John —

For weeks, activists and groups like the Sunrise Movement and Justice Democrats have been demanding a Climate Debate — because tackling the climate crisis is the defining intersectional issue of not just the Presidential Election, but this entire generation.

Our organizing and pressure is working — and we won. Just last week, CNN announced that it would be holding a three hour climate town hall, and MSNBC announced it would also hold a climate candidate forum at Georgetown.

This is why we do more than elect candidates. We organize and put pressure on targets while building a movement to transform the entire political conversation. We deserve a robust climate debate that’s more than just 10 minutes of short talking points.

Will you donate $27 to help us keep fighting for unapologetically progressive ideals, and elect a new generation of diverse, working-class leaders?

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Together, we’ve shown that the model works. The incredible victories of the Squad represent the promise of a multiracial democracy and a future America that works for all of us. Imagine what we can do if we elect 10, 20, or 30 more Justice Democrats in 2020. Seeing a Green New Deal on the center stage shows what we can achieve if we present bold, progressive policies to the American people.

But we’re up against some powerful forces. Corporate PACs are working around the clock to protect incumbents, and lobby against our legislative priorities — because the system protects wealthy elites, and they want to keep it that way.

We don’t have corporate PACs or wealthy mega donors. Justice Democrats is 100% funded by the grassroots — with an average donation of just $16.61. But right now, we’re behind on our end-of-month benchmark goal for July.

If just 1 in 20 people who read this email donated to it, we’d meet our goal instantly. Can you donate $27 to make sure we can keep up the fight?

But we also want to be clear: these are not full climate debates, they are town halls.

We know that only a DNC-sponsored debate — with all the candidates on the same stage, at the same time — will put the eyes of the nation on this crisis at the scale it demands.

No matter what, we’re never going to back down. Each day, our movement grows stronger — because we’re fighting for the people.

In solidarity

Justice Democrats