Stand Up America Inc

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STAND UP AMERICA ADVOCATES FOR PROGRESSIVE GOVERNMENT POLICIES THAT WILL STRENGTHEN OUR DEMOCRACY AND INCREASE ACCESS TO VOTING AND OPPOSES CONSERVATIVE POLICIES THAT THREATEN OUR DEMOCRACY AND OUR FREEDOM TO VOTE. WE EDUCATE AND MOBILIZE OUR MEMBERS USING EMAIL, SMS, AND SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS, AS WELL AS MOBILIZE ACTIVISTS OUTSIDE OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH PEER-TO-PEER TEXTING, PHONEBANKING, DIGITAL ADS, AND A ROBUST SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER PROGRAM. IN 2021, STAND UP AMERICA'S MEMBERS TOOK ACTION IN EVERY STATE TO COMBAT VOTER SUPPRESSION AND BUILD A MORE REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY. TOGETHER, THEY MADE MORE THAN 200,000 CALLS, SENT OVER 175,000 EMAILS TO LAWMAKERS, AND SUBMITTED OVER 25,000 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR IN SUPPORT OF STATE AND FEDERAL MEASURES TO PROTECT AND EXPAND VOTING RIGHTS AND STRENGTHEN OUR DEMOCRACY. AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL, WE HELPED OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS MAKE OVER 90,000 CONSTITUENT CALLS AND SEND ANOTHER 100,000 EMAILS URGING CONGRESS TO END THE FILIBUSTER AND PASS VOTING RIGHTS LEGISLATION. WE ALSO PROVIDED DIGITAL SUPPORT TO OTHER ADVOCACY ORGANIZATIONS TO ENABLE THOSE ORGANIZATIONS TO DRIVE OVER 100,000 ADDITIONAL CONSTITUENT CALLS TO CONGRESS IN SUPPORT OF FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS LEGISLATION. WE RAN NATIONAL DIGITAL ADS TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC ABOUT FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS LEGISLATION AND THE POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF THE FILIBUSTER, AND TO DRIVE ADDITIONAL ACTION ON FEDERAL VOTING RIGHTS LEGISLATION. OUR MEMBERS ALSO PEER TO PEER TEXTED THOUSANDS OF VOTERS WHOSE SENATORS WERE KEY VOTES URGING THEM TO CALL THEIR SENATORS OFFICES. STAND UP AMERICA ALSO DELIVERED MORE THAN 400,000 SIGNATURES TO THE WHITE HOUSE CALLING ON PRESIDENT BIDEN TO HELP END THE FILIBUSTER. TO PREVENT FUTURE PRESIDENTIAL CORRUPTION, WE HELPED OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS MAKE OVER 4,000 CONSTITUENT CALLS AND SEND OVER 14,000 CONSTITUENT EMAILS TO HELP SUCCESSFULLY PASS THE PROTECTING OUR DEMOCRACY ACT THROUGH THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. WE ALSO RAN NATIONAL DIGITAL ADS DRIVING ADDITIONAL ACTIONS TO CONGRESS FROM OUTSIDE OUR COMMUNITY, AND WORKED TO GAIN EARNED MEDIA ATTENTION FOR THIS IMPORTANT LEGISLATION, INCLUDING PUBLISHING MULTIPLE OPINION PIECES IN NATIONAL OUTLETS. IN RESPONSE TO THE ANTICIPATED DECISIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT IN 2022, IN 2021 WE ENDORSED THE JUDICIARY ACT, WHICH WOULD ADD FOUR SEATS TO EXPAND AND REBALANCE AN OVERLY PARTISAN SUPREME COURT. STAND UP AMERICA HELPED OUR MEMBERS SEND OVER 1,000 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR ABOUT THE NEED TO REBALANCE THE COURT, AND SEND NEARLY 20,000 CONSTITUENT EMAILS ASKING THEIR REPRESENTATIVES TO CO-SPONSOR THE JUDICIARY ACT. AT THE STATE LEVEL, WE WORKED IN COALITION WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS TO SUCCESSFULLY HELP PASS LEGISLATION TO RESTORE VOTING RIGHTS TO THE FORMERLY INCARCERATED IN NEW YORK AND CONNECTICUT. IN 2021, STAND UP AMERICA'S COMMUNITY MEMBERS LOGGED NEARLY 3,000 CONSTITUENT CALLS AND EMAILS TO STATE LAWMAKERS IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION TO PERMANENTLY RESTORE VOTING RIGHTS TO 47,000 RETURNING CITIZENS IN NEW YORK AND CONNECTICUT. STAND UP AMERICA MEMBERS ALSO AUTHORED MORE THAN 250 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR TO PRESSURE THE STATE LEGISLATURES TO PASS THESE BILLS. WE ALSO WORKED IN COALITION WITH LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS IN ARIZONA AND TEXAS TO FIGHT BACK AGAINST STATE LEVEL VOTER SUPPRESSION IN THOSE STATES. SPECIFICALLY, STAND UP AMERICA'S COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN TEXAS AND ARIZONA MADE OVER 2,500 CONSTITUENT CALLS AND SENT NEARLY 10,000 EMAILS TO THEIR STATE LEGISLATORS IN OPPOSITION TO VARIOUS VOTER SUPPRESSION BILLS BEING CONSIDERED IN THESE STATE LEGISLATURES IN 2021. WE ALSO PROVIDED EARNED MEDIA SUPPORT BY ORGANIZING NATIONAL PRESS CALLS FEATURING LOCAL GROUPS LEADING THESE FIGHTS AGAINST VOTER SUPPRESSION. IN EACH OF THE ABOVE STATE LEVEL LEGISLATIVE EFFORTS, STAND UP AMERICA ALSO PROVIDED DIGITAL SUPPORT TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS, FROM SETTING UP CALL LINES AND EMAIL TOOLS TO RUNNING DIGITAL ADS DRIVING ADDITIONAL CONSTITUENT ACTIONS BY COMMUNITY MEMBERS. ADDITIONAL STATE AND LOCAL EFFORTS INCLUDED ENCOURAGING OUR COMMUNITY IN AUSTIN, TEXAS TO VOTE YES ON A DEMOCRACY DOLLARS BALLOT PROPOSAL, DRIVING NEARLY 2,000 EMAILS FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND VIA DIGITAL ADS TO LAWMAKERS IN ILLINOIS IN SUPPORT OF THE RIGHT OF CURRENTLY INCARCERATED CITIZENS TO VOTE, AND HELPING OUR MEMBERS CONTACT THEIR LAWMAKERS TO SUCCESSFULLY PASS LEGISLATION TO EXPAND VOTING OPTIONS IN NEVADA.