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  Braeden Lentz, WorkingFamilies.org · [email protected]
March 30, 2022 at 12:37 AM

Building a party of by the many, for the many

When you give to WFP now, you are helping us build our vision together. John — it’s Braeden, the Development Director here at WFP. Our end-of-quarter deadline is coming up on Thursday, and we’re still behind on the $210,000 we need to raise to hit our quarterly grassroots fun…
  Pam Campos-Palma, Working Families Party · [email protected]
March 29, 2022 at 12:14 PM

RSVP: War-- what is it good for? Absolutely nothing!

Join our community conversation on the situation unfolding in the Ukraine and what we can do in this moment to respond with compassion and clarity. John, My name is Pam Campos-Palma — I’m the proud daughter of Central American immigrants, a war veteran, and have dedicated mysel…
  Maurice Mitchell, Working Families Party · [email protected]
March 28, 2022 at 7:24 PM

25%

Can you chip in with your first contribution of 2022 before our first quarterly deadline of the year? John, It’s hard to believe, but we are almost one quarter of the way through 2022. It's been a minute since we've been able to connect, so I wanted to share some updates abo…
  WFP Election Alert · [email protected]
March 27, 2022 at 3:45 PM

Less than two months (re: primary elections)

With less than two months until some important primary elections, we’re depending on our grassroots fundraising to help fuel the organizing we’ll need to win these races. John, In a moment, we’re going to ask you for your support to help us reach our end-of-quarter goal on Ma…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
March 26, 2022 at 6:09 PM

Here’s the info for this weekend’s assembly

This Sunday, March 27 at 8 PM ET/5 PM PT, you’re invited to join us for the Working Families Party Assembly, our monthly virtual gathering where we recommit ourselves to each other and the movement. We’ve got some exciting news, John. After a brief hiatus, the WFP Monthly Assemb…
  Jamaal Bowman · [email protected]
March 25, 2022 at 4:24 PM

It's not often that people like me are elected to Congress.

I am running for re-election in New York's 16th Congressional District with the goal to continue shaking up the status quo and fighting for the progressive values we deserve. John, it's official. I'm running for re-election to represent New York's 16th Congressional District …
  DC WFP · [email protected]
March 24, 2022 at 5:30 PM

Join us to knock doors in Columbia Heights on Sunday!

Talk with voters in Ward 1 John! Our first canvass of the season is coming up this weekend! On Sunday, March 27, we’re pairing up with Brianne Nadeau’s campaign to knock doors and talk with voters in Columbia Heights. Register to join us from 1-3pm on Sunday: Join us in Columb…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
March 23, 2022 at 10:29 PM

A tight race in Oregon

In just a few weeks, ballots will be mailed out in OR-05, where people's champion Jamie McLeod-Skinner is running a primary challenge against one of the House's most corporate Democrats. There's a tight congressional race going on in Oregon, John, and we need your help. In just…
  DC Working Families Party · [email protected]
March 22, 2022 at 9:24 PM

Join us for an evening reception with Nida Allam

Stop by to ask questions, share priorities, and learn more about how we’re building a movement to enact sweeping investments in climate, care, jobs, and justice! Dear John, With corporate Democrats and Republicans in DC fighting to keep Congress from getting anything done at al…
  Natalia Salgado, Working Families Party · [email protected]
March 20, 2022 at 3:51 PM

Progressives are calling on President Biden to take bold executive action

President Biden has the power to deliver for working families through executive action, and we wanted to break down all of the possibilities for you: John, For more than a year now, the Congressional Progressive Caucus, with our WFP champions in Congress, has fought tirelessl…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
March 19, 2022 at 2:51 PM

Send a message: Ban Congress from stock trading!

We can't count on members of Congress to do the right thing when they have a financial stake in the interests they draft policy on. John, We elect members of Congress to champion the interests of the people — not their individual financial interests. But right now, any member o…
  DC WFP · [email protected]
March 18, 2022 at 6:00 PM

Join us for an upcoming canvass!

