Email Campaign Archive

I was leading the afternoon session in a room of Black clergy. I had been planning to announce happier news that our boycott pressure Avelo forced them out of the deportation business. (Since writing this piece, Spotify has announced it, too, has buckled to the boycott and is no longer showing ICE ads.) But the breaking news overshadowed it. I told them that an ICE observer in Minneapolis had been shot. They gasped. Somehow, the gasp was the first moment I realized we’re collectively holding a traumatic story. I didn’t have many details. I did not yet know her name:… Read full email…

Happy New Year. And it’s clearly going to be quite the ride. I drafted a New Year’s message that started, “Trump is the weakest he has been since getting in office. Weak dictators are dangerous and will lash out as their friends co-sign atrocious norm-busting actions to appear strong and in charge. We’re likely to see escalated violence even as his support drains away.” We are seeing this with Trump’s kidnapping of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. A President unilaterally ordering bombing in Venezuela and the forcible kidnapping of a sitting head of state is clearly illegal under both international law… Read full email…

I hope you will excuse an unusual Thanksgiving message, but it’s unusual times. It’s about my experience with secondary trauma from the last couple of months — so read this with whatever gentleness you need, and feel free to pause if anything hits too close to home. I noticed something strongly amiss when I went to my daughter’s friend’s birthday party. It was at a loud indoor gym with kids screaming with glee. The sound waves hit me and immediately I shrugged off the other parents and found a quiet corner. I wanted to be alone. And in my alone… Read full email…

We wanted to alert you to two active campaigns that have reached a fever pitch. In short, we’re asking you to join boycotts against Starbucks, Target, Amazon, Home Depot.The boycotts are being organized through two national campaigns: the ‘We Ain’t Buying It‘ economic boycott of companies aligning with Trump’s regime, and ‘No Contract, No Coffee‘, the national Starbucks workers strikes. We Ain’t Buying It Starting on Thanksgiving, through Cyber Monday (Nov 27–Dec 1), organizers across the country are saying loud and clear: We Ain’t Buying It. We’re refusing to shop at Target for caving to attacks on DEI, Amazon for… Read full email…

I came out of a training and checked-in with a friend. Rapidly she updated me with the latest: Marjorie Taylor was quitting and Mamdani had both called Trump a fascist to his face and gotten Trump to say he would happily live in a New York City under Mamdani’s mayorship. We’re indeed in a new phase of the struggle against authoritarianism in the U.S. — and it’s important to name it, track it, and adjust our bearings accordingly. We’ve shaken off the early months of shock, the steamrolled losses, and are now showing we can (sometimes) defend — such as… Read full email…

Despite being ordered by a Judge, Trump’s regime has refused to fully fund SNAP, the food services for 40+ million US Americans. “They tried to use hungry kids as political pawns instead of coming to the table to reopen the government. Shameful,” explained Sen. Chris Van Hollen. Trump could fund SNAP right now. Instead, his regime is terrorizing our communities by fighting it in courts. A caring journalist would ask the question: How many people are dying from this very preventable policy? In this context, we are releasing a new report examining the death toll from Trump’s policies since his… Read full email…

A Memo on Care for New Parents, Caregivers, Those Managing Mental Health, and Others Needing “Time Away” (If this message isn’t for you, perhaps you know someone who needs it.) In the last month, three pregnant people reached out and said some version of: “I’m so excited to be a new parent and to take time with my newborn. But if there’s anything I can do to help the movement, please don’t hesitate to call me.” I love that impulse — the fierce devotion to stay connected. Yes, the situation is dire. And yet in dire moments, it can feel… Read full email…