions of people online with what we post and the
information we share has a huge impact on our democracy. I learned how
each of us can help make the internet a place where people can find
reliable data, positive voices, and places to build community.

Then the pandemic hit. Then Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George
Floyd all made headlines for being brutally murdered. What I witnessed
happening all around me motivated me to learn more about how I can create
change in my own community.

I started going out to my street corner every day to protest police
brutality with my family. I took the next step by attending the Defund the
Police trainings that Women’s March hosted over the summer. Afterwards, I
signed up to join their Feminist Organizing School classes. The idea that
we can invite others into action through meaningful conversation rang true
and it gave me confidence to take brave action. I found myself asking,
“How can we invite others into this conversation?

That’s how I went from joining my first online meeting about defunding the
police, to organizing weekly meetings in my own community. What started
out as a Facebook group of mutual acquaintances, quickly grew into an
organized Women2Women Organizing Circle of community members called SPEAK
(Supporting Positive Efforts of Action and Knowledge). Over the past
months, our Circle has put together text banks, organized meetings with
local elected officials, helped share Women’s March volunteer
opportunities online, created a webpage about voter registration, made
yard signs about the election, canvassed at parks, partnered with local
high school students to contact voters, and so much more.

Today we are a completely grassroots group of volunteers and I’m beyond
proud of what we’ve built together.

It’s incredible how after living in Des Plaines for most of my life, I was
able to make so many connections with people in my city this year because
of the organizing tools Women’s March gave me. I’m grateful for the
training, encouragement, and support that Women’s March provided me to
start doing this work. It’s my hope that Women’s March can continue
inviting women like me to organize and volunteer in their communities. I
know firsthand that this is how we make the change we want to see locally.

[ [link removed] ]If you agree
John, I hope you’ll chip in $5
or anything you can to Women’s March so they can hit their big year-end
fundraising goal and raise the funds they need to keep supporting
women-led organizing work, especially now leading up to the Georgia Senate
runoff.

[ [link removed] ]CONTRIBUTE
$3
→

Thanks for reading my story — I hope it also inspires you to take action
in any way you can.

Jessica







Contribute to Women's March: [link removed]

This email was sent to [email protected]. Email is the most important way for us to reach you about opportunities to get involved. If you need to remove yourself from our email list, click here to unsubscribe:

You can unsubscribe from this mailing list at any time:
[link removed]


Women’s March is a 501c(4) organization. Your generous support helps us prepare for fights we see coming and those we don’t. Donations are not tax deductible. If you prefer to make a tax-deductible gift, we encourage you to support the Women’s March Network. Gifts to the Network support our organizing, communications, advocacy and public education efforts.