Our democracy is in mortal danger from the GOP’s rigging of elections. We need our Members of Congress to understand the urgency, raise their voices and strengthen their spines. We must keep Lincoln’s promise that democracy “ . . . shall not perish from the earth.”

Corporations and the politicians they buy have kept us from realizing our future by pitting us against each other by race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and ability. The center of our power is the right to vote, which is why the forces against voting are so loud. They can only take away our power if we let them. Commit to calling Congress and taking action to keep our right to vote. We must harness our power for our future.

The insurrection did not end on January 6. It continues to be stoked by the “Big Lie” that Trump actually won. To neutralize the insurrection, we need the findings from a January 6 Commission and passage of S.1 and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act.

Biden’s budget tells us what he values: reducing poverty and inequality, and ending the climate crisis. McConnell said that he is “100%” focused on “stopping” Biden. The clock is ticking. Democrats must pass spending bills that reflect Biden’s -- and our -- values before it’s too late.

Biden warned yesterday that “democracy is in peril.” We can fight for and strengthen our democracy by pulling down the barriers that subvert the freedom to vote for People of Color.

Today, as we remember those who died in combat, we pause to reflect on veterans who, upon returning from war, died in domestic acts of racist terror. Today, we pledge to do all we can to end racist policies, racist terror, and racist violence. Today, though our MoCs' offices are closed, we can still leave messages asking them to join us.

The Senate can no longer put off confronting the filibuster. Majority Leader Schumer must force the GOP to filibuster bills with widespread bipartisan support now languishing in the Senate. This is the only way to demonstrate to the country and wavering Democratic Senators that the GOP’s real agenda is delay and obstruction. Failure to act decisively now will cause our democracy to wither and die.

We are the guardians of America’s democracy. Ours is the world’s longest-running experiment in self-government, an ingenious mechanism for improving life. But our democracy’s survival is not automatic. We protect and strengthen our democracy by fighting to extend its privileges to everyone.

There must be accountability for attacking democracy. Democrats must see the GOP’s feigning compromise for what it is - wielding super minority rule to keep power. Democrats must help all Americans, whatever their party, by passing the vital legislation we all need.

We are the ones who will protect our freedom to vote – building on the work that generations of activists, particularly Black activists, have done before us. Join Indivisible Oregon to show the GOP our 2020 victories were the beginning of progressive change. Our time is now.