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John,
 As we rapidly approach the November midterms, I hope you will join us for an important conversation on October 19 with New York Times best-selling author Steve Phillips and Sen. Cory Booker about how to win and make progress in an environment defined by naked appeals to white racial grievance and unrelenting attacks on democracy itself.
The midterm elections take place at a time of widespread voter suppression targeting people of color and simultaneous efforts to galvanize whites by fanning the flames of racial resentment. In light of these challenges, we have come together with several progressive allies to co-sponsor this urgent and timely dialogue.
This free virtual Town Hall is October 19 and will be hosted in partnership with Netroots Nation, MoveOn, Community Change, Working Families Party, Voto Latino, and Justice Democrats. Here are the details:
Steve Phillips in conversation with Sen. Cory Booker
Moderated by Rahna Epting, Executive Director of MoveOn
Wednesday, October 19, 6-7 p.m. ET
Click here to reserve your spot to join us for this important conversation.
In his forthcoming book How We Win the Civil War, Phillips explains that the country is facing a fundamental inflection point as an intensifying battle rages between what historian Taylor Branch described as “a choice between democracy and whiteness.” Booker and Phillips will discuss how to hold on to hope in the face of ferocious attacks, and they will share lessons learned about what has worked in the struggle to make America a true multi-racial democracy. We will also hear from local leaders who have successfully built multi-racial coalitions that have won elections in former cornerstones of the Confederacy.
We'll all benefit from their insight and inspiration as we continue our hard work in the final weeks before the election. I hope you will join us for this critical conversation—and then order a copy of his book.
Steve’s first book, Brown Is the New White, helped shift the national conversation around race and electoral politics. Now, in How We Win the Civil War, Phillips charts the way forward for progressives and people of color after four years of Trump, arguing that Democrats must recognize the nature of the fight we’re in, which is a contest between democracy and white supremacy left unresolved after the Civil War.
With his trademark blend of political analysis and historical argument, Phillips lays out razor-sharp prescriptions for 2022 and beyond, from increasing voter participation and demolishing racist immigration policies to reviving the Great Society programs of the 1960s—all of them geared toward strengthening a new multiracial democracy and ridding our politics of white supremacy, once and for all.
Click here to pre-order a discounted copy of Steve’s book.
Hope to see you on the 19th!
Mary Rickles
Netroots Nation
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