Dear MoveOn member,

My name is Jensine. I work behind the scenes to support the thousands of
petition campaigns that MoveOn members like you launch every year on
MoveOn’s free petition platform. And 2021 has been quite a year. Our work
together has been an inspiration—whether MoveOn members were working
locally to stop a toxic pipeline project, holding corporations accountable
for profiting off of right-wing conspiracy theories, or helping to keep
people in their homes during the global pandemic, we have rallied together
in moments of uncertainty and injustice.

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the relay race petition delivery, a picture of the Line 3 petition
delivery, a picture of the Palestine/Israel petition, a picture of MoveOn
Executive Director Rahna Epting and Congresswoman Cori Bush, and a
billboard truck in front of the General Motors headquarters

Here are a few of the inspiring moments from 2021, where MoveOn's
incredible members and progressive partners used the MoveOn petition's
tool to power their campaigns. There are many other ways MoveOn campaigns
as well and many other critical ongoing fights we are a part of, but these
achievements show how progressive change can start with signing or
starting a petition!

• When the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) suspended Sha’Carri
Richardson from running in the Tokyo Olympics due to an irrational,
outdated, and arbitrarily enforced rule around marijuana in July, nearly
600,000 MoveOn members came together and signed the petition [ [link removed] ]demanding
that the USADA drop their penalty and let Sha’Carri run! MoveOn members
later partnered with NORML Colorado, a leading advocate for changing our
country's marijuana laws, to organize a relay race to deliver the petition
to the USADA.

The massive petition by MoveOn members was included in tons of articles by
ESPN, on "The Today Show," NBC's "Nightly News," and NPR, and in Black
Enterprise and other magazines, and the petition and hashtag
#LetShaCarriRun took over Twitter, with celebrities and influencers like
Debra Messing, David Zirin, and Adina Porter showing their support in
droves!

The fight against the criminalization of Black, brown, and Indigenous
people and communities for marijuana use continues. And just weeks after
Sha’Carri’s story was all over the news, U.S. Senators Cory Booker,
Charles Schumer, and Ron Wyden introduced legislation that is a historic
first step in undoing the harms caused by unjust drug policies.

• In January, MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell was photographed with written
notes to give Trump, instructing him to overturn the 2020 election by way
of martial law. So MoveOn member Dennis C. started a petition demanding
that Costco, MyPillow’s second-largest retailer, drop MyPillow. [ [link removed] ]After
nearly 300,000 MoveOn members signed Dennis’s petition, the campaign won,
and Costco removed MyPillow from all of its stores! This is what’s
possible when we take action together.

• After the deadly, white supremacist-led January 6 insurrection, many
corporations like General Motors (GM) pledged to either stop or pause
political donations to Republicans who fueled the insurrection. GM broke
that promise and donated PAC money to seditious Republicans. We cannot
normalize their behavior or let corporations off the hook for supporting
the elected officials who attack our democracy. So, in July, nearly 20,000
MoveOn members signed the petition to [ [link removed] ]tell GM’s PAC: Keep your word and
stop funding insurrection.

• In May, when the Israeli government was forcibly evicting, killing, and
displacing Palestinians from their homes and violence was spreading, over
73,000 MoveOn members signed the petition [ [link removed] ]asking President Biden to
take action to secure an immediate ceasefire and to achieve a just
solution grounded in human dignity.

• In August, when Afghans were suffering from decades of a forever war,
MoveOn partner Afghans for a Better Tomorrow started a petition pushing
the Biden administration and Congress to ensure the safety of the most
vulnerable in Afghanistan by increasing refugee caps, keeping the airport
in Kabul open, expanding visas, and providing humanitarian aid to support
Afghans. [ [link removed] ]Over 128,000 MoveOn members signed the petition, to fight for
a future for Afghans without war, violence, or a humanitarian crisis.
Since then, Afghans for a Better Tomorrow has become a leader in the
progressive movement and is continuing its advocacy for the dignity and
protection of Afghan people.

• In September, the Supreme Court refused to stop the heinous Texas
abortion ban from going into effect. UltraViolet started a petition
demanding that the U.S. Senate pass the Women’s Health Protection Act
(WHPA) to protect access to abortion for all American. [ [link removed] ]Over 227,000
MoveOn members signed the petition and we supported UltraViolet in
delivering these signatures to Senator Richard Blumenthal and
Representative Judy Chu, two of the bill's co-sponsors.

