Hey John,

This weekend I was so honored to participate in the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Day of Action in Georgia.

One hundred years ago this month was the Greenwood Massacre. Armed and deputized by city officials, racist citizens destroyed more than 35 square blocks of Tulsa, Oklahoma, that represented one of the most prosperous Black communities at the time.

Sixty years ago this month, the Freedom Riders kicked off their efforts to protest the continued segregation of public buses — even after the Supreme Court ruled it unconstitutional. They were arrested, or in many cases beaten by mobs, for sitting in these illegally segregated buses.

And now today, 100 years later, 60 years later, we are still fighting the same fights. But we’ve come a long way, though we still have a long way to go.

That’s why I was happy to join alongside my friends, neighbors, and activists like Martin Luther King Jr. III this past weekend for a day of action in honor of John Lewis. 

Together, we are committed to fighting oppressive voter suppression laws. We are committed to registering more voters to go to the polls. We are committed to re-elect history-making leaders like Senator Raphael Warnock. But we can’t do it without help from all across the nation. If you can, will you pitch in $5, $10, $20 or whatever you can to keep our fighting going?

https://https://secure.actblue.com/donate/hjga-04-email-may2021-fr-may

In solidarity,

Hank