Sharra, we’re SO close!

Can you chip in today to help us reach our goal?

Dear Sharra,   This is so exciting. Marianne asked and you're answering!  Yesterday, we added an immediate $100,000 to our operating budget so our grassroots campaign can compete with the million-dollar ad buys of our competitors. We're getting close to our August goal, but we need your support to get there. We're looking for 1000 more donors to contribute RIGHT NOW — from $29 (our average contribution this month) to maxing out your contribution at $3300 or $6600 — we need you TODAY. If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: Donate $29 Donate $50  Donate $100  Donate $250 Donate $500 Other Amount All of us at Team Marianne are incredibly grateful for your support. We're inspired by you and excited to see our campaign growing. However much or however little you're able to contribute, please know you're making a difference. Again, you're making an impact just by reading these emails, sharing Marianne's message with your friends and family, and volunteering or phone and text banking if you can. Your investment is the support that keeps us on the move. Thank you so much for all that you do with and for us, Team Marianne Would you like to receive text messages about events and opportunities to join us? You can join here. (Opt out at any time.) Shop BRAND NEW Marianne Williamson shirts, hats, mugs, and more here!   Paid for by Marianne Williamson for President ©2023 Marianne Williamson for President, all rights reserved   Our mailing address is: Marianne Williamson for President 1901 Harrison Street Oakland Suite 1550 Oakland, CA 94612 United States If you wish to receive fewer emails from the Marianne Williamson for President campaign, please click this link.   We're sad to see you go, but if you believe you received this email in error, or you no longer wish to receive our emails you can unsubscribe using the link below: unsubscribe

Updates from the Campaign Trail & more

PLUS! How you can join us and make an impact right now...

Hi Sharra,   I'm wrapping up an amazing August, having marched and met with folks from California to Michigan to Nevada to New Hampshire to Vermont to Georgia to South Carolina to Texas. This is definitely the most mind-expanding and heart-opening experience of my life. I feel like I am getting to know this country and its people on a level that's more real and more meaningful than ever. The campaign, I believe, is growing in excellence. Every day we get more donations and more people are signing up. I hope you are following us on social media so you can see all our video content. More people are sharing with their friends, volunteering, and generating buzz. And none of this could be happening without you.  When the playing field is level, we do great — and yes, with Republicans and Trump voters as well as with Democrats, Independents and Progressives! I hear it everywhere we go. We are absolutely the candidacy with the message to win in 2024.  But while we've been moving forward inch by inch, with the advent of Fall we need to surge.   We simply need to be heard more and seen more, and for that to happen I need more support. While one of my opponents just purchased a $25 Million ad buy and the other is funded heavily by right wing billionaires, our little engine that could needs more fuel in order to make it up the hill.  We need to be out there big time in order to break through. So as we wrap up August, we've set a goal of an immediate $100,000 to add to our operating budget.  While it's a big goal, it's completely within our reach if everyone who is able to contribute could pitch in today. Can you please help us close the gap? If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: Donate $25 Donate $50  Donate $100  Donate $250 Donate $500 Other Amount If you're not in a position to contribute today, that's okay! You can still support us mightily in the following ways:   Join us to volunteer Attend an upcoming event Sign up for a phone or text banking shift Share this email with 10 friends, or more! Own your voice and use it on behalf of the campaign — making social media endorsements, reposting my material, or sharing information from our Marianne2024.com issues page. Follow me on social media (links below!) Fundamental change in this country is possible, but only if we wage a revolution at the ballot box. There are huge institutional forces in this country that are deeply resistant to the kind of change we represent, but we can have it if we want. We just need to all chip in, and to give it all we've got. It's time!! I'm very, very grateful for your support.  With love and gratitude, Would you like to receive text messages about events and opportunities to join us? You can join here. (Opt out at any time.) Shop BRAND NEW Marianne Williamson shirts, hats, mugs, and more here!   Paid for by Marianne Williamson for President ©2023 Marianne Williamson for President, all rights reserved   Our mailing address is: Marianne Williamson for President 1901 Harrison Street Oakland Suite 1550 Oakland, CA 94612 United States If you wish to receive fewer emails from the Marianne Williamson for President campaign, please click this link.   We're sad to see you go, but if you believe you received this email in error, or you no longer wish to receive our emails you can unsubscribe using the link below: unsubscribe

The Teamsters, the UAW, and the Democratic Party

I stand with and for the workers of America…

Dear Sharra,    I want to talk to you about what happened last week with the UPS Teamsters because I think it has lessons for our politics generally.  The UPS Teamsters, which includes 350,000 workers, just voted to ratify their contract. Many have described it as the best contract in UPS's history.  They got a great contract not because it was handed to them but because they organized and fought for it. Specifically, they voted overwhelmingly to go on strike and engaged in practice pickets across the country in the weeks leading up to the strike deadline. A few days before that deadline, UPS finally budged. This was one of the largest credible strike threats in US history and with UPS carrying 6% of U.S. GDP every day, the workers have tremendous power.  I stand with and for the workers of America. As President, I will continue to challenge corporate power every step of the way. A crucial part of this story is that five years ago, a terrible contract that UPS workers voted down was shoved down their throats anyway by corrupt, pro-business Teamsters leadership. When I was young, Teamsters leadership fought for their members, but they became corrupted over time and cozied up to the corporations they were supposed to fight. Rather than give up on their union, however, rank-and-file workers formed the Teamsters for a Democratic Union in order to transform the union into one that would fight for workers' needs. After decades of opposition, TDU finally won union elections and took over the Teamsters. It is under this new leadership that 350,000 UPS workers won their best contract ever.  A parallel story is occurring in the United Auto Workers. The UAW was also once militant in its fight against the big corporations, but it also became a corrupt pro-business union. But a reform group of rank-and-file workers fought to democratize the UAW and recently won in electing progressive pro-worker leadership. The UAW recently voted to strike against the "Big Three" automakers, and next month, I believe we will see them win a contract as good or better than what UPS workers got.  This story is so moving to me because I believe the story of the Teamsters and UAW is similar to the story of the Democratic Party. Like the Teamsters and UAW, the Democratic Party once fought the big corporations on behalf of ordinary working people. But also like the Teamsters and UAW, the Democratic Party became complacent and cozied up to the corporations they once fought.  The Democratic Party is still where the Teamsters were a few years ago, and it's time that, like TDU did for the Teamsters, we fight to democratize the Democratic Party and bring it back to being a party that is an unabashed ally of the working class and unabashed opponent of the big corporations.  This is exactly what our campaign is about.  We're making a stand and we're standing strong. P.S. You can read more about my labor policy here.  Would you like to receive text messages about events and opportunities to join us? You can join here. (Opt out at any time.) Shop BRAND NEW Marianne Williamson shirts, hats, mugs, and more here!   Paid for by Marianne Williamson for President ©2023 Marianne Williamson for President, all rights reserved   Our mailing address is: Marianne Williamson for President 1901 Harrison Street Oakland Suite 1550 Oakland, CA 94612 United States If you wish to receive fewer emails from the Marianne Williamson for President campaign, please click this link.   We're sad to see you go, but if you believe you received this email in error, or you no longer wish to receive our emails you can unsubscribe using the link below: unsubscribe