Knock doors for Robert, Erin, Zachary, and Brianne John! Spring is nearly here, election season is heating up, and DC WFP is getting ready to knock doors for people-powered candidates all over DC! In the next four weeks we'll be canvassing for our endorsed candidates Robert …
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
March 16, 2022 at 3:42 PM

Voters have made it clear

To achieve the vision of the future we want, we have to fight for it. John, We know that corporate Democrats and their insider allies are scared of the power of our movement. That’s why they try and attack us by spreading the myth that our agenda for working people is someho…
  WorkingFamilies.org · [email protected]
March 13, 2022 at 11:11 PM

The latest on all things WFP

There’s a lot to catch you up on from February and early March, so let's get to it. We're back with another WFP update, John. This update is our way of keeping you informed about just some of the great work happening in our party — from new candidate endorsements to updates on …
  DC WFP · [email protected]
March 10, 2022 at 3:00 PM

Announcing our March 2022 endorsements

Our picks for Mayor, Chair, and Wards 1 and 5 John — On June 21, DC voters will have a chance to elect bold leaders ready to make the District a place that works for all of us. Today we are excited to announce that we are endorsing Robert White for Mayor, Erin Palmer for DC Cou…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
March 9, 2022 at 11:31 PM

Rana Abdelhamid & Brittany Ramos DeBarros

We’re excited to endorse two more amazing candidates for House seats — Rana Abdelhamid, running in New York’s 12th Congressional District, and Brittany Ramos DeBarros, running in New York’s 11th Congressional District. John, We’re excited to endorse two more Working Famil…
  WFP Digital Team · [email protected]
March 6, 2022 at 8:34 PM

One click. That's it.

We count on emails like these to reach supporters like you with timely opportunities to make a meaningful difference — whether that’s contributing financially, making calls, attending events, becoming a WFP member, or getting involved in any number of way John, Email service pr…
  Rashida Tlaib · [email protected]
March 3, 2022 at 9:11 PM

Disconnected, not divided.

It's time we had a majority in Congress who will fight for all of us—a working families majority. Hi, John, this is Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. On Tuesday night, I gave the official Working Families Party response to President Biden's State of the Union address. I was ho…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
March 1, 2022 at 7:27 PM

Join Rashida Tlaib for the WFP State of the Union Watch Party

Tonight, join WFP people across the country for our virtual State of the Union Watch Party! John, Tonight, join WFP people across the country for our virtual State of the Union Watch Party! We’ll start things off at 8:30pm ET with hosts Natalia Salgado, the WFP Director of Fed…
  DC WFP · [email protected]
February 28, 2022 at 10:50 PM

Endorsement votes are coming this week!

Update your membership before Wednesday John! DC's June 2022 primaries are coming up fast, and several of DC’s powerful positions will be up for election. This spring, voters will get to decide DC’s next Mayor, Council Chair, Councilmember At-Large, Councilmembers for Wards 1, …
  Maurice Mitchell, Working Families Party · [email protected]
February 27, 2022 at 4:26 PM

We don’t have to sit back

If WFP knows how to do anything, it’s how to take charge — and not sit back. We’re days away from our first election of the year, John, and a lot is on the line. These days, the good news coming from Washington has slowed to a trickle. But if WFP knows how to do anything, …
  WFP Election Alert · [email protected]
February 25, 2022 at 5:03 PM

Four days to go

Getting out the vote in a primary election is no small task, but all signs point to a surge in momentum for our WFP-endorsed candidates in Texas. John, we know there is a lot weighing on everyone right now, but with only days to go until the first election of the year, our o…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
February 24, 2022 at 11:53 PM

Just 5 days until votes are tallied

With the Texas primaries just 5 days away, there’s no time to waste spreading the word and getting out the vote for our amazing WFP candidates — including Jessica Cisneros, Greg Casar, Jasmine Crockett, and other champions for working people up and down t We’ll keep this quick, …
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
February 23, 2022 at 5:49 PM

BREAKING: Rep. Rashida Tlaib to deliver the WFP State of the Union Response!

Rashida is a fearless progressive who wakes up every day to fight for working people, and we’re thrilled she will deliver the WFP State of the Union Response. John, we're so excited to share this news with you: Rashida Tlaib will deliver the official Working Families Party respo…
  Jessica Cisneros · [email protected]
February 22, 2022 at 10:01 PM

Do you have a moment?