• In June, Honor the Earth, an Indigenous-led group, started a petition
asking President Biden to stop the construction of Enbridge Inc.'s Line 3
toxic tar sands pipeline project that threatens Indigenous treaty rights,
clean water, and the climate. [ [link removed] ]Over 84,000 MoveOn members signed the
petition. And in October, the petition was delivered by Indigenous climate
leaders and allies who hosted a #PeoplevsFossilFuels week of action in
D.C. to demand a fossil free future and real climate solutions that are
rooted in justice.

• At the end of July, millions of Americans were facing eviction despite
the global pandemic. So over 62,000 MoveOn members signed the petition to
echo Congresswoman Cori Bush’s [ [link removed] ]call asking the Biden administration to
extend the eviction moratorium so people wouldn’t lose their homes.

Congresswoman Cori Bush took bold action and spent days and nights on the
steps of the Capitol to demand that millions of Americans not get evicted.
Representative Bush was joined by Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,
Senator Elizabeth Warren, Representative Ayanna Pressley, and MoveOn
Executive Director Rahna Epting!

• In October, human rights lawyer Steven Donziger was jailed for exposing
that Chevron intentionally dumped 16 billion gallons of toxic oil onto
Indigenous land in Ecuador, which poisoned Indigenous and poor communities
in Ecuador’s Amazon region. Over 43,000 MoveOn members signed the petition
[ [link removed] ]to demand that the U.S Department of Justice review Steven Donziger’s
case.

• Later that month, when news broke that Apple was giving Trump and his
new social media app a platform even after Trump incited the deadly white
supremacist-led January 6 insurrection, MoveOn member Matthew Witten
started a petition demanding that Apple drop Trump’s new social media app.
[ [link removed] ]Over 204,000 MoveOn members signed the petition!

• In January, MoveOn partner Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide
started a petition demanding that the Department of Justice save the life
of Lisa Montgomery, a victim of abuse, who was going to be wrongly
executed by the federal government. [ [link removed] ]Over 312,000 MoveOn members signed
this petition as we tried to accomplish the nearly impossible, a stay of
execution in the face of insurmountable odds. MoveOn members showed up in
support of Lisa and her sister.

• In July, Ben & Jerry (yes, THAT Ben & Jerry from the ice cream) started
a petition asking Congress to tax the ultra-wealthy and corporations so
they can pay their fair share in taxes, instead of expending unnecessary
resources to send themselves into space. [ [link removed] ]Nearly 125,000 MoveOn members
signed the petition. This was an essential tenet of our advocacy around
Build Back Better, given that the gap between the ultra-wealthy and
working people continues to widen.

• And in August, after Republicans in states across the country passed
hundreds of voter suppression laws, Common Cause started a petition to
push President Biden to do everything he can, including calling for an end
to the racist Jim Crow filibuster, to protect our sacred voting rights.
Over 40,000 MoveOn members joined Congresswoman Nikema Williams, who
serves in the same district that was long represented by civil rights
champion John Lewis, and [ [link removed] ]signed the petition. Then, MoveOn members
partnered with Black Voters Matter, Common Cause, Stand Up America, Fix
Our Senate, People for the American Way, the family of the late
Congressman John Lewis, and other progressive allies to deliver over
400,000 petition signatures to the White House.

MoveOn’s free petition platform is a powerful place where MoveOn members
and progressive partners are able to run impactful campaigns on issues
impacting their communities. From rising up to advance climate justice,
racial justice, voting rights, or economic justice, it was so inspiring to
see MoveOn members take action all year long.

Throughout the entire year, MoveOn members signed petitions, started
petitions, called their members of Congress, hosted and attended rallies
and events, delivered petitions, and so much more. And all of these
campaigns started with a petition on MoveOn’s free petition platform!

In 2022 and beyond, MoveOn members and progressive partners will continue
using the petition platform as a tool to organize and build power for our
communities. [ [link removed] ]And you can use the platform to start a petition on an
issue you care about too!

In solidarity,

–Jensine, Isbah, and the MoveOn Petition Platform Team




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