Eloise and Sami · [email protected]

December 23, 2021 at 3:00 PM

What you did to defend democracy in 2021

We’re so grateful for all that you do.   As 2021 ends, we want to say thank you!  Together, we’ve done a lot to defend our democracy this year. We:  Made over 200,000 calls to Congress Sent over 175,000 emails to legislators Submitted 25,000 letters to the editor And the pressure has…

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  Eloise and Sami · [email protected]

December 9, 2021 at 7:23 PM

We need to get our house in order first, Mr. President

We can’t brag about our democracy if we keep trampling over voting rights. After baseless allegations of a “stolen” 2020 election by Trump and his allies, our freedom to vote has been under siege in 2021. You know this. We know this. The whole world knows this! So then imagine our sur…

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  Read Up, Stand Up · [email protected]

September 9, 2021 at 9:34 PM

Damn! We’ve done a lot for democracy this year

We’re seeing this fight through.           Have you ever worked towards a really big goal, but the progress was slow, so it was hard to take stock of all that you’d accomplished so far? That’s sort of how we see the fight to pass federal voting rights legislation this year. It’s a…

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  Eloise and Sami · [email protected]

September 8, 2021 at 10:01 PM

We’re bringing Hot Call Summer into Hot Call Fall

We’re joining together with Fair Fight to flood the Senate phone lines and make it clear we won’t stand for voter suppression.           After a long fight, Governor Abbott just made voter suppression the law of the land in Texas. Not only will this law have an impact on Texans…

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  Anushka Sarkar · [email protected]

August 31, 2021 at 3:43 PM

We have strength in numbers. Tell Biden where we stand on the filibuster

It’s up to us to get this done.           It’s nice to virtually meet you. My name’s Anushka, and I’m Stand Up America’s new Deputy Communications Director. I’m many things—a proud Michigander, a child of immigrants, a watcher of reality TV—but working in communications means I’m…

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  Eloise and Sami · [email protected]

August 26, 2021 at 7:50 PM

Are you ready to March On for Voting Rights?

The time has come for in person action.           We’re marching to demand the democracy we deserve—and we want you there with us! Click here to RSVP. Hi there — Nearly 60 years after the first March On Washington, we’re taking to the streets across the country to demand the democ…

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  Eloise and Sami · [email protected]

August 18, 2021 at 6:50 PM

We’re marching for voting rights in Washington. Will you join us?

We’ve petitioned, we’ve called. Now, we take to the streets.           The running theme of 2021? Fighting to protect our freedom to vote.  We’ve fought in state legislatures. We’ve fought in the Senate. And last week, we delivered over 400,000 petition signatures to the White Hou…

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  Brett Edkins · [email protected]

August 11, 2021 at 10:13 PM

The Senate might be on vacation, but we aren’t

We’ve got a lot to do before September rolls around.           While you were sleeping last night, the Senate was a flurry of activity.  First, with a party line vote of 50-49, the Senate agreed to pass a $3.5 trillion budget resolution through an exception to the filibuster. The…

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  Eloise and Sami · [email protected]

August 2, 2021 at 3:11 PM

Join the tens of thousands of people who have signed our petition!

We need your help to put pressure on Biden.           We’re beyond impressed right now.  Since launching our petition drive, over 28,000 Stand Up America community members have signed on. The groundswell of people joining our campaign to urge President Biden to use the power of…

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  Sean Eldridge · [email protected]

July 20, 2021 at 4:02 PM

We’re asking Biden to support ending the filibuster

Joe Biden can’t abolish the filibuster himself. But he can do more to help us.           Last week in Philadelphia, President Biden gave an impassioned speech about Republicans’ assault on our freedom to vote and the urgent need for federal legislation to protect it.  But there w…

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  Sami Diaz · [email protected]

July 17, 2021 at 4:00 PM

Honor John Lewis with some good trouble

Representative John Lewis fought for voting rights. It’s up to us to take up his mantle.           It’s been a year since Representative John Lewis’s passing, and we’re thinking about his life, his legacy, and his unyielding commitment to improving our democracy.  We’re also thi…

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  Read Up, Stand Up · [email protected]

July 2, 2021 at 3:02 PM

How court reform can protect voting rights. Tamara Brummer breaks it down for us:

Let’s talk court reform           A riddle for you: What’s old, powerful, and very conservative? We’ll admit, it’s not the best riddle. We could be talking about Mitch McConnell or the NRA. But if you guessed the Supreme Court of the United States, you are correct!This month the n…

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  Brett Edkins · [email protected]

July 1, 2021 at 6:02 PM

The Supreme Court just gutted voting rights again

Like so many things, it doesn’t need to be this way.           This morning, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee. Their decision is, in short, a terrible one—one which upholds voter suppression laws in Arizona and undermines our right…

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  Eloise and Sami · [email protected]

June 28, 2021 at 6:01 PM

Republicans filibustered debate on the For the People Act. Here’s what we’re doing about it.