John, With just 7 days left until the TX-28 primary, our campaign has been getting a lot of attention — so I thought I’d take a moment to share my story and why I’m running for Congress: I was born and raised in the border town of Laredo, Texas. When my older sister need…
  WorkingFamilies.org · [email protected]
February 17, 2022 at 10:29 PM

re: Starbucks union-busting [Take Action]

Support the movement brewing across the country! ☕️ There’s a powerful movement brewing right now, John. Workers in 97 Starbucks stores in 27 states have filed petitions to unionize — and the momentum behind this unionization wave is only growing. Quarterly profits have jumped …
  Team WFP · [email protected]
February 16, 2022 at 9:32 PM

Tonight, join India Walton, Mandela Barnes, Greg Casar, and Summer Lee at the Working Families Majority Launch!

We wanted to make sure you saw our invite to Building a Working Families Majority in 2022, a virtual organizing call happening tonight at 8:00 PM ET/5:00 PM PT! Hey, John — We wanted to make sure you saw our invite to Building a Working Families Majority in 2022, a virtual orga…
  WorkingFamilies.org · [email protected]
February 15, 2022 at 10:56 PM

Voters are voting (Texas primary update)

Voters are voting in Texas, and significant grassroots momentum is coalescing around our WFP-endorsed candidates. It's go time: Early voting is officially underway in Texas, and the primary is two weeks from today. Can you contribute $3 or any amount to our Working Fami…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
February 14, 2022 at 9:32 PM

Join the call for comedy, music, and your favorite WFP champions tonight

Tonight at 6 PM ET, join the virtual call with comedian Cristela Alonzo, DJ Chris Torres, and some of your favorite TXWFP Champions. Did you see, John? It’s time to Show Texas Some Love! Tonight at 6 PM ET, join the virtual call with comedian Cristela Alonzo, DJ Chris Torres, an…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
February 13, 2022 at 6:59 PM

How we build a Working Families Majority

John, You and your loved ones deserve a world where everyone has access to a good-paying union job. To quality housing that’s truly affordable. To free and universal health care. To a healthy planet. Our government has the power to make all of these goals a reality. But right …
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
February 11, 2022 at 3:43 PM

New maps

John, Over the last few weeks, Congressional redistricting processes have wrapped up in a number of critical states across the country. And while Republicans (and their allies on the Supreme Court) have used this once-in-a-decade process to try and gerrymander their way to…
  DC Working Families Party · [email protected]
February 10, 2022 at 10:00 PM

Join us on RCV Recruitment Day!

We're just getting started! Let's bring RCV to the District! Greetings John, Are you ready to get things revved up for Ranked Choice Voting in DC? Not too long ago a lot of you joined in on the action (virtually) at DC City Council on the V.O.I.C.E. Act which would implement Ra…
  Texas Working Families Party · [email protected]
February 10, 2022 at 8:38 PM

This Monday, join the WFP to Show Texas Some Love

This Valentine’s Day, Monday, February 14 from 5-8 PM CST/6-9 PM EST, we’re hosting Show Texas Some Love, a virtual event where supporters like you can come together and celebrate our community while helping spread the word about our endorsed candidates. Hey, John — Over the la…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
February 8, 2022 at 12:50 AM

[NEXT WEDNESDAY] Join the Working Families Majority National Organizing Call

Our plans for the midterms only work if we all step up and do the work. And if we start early. John, the midterm election cycle is already underway. Early voting in the first congressional primary of the year starts just a week from today in Texas. From here on out, it's a non…
  WFP Election Alert · [email protected]
February 5, 2022 at 4:00 PM

Bold new representation for North Carolina

We need bold new representatives who are unafraid to challenge the status quo and make real change in Congress. That’s why we’re proud to endorse Nida Allam for North Carolina’s 6th Congressional District. John, With corporate Democrats and Republicans in D.C. fighting to k…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
February 3, 2022 at 11:46 PM

Congress isn’t broken for the corporate donors

We need to out-organize the forces that are aligning to stop our agenda. John, Congress is broken for working people. That’s a fact we’ve been reminded of far too often over the last year, as the Democratic majorities we sent to Congress struggle to deliver on their promis…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
January 31, 2022 at 9:20 PM

We can't do this alone

Early voting in the first congressional primary of the year starts just two weeks from today in Texas. We are counting on a surge of grassroots contributions to help us meet our first important fundraising goal of the year before the day is over. John, we have some good news…
  Aimée Castenell, Working Families Party · [email protected]
January 30, 2022 at 4:33 PM

