Dear John,
One year ago today, George Floyd was murdered by police officers in Minneapolis.
What followed was one of the largest social movements in the history of the United States.
Last summer, 26 million of us took to the streets marching for justice, for an end to police violence and terror, and to affirm that Black Lives Matter.
Together, we moved the public consciousness, fueled political engagement and voter turnout in communities of color in 2020, and won concrete policy victories at the local level.
And elected officials have started responding to the demands of this movement at the local level by divesting from failed policing strategies and investing in the things that actually keep our communities safe.
But police unions and their allies in both major political parties have been waiting for this moment, and now they’re fighting back.
2021 is a big year for local elections for offices like Mayor and City Council where decisions get made that impact police budgets and community safety on a day-to-day basis. Police unions have already been spending millions attacking bold, justice-minded candidates nationwide who are committed to shifting resources away from policing and into community needs. It’s up to all of us to come together to make sure our champions in these races have the resources they need to win.
This is the moment the WFP Justice Fund was made for. Today, we are proud to announce our first two WFP Justice Fund endorsements for 2021: India Walton for Mayor of Buffalo, NY and Deborah Peoples for Mayor of Ft. Worth, Texas!
Split a contribution now to help turn out voters in these key elections happening next month. We need to make sure India, Deborah, and other WFP Justice Fund candidates have the resources they need to fight back and win.
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Mayors and local elected officials have incredible power when it comes to municipal budgets. They can use that power either to fund institutions that have failed to keep our communities safe — or to invest in real community safety, in jobs, in healthcare, in housing and public schools.
We need more local leaders who will divest from failed policing strategies and invest in priorities that actually keep our communities safe. That’s why we’re so proud to endorse leaders like India Walton in Buffalo and Deborah Peoples in Ft. Worth.
India Walton is running a transformative campaign to make Buffalo a city that truly works for everyone. Born and raised in Buffalo, she is a former healthcare worker community organizer who has taken a bold stand and demanded an independent civilian oversight committee to investigate the abuse of civilians by the Buffalo Police Department. She’s running in a hotly contested Democratic primary on June 22nd, and early voting kicks off in just a couple of weeks.
Deborah Peoples is running a community-oriented campaign to build one Fort Worth. She has participated in the civil rights movement and marched for justice starting at an early age. Her priorities include investing in community services including mental health care, school counseling, and crime intervention and prevention. If elected in her June 5th runoff, she would become the first Black mayor in the history of Fort Worth.
Last summer, your grassroots contributions helped us launch the WFP Justice Fund and kickstart our efforts to elect leaders at the local level who would take courageous action in this moment. That moment is now, and we’re asking for your support once again:
Split a contribution now to help elect India, Deborah, and other WFP Justice Fund candidates who will stand on the freedom side.
In solidarity,
WFP Justice Fund
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