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[ [link removed] ]Welch for Vermont
Hello,
When I was twenty, I hitchhiked to Chicago to start community organizing.
I arrived during the Civil Rights movement, joining up with a group
supporting Black families in the Lawndale neighborhood as they worked to
end the predatory housing practices of banks, brokers, and home sellers.
Together, we staged demonstrations out in suburban Chicago where the
lenders lived, organized rent payment strikes, went toe to toe with Mayor
Daley to end those predatory practices, and eventually helped families in
Chicago afford to buy and stay in their homes.
The families that my group was working with made change and got results
because of their incredible courage, perseverance, and willingness to take
enormous risks. They politely thanked us for our help, but really, I was
the one who needed to thank them.
They taught me important lessons about fighting for justice, equality, and
basic freedoms. They showed me how we need to address the root causes of
problems—the laws that legalize and perpetuate racial discrimination,
which become systemic—by fighting for policies that are just. And they’ve
inspired me to keep up the fight.
I’ve always believed in listening to what people need and teaming up with
them to make it happen. It’s how I worked as a community organizer, it’s
how I serve my community now as congressman, and it’s how I want to
continue serving as Vermont’s next senator.
I’m committed to fighting for our shared future: Medicare for All, a green
economy, lower prescription drug costs, quality and affordable child care,
and much more. But first, we need to win this race, and that comes down to
growing this grassroots movement.
[ [link removed] ]I’m grateful to have you on our team. If you can, please make
a
contribution to this Senate campaign today and help fight
to protect and strengthen our democracy.
Thanks again,
Peter
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