Team:

On Thursday, I joined the good people of Raleigh, North Carolina for a town hall with our next President — Elizabeth Warren. It was absolutely electric to experience the grassroots energy behind Elizabeth’s campaign.

And let me tell you, the room looked like a movement. Folks from every walk of life took time out of their day to claim a stake hold in our democracy.

I am fully committed to building the movement that will evict this occupant of the White House while legislating, advocating, and organizing for the people of the MA-07. Make a grassroots contribution today and let's build our movement for justice together.

Big Structural Change Can't Wait

I’m going to share with you what I said to those gathered in Raleigh: in the midst of the constant insult and assault on our civil rights and liberties, it is easy to feel dismayed, it is easy to feel small. But we cannot become weary or discouraged.

Every single day, we wake up to headlines that fly in the face of our values, the constitution, and basic common sense.

The NRA is tightening its grip on our government while the gun violence crisis robs families of their loved ones at epidemic levels. The owners of private prisons are lining their pockets while our brothers and sisters are being locked up, looked over, and left behind.

Corporations buy their way into one tax loophole after another while the consequences of corruption fall harder and harder on working families.

Obstruction of justice. Racial injustice. The war on poverty. The list goes on.

But, in spite of the injustices of the moment and the injustices we’ve endured for generations, WE are powerful. The good news is that in our democracy, we the people — and I mean all of the people — have the power to send leaders to Washington.

The good news is that even though the Occupant of the White House is holed up in 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue spewing hateful rhetoric and hateful policies – in 2020, we the people are going to evict him.

The good news is that if racist, hateful, bigoted policies got us to this dark moment — progressive, inclusive, brave public policies can shine a light and show us the way out. I’m talking about thoughtful, deliberate, targeted policies — created in partnership with community — that will create a seismic shift in the way power is distributed across this nation.

Elizabeth takes the lessons she learns from listening to community and applies them to every single fight she takes on. That’s why her plan to cancel student debt and make public college free also closes the black white wealth gap. It’s why her housing plan addresses the despicable legacy of redlining, and it’s why her plan to protect immigrant communities challenges ICE head on.

And at a time when the Trump administration is coming at us like a locomotive to roll back the rights, protections and freedoms we have fought for — we need a champion in the White House who listens, learns and fights like hell for the ones she loves.

At a time when low-income folks are rationing their insulin because their coverage doesn’t cut it, we need Elizabeth in the White House to make Medicare for All law of the land.

At a time when bullets are tearing through the flesh of our neighbors and ripping apart our communities because Republicans are too scared to break from the NRA, we need Elizabeth in the White House to fight for real gun reform.

This is a fight for the soul of our democracy and we can’t afford to be modest in our aspirations. The stakes are higher than they’ve ever been before — there are lives hanging in the balance.

These unprecedented times call for unprecedented leadership, unprecedented organizing, and unprecedented mobilizing. We need change and we need it now. Make a grassroots donation today and be a part of this movement for change.

Thank you for everything,

Ayanna Pressley