We’re not letting our lawmakers off the hook.           Republicans may have tried to shut down the debate in Congress on voting rights, but they didn’t shut down the movement to protect them. We’ve sent emails, made calls, and sent letters to the editor to fight back against vot…

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  Reggie Thedford · [email protected]

June 25, 2021 at 4:41 PM

SATURDAY: Help fight voter suppression with the Freedom Riders in D.C.

Get ready to rally for voting rights.           On May 4, 1961, thirteen young people boarded buses in Washington D.C. to challenge the persistent local laws enforcing segregation—despite two Supreme Court decisions declaring segregation unconstitutional. In the weeks and months …

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  Sean Eldridge · [email protected]

June 23, 2021 at 5:01 PM

The path forward on the For the People Act

We’ll see you in the streets.           Senate Republicans just undermined our democracy -- again. Despite 50 votes in favor of moving the For the People Act to the floor of the Senate, last night they used the filibuster to ensure the bill couldn’t even be debated. We’re angry, …

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  Read Up, Stand Up · [email protected]

May 4, 2021 at 9:51 PM

It’s going down in Salem, Albany, and Phoenix. Read more about our state fights:

Here’s what we’ve been busy with.           Yep, you read that right. In the first three months of 2021, 47 states introduced bills to restrict voting. Click here to take action to stop voter suppression: STOP VOTER SUPPRESSION These state-level attacks on voting rights a…

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  Sean Eldridge · [email protected]

May 1, 2021 at 4:01 PM

100 days of standing up for our democracy

What you’ve accomplished           This week, we heard a lot about the first 100 days of the Biden-Harris administration and their historic accomplishments. And I wanted to take a moment to share how proud I am of the work that the Stand Up America community has done in the first …

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  Eloise and Sami · [email protected]

April 13, 2021 at 9:51 PM

Your invite to our upcoming webinar with Vote Save America

Be in the Zoom where it happens.           These days, you’ve probably been on a lot of Zoom calls -- happy hours, birthday parties, weddings. But this is a Zoom call you won’t want to miss. Join us on Thursday, April 15th at 7 pm ET for a conversation about the For the People Ac…

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  Aubrey Langley · [email protected]

April 7, 2021 at 4:51 PM

Want to have fun AND learn about the fight for D.C. Statehood? I’ve got you covered:

I would not miss out on this if I were you.           Hello, hello!My name is Aubrey, and I’m a Digital Organizer at Stand Up America. I hate to brag, but I think I’ve earned the title of Master of Fun on our team. Whether it’s getting staff together on Zoom to hang out, or makin…

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  Read Up, Stand Up · [email protected]

March 31, 2021 at 6:02 PM

Inside the Stand Up America volunteer team with Nancy

Just imagine what we can achieve together before 2022.           Don’t be mad, but we want you to remember 2020.Leading up to the election, Stand Up America ran one of the most robust text banking programs in the country. We sent over 25 million text messages to eligible voters t…

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  Carolyn Freeman · [email protected]

March 26, 2021 at 3:40 PM

You call ➡️ your senators listen ➡️ democracy wins

Pick up the phone and make a difference.           When Trump took office in January 2017, Stand Up America was quickly gathering momentum as progressives became energized to fight back against his dangerous agenda.  As a college senior, I too wanted to make a difference in such …

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  Eloise and Sami · [email protected]

February 26, 2021 at 7:34 PM

No lining pockets. No smoke filled rooms. Here’s how we fight back against corruption:

Every civil servant should be beholden to ethics laws.           We want to acknowledge an ugly truth: the American people’s trust in government is at an all time low. After the last four years, it’s not hard to see why! Trump’s behavior while he was in office was excessively, car…

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  Eloise and Sami · [email protected]

February 19, 2021 at 4:13 PM

Big donors are WAY too powerful. We have a plan to fix that:

A new bill would reduce the power of big donors in our politics.           There are a lot of priorities on the agenda for the new administration and Congress, but we’re laser focused on putting our democracy back together again during the first 100 days of the Biden Administrat…

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  Sean Eldridge · [email protected]

