In just a moment, I’m going to ask you to sign up to get involved at a future organizing event for Medicare for All. But first, I want to talk real quickly about the huge rally we held in San Francisco last weekend and why it fills me with so much hope.
As many of you know, several hundred nurses and activists showed up from all over the state of California to put pressure on congressional leaders and speak out against their inaction.
We marched. We listened to beautiful (and horrific) stories about our broken health care system from various guest speakers and community leaders. And we even held a die-in outside Speaker Pelosi’s office to display the human cost of our health care system.
Support also poured in from every corner of the country. In the days that followed our rally, we generated 5,500 petition signatures and more than 500 calls to Pelosi’s office, all with a simple message: take real leadership on Medicare for All, and allow our bill — HR. 1384 — to move forward in Congress.
Seeing such a display of solidarity and grassroots power gave us all a huge boost of energy. Now we need to turn that energy into more direct action, and grow our organizing strength in every state across the country.
Will you sign up to attend a Medicare for All organizing event near Washington? Getting out and connecting with your fellow supporters — whether its at a canvass or textbank — is so crucial.
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Knocking on doors, texting people, and having honest conversations about our health care system are proven to be the most effective ways to grow our movement.
When we’re able to cut through the noise — the lobbying, the multi-million dollar TV ad buys, the doublespeak from politicians — and have conversations with our neighbors, people listen. That’s why I’m reaching out to ask you for help today:
Our movement is committed, gritty, and filled with thousands of people like you who are looking for the best way to help fix this broken health care system. And when I attend rallies like the one we held last week, or speak with our volunteers after their first-ever canvassing event, I know that we can win.
In solidarity,
Jasmine Ruddy
Organizing Team
Nurses' Campaign to Win Medicare for All
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