Dear MoveOn member,

This year, millions of MoveOn members took direct action, and because of
their efforts and support, we’ve been able to make progressive change at
every level. Signing a petition might feel underwhelming when it comes to
taking action on some of our biggest issues that directly impact our
lives—from abortion rights to climate change to LGBTQ+ rights to fighting
for racial and economic justice—but we know that when we come together, we
can influence direct policy change and inspire movements.
Petition campaigns have been around for years, and starting a petition is
one of the easiest ways to see change. Petitions create the space for a
massive number of people—just like you!—to come together quickly and
demand that their voices be heard. Petitions can grab the attention of
your mayor, city council, or local newspapers, and they can even get so
big that they’re recognized and seen by congresspeople, senators, or
presidents!
Check out this list of some of our petition platform highlights below—and
then [ [link removed] ]start your own petition on any issue, big or small, that's
important to you! You’ll notice that some of these campaigns are still
ongoing, sometimes petitions result in immediate wins, and sometimes
they’re the seeds we sow with years of organizing. These are just a few of
our favorite petitions this year (there have been countless), so stay
tuned to see the impact you made in 2022 using our petitions platform.

Top Highlights of 2022:

* [ [link removed] ]Impeach Clarence Thomas: More than 1.2 MILLION MoveOn members
demanded accountability from Justice Thomas at a moment in the country
when the credibility of SCOTUS was being questioned after extremist
decisions. We must continue our demands around Thomas’s impeachment
and expanding the Supreme Court. Thomas has a long history of
conflicts of interest in the service of a right-wing agenda and mixing
his powerful role with his interpersonal relationships, showing his
inability to be an impartial justice. We organized a petition delivery
at the Supreme Court with Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, Congressman Jamaal
Bowman, and MoveOn Executive Director Rahna Epting.

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* On the heels of the SCOTUS decision overturning Roe v. Wade came
Clarence Thomas’s remarks that made it clear that LGBTQ+ rights and
same-sex marriage were next on the chopping block. We created a
petition [ [link removed] ]demanding that Congress pass the Respect for Marriage Act
as soon as possible. We won, but we acknowledge how much was taken
away from the queer community this year. We rallied to protect queer
people with a petition to [ [link removed] ]Stop Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay" bill that
ended up passing, and we created petitions targeting state governments
in [ [link removed] ]Texas and [ [link removed] ]Virginia to demand trans lives be protected, only
for cruel, devastating legislation to move forward. We have to keep
demanding justice in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights and bodily autonomy.

* Last year, we worked with the Student Debt Crisis Center to center
grassroots narratives to push the Biden administration to use whatever
tools were necessary to cancel student debt. While student debt relief
was announced, it is now being challenged in the courts, and we
created a petition to [ [link removed] ]save student debt cancellation and extend the
pause on loan payments (which the Biden administration has already
done).

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* Once the news broke about a leaked draft from the Supreme Court of the
United States that would essentially eliminate the right to have an
abortion, we sprung to action. MoveOn members made countless
petitions, and we teamed up with several organizations, including
[ [link removed] ]the Yellowhammer Fund, to fight back. When it was clear that the
draft released would be our new reality, we shifted to creating
petitions sounding the alarm around abortion. We reiterated our
position that [ [link removed] ]abortion is health care and urged the Biden
administration to [ [link removed] ]hire federal abortion providers, declare lack of
access to abortion a public health emergency, and [ [link removed] ]expand abortion
access by whatever means necessary—especially as Republicans mobilized
across the country to pass statewide abortion bans.

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Community Spotlights

* [ [link removed] ]Investigate Ticketmaster: More than 75,000+ MoveOn members came
together to call for the breakup of Ticketmaster. This is the
beginning of a strong movement to break up Ticketmaster’s monopoly in
the events industry and empower working-class people by getting rid of
ridiculous fees and price surges. 

* Health care workers banded together to tell Stanford hospitals:
[ [link removed] ]Don’t Cut Nurse Benefits During a Strike! After just a few weeks
of online and offline tactics, hospitals backed off of threats to cut
benefits, and nurses won industry-leading contracts. 

