Sign the petition: Do not host right-wing extremist group Moms for Liberty's national convention!
Dear MoveOn member,
This weekend, the Museum of the American Revolution and the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown hotel are hosting Moms for Liberty's national convention. Moms for Liberty—the right-wing extremist group and "power player in GOP politics"—has run a coordinated and orchestrated attack on our youth and teachers across the United States.1,2
They promote school board candidates who bully LGBTQ+ students (especially trans and nonbinary students), urge censoring discussions of race and American history in public schools, lead book ban campaigns, harass educators, and more.3,4 It is completely unacceptable for the Museum of the American Revolution and Marriott to associate themselves with a hate group.
The Museum of the American Revolution, which receives funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (a government entity) should never have agreed to host the Moms for Liberty national convention welcome reception.5 Employees and patrons of the museum agree and some have called on the museum to cancel, with over a third of staff signing an internal petition against hosting.6
It's disappointing that an organization focused on American history that receives government funding would host a well-known right-wing extremist group that is actively working to suppress accurate history and roll back civil liberties.
The rest of the convention will take place at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown hotel. And unfortunately, this isn't Marriott's first go at enabling Moms for Liberty—they also hosted their convention last year in Tampa, Florida.7 By hosting a convention for Moms for Liberty, Marriott is failing to protect the safety of its LGBTQ+ employees and guests and acting against its own stated values of diversity and equity.8
Our freedom to learn—and to make decisions about what our students and children can learn—is being stripped away by concerted attacks from right-wing parents like Moms for Liberty and Republican legislators dead set on politicizing our schools.
And it's no surprise that Moms for Liberty targets LGBTQ+ books and books about race and racial diversity. It's the right wing's latest tactic designed to eradicate conversations students have in the classroom around genocide, white supremacy, gender, and sexuality.
Moms for Liberty is a dangerous right-wing extremist group, and there is absolutely no reason that Marriott and the Museum of the American Revolution should be enabling them and giving them a platform to attack our students and educators.
Thanks for all you do.
–Jensine, Madeleine, Chris, Jenn, and the rest of the team
Sources:
1. "Staff, Patrons Boycott History Museum for Hosting Hate Group That Organizes National Book Bans," The Mary Sue, June 14, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/176270?t=7&akid=355805%2E53570607%2ERxot_H
2. "Moms for Liberty rises as power player in GOP politics after attacking schools over gender, race," AP News, June 12, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/176271?t=9&akid=355805%2E53570607%2ERxot_H
3. "Unmasking Moms for Liberty," Media Matters for America, November 12, 2021
https://act.moveon.org/go/176272?t=11&akid=355805%2E53570607%2ERxot_H
4. "Philly residents pressure Mariott and local museum not to host Moms For Liberty conference," LGBTQ Nation, June 15, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/176273?t=13&akid=355805%2E53570607%2ERxot_H
5. "2021-2022 Annual Report," Museum of the American Revolution, accessed June 27, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/176274?t=15&akid=355805%2E53570607%2ERxot_H
6. "Staff, Patrons Boycott History Museum for Hosting Hate Group That Organizes National Book Bans," The Mary Sue, June 14, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/176270?t=17&akid=355805%2E53570607%2ERxot_H
7. "Philly residents pressure Mariott and local museum not to host Moms For Liberty conference," LGBTQ Nation, June 15, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/176273?t=19&akid=355805%2E53570607%2ERxot_H
8. "Diversity & Inclusion," Marriott International, accessed June 27, 2023
https://act.moveon.org/go/176275?t=21&akid=355805%2E53570607%2ERxot_H
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