February 13, 2021 at 9:13 PM

How we move forward after this shameful vote

GOP senators let us down. It’s up to us to fight for our democracy.           It was impossible to watch the Senate impeachment trial and not be shaken to the core by the evidence put forth by the impeachment managers: videos of screaming rioters and lawmakers ducking for cover d…

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  Reggie Thedford · [email protected]

February 3, 2021 at 7:04 PM

Help spread the word about the For the People Act

Democrats have a concrete plan to fix our democracy. Here’s how to make sure they follow through.           When I started at Stand Up America last summer, I knew I had my work cut out for me. Getting Trump and his sidekicks out of office was step one, which we accomplished toget…

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  Read Up, Stand Up · [email protected]

January 27, 2021 at 8:20 PM

We have BIG plans for 2021

We’ve got a road map -- here’s how you plug in.           Below is an early 2021 conversation between Sami and Eloise. Eloise: Can I ask you a dumb question? Sami: Always, my friend.  Eloise: I think I know what the filibuster is… but why are progressives so eager to get…

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  Sean Eldridge · [email protected]

January 23, 2021 at 3:00 PM

How we build our democracy back better

Accountability, then sweeping democracy reform.           This was a week I will never forget. Joe Biden becoming the 46th President of the United States and Kamala Harris’s historic ascension to the vice presidency. Donald Trump leaving the White House for the last time. While I …

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  Reggie Thedford · [email protected]

January 18, 2021 at 4:30 PM

We can start repairing our democracy -- but we need your help:

These two bills are the best way to kick off a new chapter of our democracy.           In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “We are now faced with the fact that tomorrow is today. We are confronted with the fierce urgency of now...This is no time for apathy or complacency. Th…

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  Eloise and Sami · [email protected]

January 8, 2021 at 9:14 PM

CALL NOW: The House MUST impeach Donald Trump

There has never been a more important moment to call your rep.           DEMAND YOUR REPRESENTATIVE VOTE TO IMMEDIATELY IMPEACH DONALD TRUMP We saw the insurrection attempt at our nation’s Capitol. We saw white supremacists storm the halls of power, looting, and terrorizing gover…

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  Sean Eldridge · [email protected]

January 7, 2021 at 4:35 PM

We cannot just move on

We must stand up for our democracy.           The last twenty-four hours have been traumatic for our country. After years of inciting hate, violence, and anti-democratic sentiment, Trump summoned his supporters to the nation’s capital where they mounted a violent and deadly insurr…

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  Christina Harvey · [email protected]

December 22, 2020 at 4:30 PM

RE: Our wins and what’s next

We’re moving full steam ahead in 2021.           Well, we made it!  2020 was probably one of the wildest years in recent memory. So much has happened in the past 12 months. For starters, I homeschooled my daughter, learned how to take every meeting over Zoom, and adopted a dog (Ma…

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  Eloise and Sami · [email protected]

December 14, 2020 at 6:25 PM

Here’s our path to enacting the national popular vote:

There’s a realistic way to fix this ridiculous system.           As electors in the Electoral College cast their votes today, I want you to take a second to think about how much the American political system has evolved over time.In its infancy, only white men who owned property w…

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  Read Up, Stand Up · [email protected]

December 4, 2020 at 9:44 PM

Welcome to the Stand Up America volunteer awards 🏆

Closing out the year with some accolades.           Friend -- With the year coming to a close, we want to give credit where credit is due, celebrate your accomplishments, and hand out some awards. This month, we’re highlighting the Stand Up America volunteers who went above and b…

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  Ashni Mehta · [email protected]

November 21, 2020 at 4:04 PM

A non-fundraising way to help win in Georgia

Sometimes, all it takes is a personal touch.           I’m still filled with joy whenever I think about how we won the presidential election, and that in January 2021, the first South Asian woman vice president will be sworn into office. We did that. The winds of change are blow…

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  Eloise and Sami · [email protected]

November 11, 2020 at 11:15 PM

Why sharing your voting experience matters

Let us know about your voting experience.           Hi Friend, We did it -- we beat Donald Trump at the ballot box! Even in the midst of a global pandemic, we saw monumental voter turnout. President-elect Joe Biden won with more votes than any other presidential candidate in histor…

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  Sean Eldridge · [email protected]

November 7, 2020 at 5:05 PM

What we accomplished -- and where we go from here

We played a key role in making this victory possible.           We did it.As stressful as the past few days have been, it was worth the wait. With record-breaking turnout, Americans took to the polls, mailed in their ballots, and voted to send Trump packing. After spending four ye…

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  Brett Edkins · [email protected]

November 4, 2020 at 8:23 PM

Hold tight. We may still mobilize the national Protect the Results network, but not yet.

