— Huffington Post Politics, April 2021
John, last month, we came directly to Women's Marchers like you after the House successfully voted to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act.
But it wasn't a moment of celebration — because 172 Republican members of Congress voted against the bill. This was just hours after six Asian women were killed by a white supremacist mass shooter in Georgia. It's beyond shameful.
Now, the bill is headed to the Senate, and we need to sound the alarm. It's clear that Republicans are dead-set on stalling this urgent piece of legislation that would save lives and reinforce crucial protections for countless women across our country — and with the lack of major attention from the media, we're afraid that news around this bill could be drowned out.
Women's Marchers know that when we mobilize to fight for women, we can win. But will take every person on this team adding their name in support of reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act to demonstrate the overwhelming support from women and allies across the country — including in Washington. We're still looking to gather the signatures of women from every single city in the country to show our powerful, unrelenting support of this legislation, so we're asking you:
Every single day the Violence Against Women Act goes without reauthorization is another day that women go without the critical protections we need and deserve.
We know we must hold every one of the 172 House Republicans — a staggering, and devastating number — who voted against the reauthorization of VAWA last month accountable for their actions. But we also must push as hard as we can to make sure this bill doesn't die in the Senate. With your help, Women's March can do both, John. But we can't do this work without you.
We've set an ambitious goal to get a Women's Marcher from every city in the country on the record to demand the immediate passage of the Violence Against Women Act. But we're not there yet. Will you add your name right now?
Thank you for taking action today,
Women’s March
P.S. We're still looking for a Women's Marcher from Washington specifically to add your name in support of reauthorizing VAWA. If we can get women and allies from every city in the country to come out in strong support of this bill, we can send an unmistakable message to Republicans in the Senate that we won't allow them to stall this landmark legislation. Can you sign today? It only takes a moment.