This could be the turning point

This could be our turning point. But, Andra, that's entirely up to us, and what each of us does in these not normal times.

Dear MoveOn member, This could be the beginning of the end of Donald Trump. Saturday was without a doubt the single biggest day of protests since Trump retook office. And one of the very largest decentralized days of protests in U.S. history!1 Three million of us took to the streets at more than 1,300 events in Washington, D.C., and all 50 states to make clear that we do not consent to Trump and Elon Musk destroying our country to benefit themselves and their billionaire buddies. 100,000 people in Washington, D.C. Massive crowds in New York, Minneapolis, and Seattle. And, just as critically, hundreds of smaller events, including all over red America, from Logan, Utah, to Tupelo, Mississippi, to Mitchell, South Dakota. It was BIG. It was beautiful. We were loud. We were powerful. This mass mobilization came just days after Senator Cory Booker spoke for more than 25 hours straight, in the longest speech in Senate history, to make clear that, as he said, "These are not normal times in America. And they should not be treated as such."2 This could be our turning point. But, Andra, that's entirely up to us, and what each of us does in these not normal times. From here, MoveOn is planning to go big ... and bigger ... and bigger still. That's what this moment and these unprecedented times demand. That's how we're going to stop our country's very fast slide into authoritarianism. It's going to take bringing ever more people into the movement, training them, equipping them with the tools to help organize their own communities, and, like in the planning for Saturday, being a critical part of a web of organizations helping to unite us all and bring us into the streets. That's the work of MoveOn. But, Andra, this kind of organizing, while so urgent and essential, is also very resource intensive. Will you help us have the ongoing resources to make this week the beginning of the end of Trump by starting a $5 monthly donation? Yes, I'll chip in $5 a month. (If you have saved your payment information with ActBlue, your donation will go straight through.) No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation. Saturday did not come out of nowhere. The work started long before Trump even won last November, in critical scenario planning internally at MoveOn and with our allies. Take MoveOn's Action Community Training (ACT) program, which we launched early this year to provide resources to MoveOn members who are interested in organizing in their local communities. In the last month, the number of new organizers joining the program exploded. Take a look at the massive jump in people joining in March: In March, we also had the biggest phone bank in MoveOn's 26-year history. But it's going to take doubling these kinds of numbers and then doubling them again to build a movement big enough and powerful enough to stop Trump's tyranny. Studies of social movements worldwide show that no government has maintained legitimacy and power after 3.5% of their population came together to vocalize their dissent against it at a peak event."3,4 It's called the "3.5% rule."5 It's a relatively tiny percentage, really. We can get there. We started on Saturday. The Women's March in January 2017 was the largest single-day demonstration in U.S. history.6 Between 1% and 1.6% of the U.S. population participated in the Women's March across hundreds of locations. Double or triple that scale would approach the 3.5% threshold.7 That's our mission: doubling or tripling the size of the Women's March and engaging 3.5% of the U.S. population in a massive protest to stop authoritarianism in America, which is here, at our doorstep, right now. That's what we're building to, because that's what it's going to take. Remember, tyranny cannot prevail over people who refuse to succumb to it. We need your help to have the consistent financial resources to keep building and getting more and more people in the streets. Will you start a $5 monthly donation today to help out? Yes, I'll chip in $5 a month. (If you have saved your payment information with ActBlue, your donation will go straight through.) No, I'm sorry, I can't make a monthly donation. Senator Booker said in his speech last week: "The power of the people is greater than the people in power."8 Together, let's prove he's right. Thanks for all you do. –Britt, Julia, Allison, Kami, and the rest of the team Sources: 1. Bluesky post by L.A. Kauffman, April 5, 2025 https://bsky.app/profile/lakauffman.bsky.social/post/3lm3t4l23nc2y 2. "Booker makes a stand against Trump – and doesn't stop for 25 hours," The Guardian, April 2, 2025 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/02/senator-cory-booker-takes-a-stand-speech-donald-trump-25-hours 2. "We Are Living Through Moral Collapse. How Democrats Can Strike Back," Lucid, March 16, 2025 https://lucid.substack.com/p/we-are-living-through-moral-collapse 3. "Questions, Answers, and Some Cautionary Updates Regarding the 3.5% Rule," Harvard Kennedy School Carr Center for Human Rights Policy, April 2020 https://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/carr/publications/questions-answers-and-some-cautionary-updates-regarding-35-rule 4. Ibid. 5. Ibid. 6. Ibid. 7. "Senator Cory Booker Literally Talked For An Entire Day, And These 15 Highlights From His Epic Speech Are Everything," BuzzFeed, April 3, 2025 https://www.buzzfeed.com/emilykling1/cory-booker-historic-speech-best-moments Want to support our work? The MoveOn community will work every moment, day by day and year by year, to resist Trump's agenda, contain the damage, defeat hate with love, and begin the process of swinging the nation's pendulum back toward sanity, decency, and the kind of future that we must never give up on. And to do it we need your ongoing support, now more than ever. Will you stand with us? If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: Donate: $5 monthly Donate: $15 monthly Donate: $50 monthly Donate another amount monthly Or make a one-time gift Contributions to MoveOn Civic Action are not tax-deductible for income tax purposes. MoveOn.org Civic Action - PO Box 96141, Washington, D.C. 20090-6141. ActBlue Civics Inc. is the merchant of record for all transactions made to MoveOn Civic Action using the ActBlue platform. ActBlue Civics Inc. receives and processes these donations before disbursing them to MoveOn Civic Action within 30 days of receipt. 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