WFP's strategy to ensure abortion rights is in our DNA, John

Our slim Democratic majority cannot save reproductive rights alone. We have to expand our Senate majority in the midterms to end the destructive Jim Crow filibuster that has blocked so many opportunities to protect abortion access AND expand the Supreme C John, a lot of thin…
  WorkingFamilies.org · [email protected]
January 29, 2022 at 4:13 PM

re: the Texas primary

Our movement will soon face our first big challenge of the 2022 midterm election cycle. John, In just a matter of days, our movement will face our first big challenge of the 2022 midterm election cycle. Three of our WFP-endorsed candidates for Congress — Jessica Cisneros, …
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
January 27, 2022 at 10:07 PM

Your latest update on all things WFP:

It's been a busy January, so we wanted to fill you in on just a few of the things we've been up to across the country: Welcome to our latest WFP update, John. This update is our way of compiling all of the great work happening in our party — from new candidate endorsements to u…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
January 26, 2022 at 9:57 PM

One of the most important decisions Joe Biden will make as president

Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is reportedly retiring. President Biden and the Senate now have a chance to confirm a new Supreme Court Justice — something Democrats haven’t done in more than a decade — and we’re expecting a big showdown on the nomin John, This just in: Ne…
  WorkingFamilies.org · [email protected]
January 24, 2022 at 11:54 PM

FWD: This changes everything (TX-28 update)

This is an opportunity to show voters Cuellar has a real primary opponent in Jessica Cisneros — but we have to get to work now. John, More details have been reported about the FBI’s investigation into Henry Cuellar, which is exploring the corporate Democrat’s connection to …
  Kye Toscano, Working Families Party · [email protected]
January 22, 2022 at 7:20 PM

We’re asking our supporters: what would you do if Biden canceled your student loan debt?

In 2020, we turned out in record numbers and we can't let the events of 1/6/21 or the lack of accountability that followed rob us of the truth that the people’s resistance has always prevailed in the face of political corruption and violence. We want to hear from you, John: What…
  WFP Election Alert · [email protected]
January 21, 2022 at 7:18 PM

This changes everything (TX-28 update)

We have an opportunity to show voters Cuellar has a real primary opponent in Jessica Cisneros — but we have to get to work now. John, it has been a week in Texas’ 28th Congressional District, so we’ll do our best to break it all down for you: Earlier this week, the FBI rai…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
January 20, 2022 at 6:31 PM

96% of the Senate Democratic caucus

Last night showed us once more how a Democratic majority alone is not sufficient. John, 48 Democratic senators voted last night to reform the filibuster in order to pass legislation to protect our democracy and strengthen the right to vote. The other two Democratic senator…
  Mercedes Fulbright, Working Families Party · [email protected]
January 19, 2022 at 11:50 PM

Our first big test of the 2022 cycle

Turning out voters in an early primary is never an easy task, but we’ve done it before, and we’re ready to do it again — because we need more leaders in the House who will fight for policies that put communities ahead of profits. Our first big test of the 2022 cycle is just…
  WorkingFamilies.org · [email protected]
January 17, 2022 at 4:25 PM

MLK Day has always been a day on, not off

MLK Day has always been a day on, not off. “I think the tragedy is that we have a Congress with a Senate that has a minority of misguided Senators who would use the filibuster to keep the majority of people from even voting. They won’t let the majority of Senators vote. An…
  WorkingFamilies.org · [email protected]
January 12, 2022 at 6:17 PM

It's time to end the filibuster

Republican plans to rig a decade of elections are well underway. Democrats in the Senate must act now to stop them. John, In 2020, working people turned out in record numbers to make our voices heard at the polls. Ever since then, Republicans have responded by trying to silenc…
  Team WFP · [email protected]
January 10, 2022 at 11:20 PM

🚨 Endorsement alert in IL-03

We need to elect more leaders who will fight to build a country that cares for ALL of us. Delia Ramirez is one of those leaders, and she has a track record of people-first leadership as a state representative that we need in Congress. John, as the Omicron variant spikes acro…
  Working Families Party · [email protected]
January 8, 2022 at 3:01 PM

re: January 6, 2021

Elected officials who attempted to subvert democracy and overturn the will of the people shouldn't be in office. John, The January 6, 2021 insurrection shocked the nation, terrified DC residents, and caused deep harm to the hundreds of journalists, staffers, and members of Con…