Dear John,

Don’t let the progress we’ve made this year get erased.

Yes, we’ve faced incredible hardship. But we’ve also made an incredible impact. Because the National Women’s Law Center was built for moments like these.

After all, we’ve survived many before.

Throughout our 50-year history, we have faced pushback from those who would rather see women silenced and on the sidelines. But day after day, decade after decade, we have fought for our right to an abortion. We have dared to demand that women be treated with respect on the job. We have guided, guarded, and brought Title IX to life, so that all students can learn without harassment. We have secured record funding for child care, so families can thrive.

We are nowhere close to stopping.

And no one can stop us—if we’re backed by your support.

This year proves it. With your donations, we were able to:

• Help mobilize Congress, state legislators, governors, city governments, and millions across the country in fighting back to secure abortion access amid statewide bans when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
• Strengthen anti-discrimination rules and contraception coverage in the Affordable Care Act
• Demand the Department of Education strengthen Title IX protections for LGBTQ+ students, and advocate for trans youth in court
• Advocate for a fair, impartial, and representative judiciary that fully reflects the diversity of our country, including the confirmation of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.
• Tell the full story of COVID-19’s impact on women—in particular moms, Black women, Latinas, LGBTQ+ women, and nonbinary people—in extensive research and in the press.

We are able to do this work because we did it together. You are an essential part of the National Women’s Law Center, so I hope you’ll join us with a $50 gift in honor of our 50th anniversary while it will be matched dollar for dollar.

We are living through terrifying times. But each day, I am more motivated to do this work because of the activists and advocates like you who dare to imagine a better future—and who remind me, and all of us, that change is possible.

Sincerely,

Fatima Goss Graves
she/her/hers
President and CEO
National Women's Law Center

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