We’re watching this situation closely.           Americans across race and zip code turned out in historic numbers to make their voices heard at the ballot box. Election officials are continuing to count votes across the country, Biden is ahead in both the popular vote and the Ele…

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  Eloise and Sami · [email protected]

November 3, 2020 at 10:30 AM

It’s Election Day! We’ve got everything you need to hit the polls with confidence.

The big day is finally here -- let’s make sure to get to the polls.           We made it to November 3rd. Today is the last chance to vote out Donald Trump, flip the Senate, and reclaim our democracy. First thing’s first: Make sure you know where your designated polling location is…

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  Sami Diaz · [email protected]

October 31, 2020 at 4:00 PM

Scared for our democracy? Make your plan to vote:

Get ready to finally put an end to Trump’s four year horror show.           Halloween definitely feels different this year. It’s still my favorite holiday, but throw self-quarantining on top of a contentious election, and there isn’t much to do beyond binge watching horror movies…

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  Eloise Goldsmith · [email protected]

October 28, 2020 at 8:55 PM

Make a plan to mobilize if Trump doesn’t accept the results

Let’s make sure every vote is counted -- and respected.           I remember going with my mom to the polls in 2000. I was only 5, but even then it was clear voting is a Big Responsibility. And when I cast my ballot early for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on Monday morning, I felt t…

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  Brett Edkins · [email protected]

October 27, 2020 at 12:24 AM

Mitch just packed the Court. We must flip the Senate.

Our democracy depends on flipping the Senate this year.           I wish I could say I’m surprised by the Senate’s vote today. Amy Coney Barrett’s rapid-fire nomination, hearing, and now appointment to the highest court in the land is an absolute farce. Donald Trump and Mitch McC…

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  Sean Quinn · [email protected]

October 24, 2020 at 4:34 PM

Help us make the most of these last 10 days

We need you with us.           $20 helps us reach over a thousand more voters before Election Day. Chip in now!  Thinking back on my early days at Stand Up America, when it was just three of us in a co-working space, I could not have imagined what a crucial role we would play i…

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  Maggie Moore · [email protected]

October 23, 2020 at 4:34 PM

It ain’t over ‘til it’s over

The presidential debates are finally over but there’s still plenty of time to get involved before the election.           Well, friends, we did it. We made it through two extremely painful presidential debates, one vice presidential debate, and two dueling town halls. As expected…

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  Sean Eldridge · [email protected]

October 20, 2020 at 5:10 PM

How to make the next two weeks count

We can’t take anything for granted.           Today officially marks two weeks until Election Day.  While the polls look promising, we can’t take anything for granted. If 2016 taught us anything, it’s that nothing is assured and we must keep the momentum going until every vote is…

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  Joe Hines · [email protected]

October 16, 2020 at 5:44 PM

The reason I love my job

Let’s feel good about all we achieved this election season.           I can’t stop thinking about this tweet. The fact that 97% of eligible voters in a county without automatic voter registration are registered and ready to cast a ballot this fall is… the reason I do this work. …

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  Kim Hall · [email protected]

October 13, 2020 at 6:24 PM

Contacting voters is the most important thing you can be doing right now.

Time to step it up.           Hi Friend -- If you’ve been keeping up with the news surrounding Trump and Mitch McConnell’s SCOTUS pick, Amy Coney Barrett, you probably already know what I’m about to tell you: She’s bad.  The stakes couldn't be higher. On November 10th, SCOTUS is s…

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  Christina Harvey · [email protected]

October 9, 2020 at 7:01 PM

Let’s get to work this weekend

Now more than ever, we can’t agonize, we must organize.           Let this sink in. The nomination hearings for Amy Coney Barrett are scheduled to start on Monday -- despite Trump, Melania, and several Senate Republicans and White House staffers testing positive for COVID-19. Tha…

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  Ashni Mehta · [email protected]

October 8, 2020 at 4:20 PM

Be like Kamala Harris and encourage unlikely voters to cast a ballot this fall:

Let’s make sure every single voter has a voice this fall.           You know what I love more than almost anything else? Seeing a fellow Indian American woman making her mark on history. As trying and tumultuous as this election season has been, I was filled with pride watching Ka…

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  Read Up, Stand Up · [email protected]

October 7, 2020 at 8:40 PM

It’s happening. Election Season is upon us. Will you help flip the Senate?

There is so much you can do beyond casting your own ballot.           Friend --  The last week has been full of surprises, to put it mildly. One thing that shouldn’t come as a surprise, though, is that Election Season 2020 is well underway. And it won’t be over until every ballot…

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