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littlemissmartypants

(22,597 posts) Mon Nov 2, 2020, 09:35 AM Nov 2020

NAACP needs donations! Please help if you are able! Thank you.

https://click.everyaction.com/k/21078649/259487966/-1201503410?refcode=EM_FR_B1_103020_AC_60D&amount=25&amounts=5,10,25,50,100,250,500&nvep=ew0KICAiVGVuYW50VXJpIjogIm5ncHZhbjovL3Zhbi9UU00vVFNNTlAvMS8yODIzNiIsDQogICJEaXN0cmlidXRpb25VbmlxdWVJZCI6ICIwMWVlZjE4Ni1hODFjLWViMTEtOTZmNS0wMDE1NWQwM2JkYTAiLA0KICAiRW1haWxBZGRyZXNzIjogInJveGFubmVtb29yZUBsaXZlLmNvbSINCn0%3D&hmac=qbp4iwbAgxJBaeiUPPkWdfe0U1ydX8Ksm5uP5kC1QDk=

Yesterday I received this email from the N.A.A.C.P.

Friend, this is urgent: Yesterday, Sheriffs in North Carolina pepper sprayed peaceful demonstrators on their way to the polls. The NAACP is leading the charge to protect the Black vote, but as these attacks on voters intensify, we’re facing a massive $100,000 deficit for our Protect the Polls Emergency Fund with just TWO DAYS until the election. We’re doing everything we can, but we need your help. Chip in now to fuel this fight!

It should go without saying that no democratic election should be won using violence, but here’s the truth of what we’re up against:

The Alamance Sheriff violated North Carolina Law when he ordered a pepper spray attack on unarmed, peaceful demonstrators on their way to the polls for the last day of early voting in North Carolina.

This Sheriff is no stranger to racialized tactics that deny human dignity. Do the Sheriff and his enablers want to go down in History as North Carolina’s Edmund Pettus Bridge? Do they want to bring national recognition to their County, want to remind the nation of its lynchings and hideous history of hate?

Black voters risked their lives for generations to secure the right to vote, it has been hard fought and hard won. Our people have sacrificed too much to sit on the political sidelines and watch history repeat itself.

There’s no denying that this election will be a defining moment in our nation's history, and it is our top priority to ensure every eligible Black voter can cast their ballot safely.

Increasing voter turnout is how we win, but with state sponsored violence like this on the rise, it is crucial that we come together to protect voters at the polls and we need your help if we’re going to be successful!

We’re $100,000 short of our goal for the Protect the Polls Emergency Fund and if we don’t close the gap in 48 HOURS, vulnerable voters could be left defenseless. This goal seems daunting, but every penny you can spare gets us closer. It’s going to take a groundswell of grassroots support from people like you to make sure we have the resources needed.

Please make a generous donation today and together we will continue to build a powerful coalition for change that will bend the moral arc towards justice! Can we count on you to help us close the $100,000 fundraising gap ahead of this historic election?

The march continues,

NAACP Civic Engagement

Act Blue link to NAACP Civic Engagement here:

https://secure.actblue.com/donate/naacp-1-civicengagement2020-emails?refcode=EM_FR_B1_103020_AC_60D&amount=25&amounts=5%2c10%2c25%2c50%2c100%2c250%2c500

Thank you!

❤ lmsp