Thursday, April 11, 2024

We have to stay vigilant in the fight for fair maps

Can you fuel this work alongside President Obama?
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Diane,

The fight for a strong, healthy democracy never stops, and it takes all of us doing our part. No one understands that better than President Barack Obama.

Change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged, and come together to demand it. Now is the time to take a stand.

If you won't take it from us, take it from President Obama himself: we can't win our fight for a fairer democracy without your help. 

So can you fuel this fight alongside President Obama and chip in to our work for fair maps?

This work is urgent because everywhere you look — from the federal level all the way down to the local level — our democracy is under attack. Over and over again, Republicans are launching partisan attempts to gerrymander our legislative maps, disenfranchise communities of color, and bend our democracy in their favor. So long as that is the case, we have to keep up the heat and fight back against these attempts with everything we've got.

Every day gives our movement another chance to tilt the scales in favor of justice. And as President Obama said, this fight requires all of us to come together.

Will you make President Obama proud and take action today to power our fight for a more just democracy?

 
 

In this era of perpetual battles to protect our democracy, we have to stay vigilant and engaged. But with people like you and President Obama on our side, we can continue coming out on top.

Thanks, Diane.

— NDRC

Saturday, March 30, 2024

A.G. Holder’s note

You already know what's at stake. Now it's time to take action.
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This is incredible, Diane!

So many of you have stepped up since A.G. Holder emailed yesterday about the progress we're making toward our upcoming fundraising deadline. 

You know what's at stake. In a critical election year, we're laser-focused on fighting for the fairest maps in generations. And we have our work cut out for us.

Answer A.G. Holder's call ahead of tomorrow's quarterly deadline and make a donation of $20.24 today to help us reach our $50,000 goal!

Thank you,
All On The Line

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Eric H. Holder, Jr.
Date: Fri, Mar 29, 2024
Subject: Remember that feeling?
 

Diane,

I want you to take a moment with me and think about the first time you learned about gerrymandering — think about how you felt when you realized just how obviously wrong and backward it is to have such a thing in a representative democracy. 

If you're anything like me, you might remember asking yourself, "How could our system allow for such blatant manipulation?"

But instead of choosing to let that feeling disillusion us or make us cynical, we chose to do something about it. When President Obama and I joined forces to launch All On The Line five years ago, it was with the goal of pushing back against a broken status quo, and building a more representative democracy for all Americans. You've been right there with us, and that's truly powerful.

My team tells me we're making good progress toward our fundraising goal, but we're not quite there yet. So I'm personally reaching out and asking you to make a grassroots donation to All On The Line today.

I don't need to be the one to tell you that partisan and racial gerrymandering offend the very notion of fairness. And I surely don't need to be the one to tell you that the work to counter these dangerous attempts to unravel our democracy is challenging, slow, and often frustrating.

But perhaps I can assure you that with a special combination of grit and grace, a movement like ours can be successful in building toward something better. 

That's why I'm so grateful to have you by our side. You understand what's at stake and are willing to do the hard work necessary to win – right along with us

I know we count on you a lot — but I have to ask one more time for you to make a grassroots donation to All On The Line ahead of our first quarterly fundraising deadline of the year to help us reach our $50,000 goal. 

Thank you — from the bottom of my heart — for being with us. 

Eric H. Holder, Jr. 

 

 

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Friday, March 29, 2024

Remember that feeling?

Think about when you first learned about gerrymandering.
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Diane,

I want you to take a moment with me and think about the first time you learned about gerrymandering — think about how you felt when you realized just how obviously wrong and backward it is to have such a thing in a representative democracy. 

If you're anything like me, you might remember asking yourself, "How could our system allow for such blatant manipulation?"

But instead of choosing to let that feeling disillusion us or make us cynical, we chose to do something about it. When President Obama and I joined forces to launch All On The Line five years ago, it was with the goal of pushing back against a broken status quo, and building a more representative democracy for all Americans. You've been right there with us, and that's truly powerful.

My team tells me we're making good progress toward our fundraising goal, but we're not quite there yet. So I'm personally reaching out and asking you to make a grassroots donation to All On The Line today.

I don't need to be the one to tell you that partisan and racial gerrymandering offend the very notion of fairness. And I surely don't need to be the one to tell you that the work to counter these dangerous attempts to unravel our democracy is challenging, slow, and often frustrating.

But perhaps I can assure you that with a special combination of grit and grace, a movement like ours can be successful in building toward something better. 

That's why I'm so grateful to have you by our side. You understand what's at stake and are willing to do the hard work necessary to win – right along with us

I know we count on you a lot — but I have to ask one more time for you to make a grassroots donation to All On The Line ahead of our first quarterly fundraising deadline of the year to help us reach our $50,000 goal. 

Thank you — from the bottom of my heart — for being with us. 

Eric H. Holder, Jr. 

 

 

All On The Line is the grassroots advocacy campaign supported by the National Redistricting Action Fund. Support our work to end gerrymandering.

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Monday, March 4, 2024

I have to ask, Diane:

Will you join me in continuing to build the movement for fair maps?
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Diane, take a minute and think about where you want our country to be a decade from now. Personally, I want to do everything I can to create a fairer, more just, and more equal America.

That starts by protecting our democracy from those who want to weaken it. This is a fight that won't be won in one election or one court case — it requires a plan to fight back everywhere, every year. That's why the National Democratic Redistricting Committee has a 10 year plan to win fair maps, and they deserve our support.  

Diane, the change we know is possible depends on working together to meet this moment and taking this challenge head on. So I'm asking:

Will you join me in supporting the NDRC's work across the country by making a donation of $30 or more today?

 
 

For the last seven years, the NDRC has done the hard work of standing up to partisan and racial gerrymandering, and fighting for maps that lead to fair representation. Trust me, I know that work too often gets overshadowed by the louder parts of our politics. But it is essential to building a society in which everyone's voice truly matters. 

Our democracy is stronger today because of your work with the NDRC. But our work is far from complete. 

Too many voters are still being silenced by gerrymandering. Too many people are being deliberately left out of our democracy thanks to rising attacks on voting rights. And unlike the days when congressional and legislative districts were redrawn once a decade, these fights are now happening every year in every corner of the country. In fact, several maps hang in the balance as I write this. 

As Attorney General Holder likes to say, we're now in an era of perpetual redistricting. For those of us who care deeply about this cause, that means we can't take our foot off the gas, even for a moment.

The NDRC's 10 Year Plan will not only protect the fair maps we've fought hard to achieve, it will also fight back against cynical, partisan efforts to further undermine our democracy. 

I've often said that change only happens when ordinary people get involved, get engaged, and come together to demand it. Now is the time to take a stand. 

Join me in supporting the NDRC with a donation of $30 or more today. Anything you can give is an investment in a fairer, stronger democracy — and that matters now more than ever.

We've got a lot of work to do, Diane. And I'll be right there with you as we do it.

Thank you,
Barack Obama