Please, I need a moment of your time

This is Cheryl Zando, MoveOn’s chief operating officer, and I need a moment of your time.

Dear MoveOn member, This is Cheryl Zando, MoveOn’s chief operating officer, and I need a moment of your time. It’s the end of the quarter, and because my job involves looking at the spreadsheets and budgets that keep this organization running, I felt the need to step into your email inbox and be completely honest with you about where we stand. In the midst of a troubled economy, MoveOn is facing a serious fundraising shortfall. It’s the worst moment to be behind on fundraising, because we are facing some of the greatest needs we have ever encountered. The upcoming midterm elections will be the ultimate decider between handing Donald Trump two more years of unchecked authoritarian power, or building the wall of resistance necessary to stop it. The stakes could not be higher. We need to be locking in our plans, hiring organizers, and scaling up our voter programs right now. But if we don't close this budget gap immediately, I may be forced to make the hard choice to scale back our programs and pull resources out of the field—just as we face one of the most important midterm elections in a generation. Andra, will you donate $9 to MoveOn today to help us close this critical shortfall and bolster our election program? (If you have saved your payment information with ActBlue, your donation will go straight through.) Here is the hard truth from my desk: We cannot wait until a few weeks before the election to fund this fight. Effective organizing doesn't happen overnight. It takes months to build the technology infrastructure, train local volunteer hosts, and launch the targeted, member-to-member contact programs that we know actually decide close races. We’ve already laid out a massive, data-driven strategy to counter Trump’s agenda, elect populist champions who will fight to lower the cost of living and protect our communities. Our $27 million election program built to engage those voters who skipped the 2024 election isn’t just about beating MAGA at the ballot box. It’s about winning lasting power to make life more affordable for working people. We’re already seeing our plan work in places from California to New York. But a strategy is only as good as the budget backing it. MoveOn doesn't take corporate money. We don’t have a handful of wealthy elite donors keeping the lights on. We rely on independent, grassroots support from members like you. That independence is our greatest strength, but it also means that when we face a shortfall like this, it is up to us to fix it—together. Please, if you are in a position to give, donate $9 today so we don't have to cut back our defense of democracy. The funding we raise in the next few days gives us the predictable revenue we need to plan ahead, stay on the offensive, and keep our organizers in the field instead of scrambling from crisis to crisis. (If you have saved your payment information with ActBlue, your donation will go straight through.) I know that things are incredibly heavy right now, and that everyone is feeling the strain of this political and economic moment. But history shows that organized people, pooling their resources and showing up together, is the only thing that has ever turned the tide against authoritarian power. We have a path to win, but only if we fund it today. Thank you for standing with us when it matters most. –Cheryl Zando, Chief Operating Officer, MoveOn P.S. We are running out of time to lock in our budgets for the upcoming election. If we don't hit our targets now, we may have to make painful cuts to our voter programs. If you've been waiting for the right moment to step up, this is it. Give $9 now. (If you have saved your payment information with ActBlue, your donation will go straight through.) Want to support MoveOn's work? As millions of us continue to march, protest, and take care of our neighbors, we must also organize to make the 2026 midterms a landslide rejection of Trump and MAGA Republicans. MoveOn is planning the most sophisticated midterm election program in our 28-year history—designed to turn out voters at a scale that overcomes Republican voter suppression. Will you chip in to power a progressive wave in November’s election? If you've saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately: Donate: $3 Donate: $20 Donate: $75 Donate another amount PAID FOR BY MOVEON POLITICAL ACTION, https://pol.moveon.org/. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. MoveOn Political Action - PO Box 96142, Washington, D.C. 20090-6142. This email was sent to Andra Patterson on June 27, 2026. To change your email address or update your contact info, click here. MoveOn's privacy policy was recently updated. To read our new privacy policy, click here. To remove yourself from this list, unsubscribe. Sent via ActionNetwork.org. To update your email address, change your name or address, or to stop receiving emails from MoveOn, please click here.