In the last 4 days, we did the most beautiful thing together. We, 664 of us, pitched in and raised over $100,000 for climate champions running for local offices – a list of 13 #GreenNewDeal candidates put together by @LeadLocally and @DataProgress. This thread tells the story. 💸 https://twitter.com/ayanaeliza/status/1319447136665153536
My frustrated tweet during the during the debate turned into something so beautiful. I'm inspired by you all. We need fierce collective action to save our democracy.

To help these #GreenNewDeal candidates w/ #GOTV, sign up to call/text via @LeadLocally.

https://leadlocally.org/#action 
And of course, there's no reason to stop the fundraising! 📈 You can read more here about the candidates and keep chipping in. These dollars in the home stretch really matter – they mean the campaigns can focus on talking to voters instead of fundraising. https://www.dataforprogress.org/blog/green-new-deal-slate
Special shoutout to @whitjones, founder of @LeadLocally, who became my behind-the-scenes partner in this, helping to track donations and rustle up matches. We didn't dare to dream of $100K until last night and there's a lesson – DREAM BIGGER our team is dope. ✨ Whit, we did it!
And if you need a boost to gird yourself for the grand finale of this brutal election season, I've been "DJing" for each donation over in my instagram stories. Playlist coming soon....
https://www.instagram.com/ayanaeliza/ 
HUGE honor – and pleasure!💃🏽– to coordinate this impromptu fundraiser and to donate the $1,000 that took us over $100K.

Local elections matter IMMENSELY for climate – from county fracking bans, to municipal composting, to bike lanes, public transit & building codes. #VoteClimate
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