* We worked with UltraViolet Action to demand that [ [link removed] ]President Biden
prevent known anti-abortion extremist Chad Michael—and other
anti-abortion judges—from taking a spot on the federal bench. During
2022, abortion rights across the country took a huge blow when the
Supreme Court essentially overturned Roe v. Wade. We knew federal
judges below the Supreme Court were and are still best poised to
protect reproductive rights and took action. We won! 

* [ [link removed] ]End the Exception: Worth Rises started a petition to get rid of
the exception clause in the 13th Amendment that allows slavery and
involuntary servitude as punishment for crime. More than 150 years
since its passage, incarcerated people—many of whom are Black and
brown—are forced to work for little to no pay. Worth Rises, MoveOn,
and Senator Jeff Merkley held a petition delivery in front of the
Capitol in D.C. to ensure we can build and maintain momentum.

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* [ [link removed] ]Emmett Till’s family started a petition to charge Carolyn Bryant
Donham—whose false accusations led to his death—with murder in Emmett
Till’s open murder case. We worked with family members to deliver a
petition with 250,000 signatures at the Mississippi State Capitol
calling for justice for Till 66 years later.

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* [ [link removed] ]Prosecute Trump: More than 250,000 MoveOn members have added their
names this year to the call to prosecute Donald Trump. Trump thinks he
can get away with anything in his attempt to cling to power, including
inciting violence, scheming to disenfranchise millions of voters, and
stealing top-secret documents and lying about it. We will keep
demanding action until he is held accountable and finally sees the
consequences of his actions.

* ParentsTogether Action started a petition to tell the [ [link removed] ]National
Rifle Association to cancel their convention that was just days after
the tragic shooting in Uvalde that left 19 children and two adults
dead. We organized tactics with grassroots organizations that led to
thousands of people protesting for gun violence prevention outside of
the convention for the entirety of the weekend the convention took
place.

* Uvalde caused a new widespread resurgence for gun reform at a national
level. We created multiple petitions asking for the [ [link removed] ]Senate to pass
gun reform legislation and an [ [link removed] ]assault weapons ban. National
outrage on this issue resulted in historic, bipartisan gun violence
prevention laws and policy.

* We doubled down on our commitment to international efforts to end the
war, promote peace and diplomacy, and support the Ukrainian people. In
addition to creating [ [link removed] ]a petition in solidarity, we raised over $1.1
million for direct relief efforts in Ukraine by World Central Kitchen
and United Help Ukraine.

* A MoveOn member created a petition for the United States Postal
Service to [ [link removed] ]electrify its delivery trucks. It was announced in
December 2022 that the USPS would do so by 2026, using funds from the
Inflation Reduction Act. We won! 

* [ [link removed] ]The United Farm Workers started a petition asking California
Governor Gavin Newsom to sign the Agriculture Labor Voting Choice Act,
which would allow farm workers to vote by mail in union elections,
shielding them from potential intimidation from their bosses. After
pressure, Newsom signed the bill!

* [ [link removed] ]Elon Musk: We started campaigning against Elon Musk’s purchase of
Twitter and then came together with Accountable Tech. Musk ended up
being forced to buy the site, and we’re actively working with partners
and coalitions to prevent Twitter’s complete demise, considering its
impact in regard to social and liberation movements across the globe.

* ParentsTogether Action made a petition calling out Instagram,
Snapchat, and TikTok for showing [ [link removed] ]abortion disinformation
advertisements to teenagers, who are the primary users of these social
media apps. We worked together and [ [link removed] ]landed an op-ed in Teen Vogue.

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Feeling inspired? So are we. After a well-deserved rest in the next couple
of weeks, we’ll be back in the new year ready to make the change we
deserve in the world. If you’re already feeling fired up, [ [link removed] ]start a new
petition! Thank you for your time and effort to build a more equitable,
people-centric, and livable world. See you soon.

–Nakia, Isbah, Jensine, Valeria, and the rest of the team


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