John,

I’m grateful you took the time to open this email.

My name is Uchenna Moka-Solana, chief technology officer at Color Of Change. In a moment, I’d like to ask you to make a contribution so that we can take our work to new heights in 2023.

But first, let me tell you why I’m here.

I joined Color Of Change because it is one of the few independent organizations working to hold the government, the media and corporations accountable for their impact on people and communities that I love. During the past year, my team has worked hard to improve the lives of Black people across the country and to ensure that our people have what they need not just to survive, but to live full, joyful lives.

Like you, I saw companies of all kinds claiming to care about racial justice in the wake of the George Floyd uprisings. But once the dust settled, those same companies went right back to business as usual — underpaying Black workers, funding political campaigns to disenfranchise our communities and allowing dangerous, racist misinformation to spread like wildfire, all for the sake of profit.

In the past year, we have worked to expose corporations that send out press releases about loving Black people and then push the price of food out of reach for people in our communities.

We have waged campaigns that celebrate and preserve Black history for the next generation while shining a light on the right wing’s ongoing attacks on our education system.

John, if you can afford it, will you chip in $25 or an amount powerful enought make an impact before the Dec. 31 deadline?

Before I worked at Color Of Change, I worked with federal, state and local government agencies to build products, fix technical problems and improve how the U.S. government serves the public through technology.

So I know firsthand that when amateurs like Elon Musk are allowed to hijack tech platforms such as Twitter, the people in our communities suffer the most. That’s just not right.

In 2023, we plan to continue our work to neutralize the threat Musk’s actions pose to the most vulnerable members of our communities and to our very democracy.

John, I’m passionate about leveraging my experience to catalyze positive social and technological change. Trust me when I say that what we raise here will have a major impact on what we’re able to accomplish going forward.

It has been inspiring and humbling to see what results when we work together to bring about real change for our communities. We don’t take money from corporations or greedy lobbyists because the integrity of our work depends on our ability to answer to members like you and not to businesses who could care less what happens to our communities. That means we are counting on direct contributions from the people and communities we are fighting for — people like you and your loved ones.

Donate using my special link →

Color Of Change has what it takes to create campaigns we need to hold bad actors accountable. I know we can compel tech platforms like Twitter to work for our communities, instead of the other way around. But I also know that building the kind of power we need to defeat billionaires in the corporate and tech space will take time, deep strategy and resources.

Thank you for helping us celebrate families, youth, and our dedicated educators who are under tremendous pressure this holiday season. We’re grateful for your continued support and appreciate you for sticking with us for as long as you have.

With gratitude and until justice is real,

Uchenna Moka-Solana (she/hers)
Chief Technology Officer
Color of Change

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