Join the Million Hoodie March without leaving home; wear a hoodie on Facebook

As Trayvon Martin's family marches for justice on Saturday in Sanford, FL, keep up the call for justice online by changing your profile pic to a "million hoodie" photo. [Representative Bobby Rush] Share Your Hoodie Photo

Dear MoveOn member,

Wearing a hoodie on the House floor.

That got Representative Bobby Rush thrown out on Wednesday, even as he quoted from the Bible on justice and the end of oppression.¹

Rep. Rush is one of millions calling for justice for Trayvon Martin, a young black man in a hoodie, gunned down last month in Sanford, Florida. Trayvon's killer, George Zimmerman, still hasn't been arrested—and the wheels of justice can't turn until he is.

Tomorrow in Sanford, MoveOn members will join Trayvon's family, the NAACP, SEIU, and other allies in a march for justice. And across the country, we can show our solidarity with Saturday's march by taking a picture of ourselves with a hoodie and making it our profile picture on Facebook and Twitter.

This campaign began with a cry for justice from Trayvon's parents, and grew online through huge petitions (including one by MoveOn member Maria Roach) and a massive response on social media from celebrities and millions of everyday people standing against racism and racial profiling. So, while Trayvon's family keeps the pressure on in the streets of Sanford, we need to keep up the pressure online, where this campaign grew into a national movement.

Click below to make your stand for Trayvon (and don't worry—we have handy instructions on how to change your Facebook or Twitter profile pic):

Join the march for justice online by changing your profile picture for Trayvon.

George Zimmerman followed Trayvon, a young black man in a hoodie, because he looked "suspicious."² Zimmerman made an unjustified assumption about who Trayvon was, and that assumption led to Trayvon's death. That's why we have to keep the pressure on the system to make sure justice is served.

We've partnered with the creators of MillionHoodi.es, along with the NAACP, ColorOfChange, and other allies to make this online solidarity movement huge, with hundreds of thousands of us posting our hoodies photos in social media—and making them our profile picture.

But in order to be effective, people need to see hoodie photos everywhere they look online. So click below to change your profile pic and join the millions of other hoodies online for Trayvon Martin on Saturday.

Join the million hoodie movement for justice for Trayvon by changing your profile photo for Saturday's march.

Thanks for all you do.

–Garlin, Mark, Elena, Ryan, and the rest of the team

P.S. If you don't have a Facebook or Twitter account—don't worry. You can upload your hoodie photo and post it online through a handy tool on MoveOn's site, and it will go online through Flikr too. Just click here to become part of one million hoodies.

Sources:

1. "Bobby Rush, Illinois Congressman, Thrown Off House Floor For Wearing Hoodie (VIDEO), The Huffington Post, March 28, 2012
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=273640&id=38306-21598997-kBl15Ax&t=5

2. "The Curious Case of Trayvon Martin," The New York Times, March 16, 2012
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=273641&id=38306-21598997-kBl15Ax&t=6

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UPDATE: Elizabeth Warren

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DuPage County,
Elizabeth Warren is leading by just 5 points in the latest Massachusetts Senate poll. Other polls show a dead heat, and Wall Street would love to defeat her.
Tonight is a major fundraising deadline that political insiders will use to assess the strength of her campaign -- and other progressives like Eric Griego (NM-1) and Lori Saldaña (CA-52).
Can you help Warren and other progressives show they have momentum by donating $3 to their campaigns before tonight’s deadline? Click here.
Elizabeth Warren continues to do progressives proud. This month, she barnstormed Massachusetts, putting the spotlight on abusive Wall Street practices such as housing foreclosures, excessive bank overdraft fees, and predatory lending by banks against veterans.
Lori Saldaña stood up to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in the California legislature and is fighting now for major government investment in jobs and corporate accountability.
Eric Griego, a top progressive senator in New Mexico, passed a green jobs bill and public funding of local elections into law. He's calling for Wall Street bankers to go to jail -- and penned a U.S. News & World Report column this week against Paul Ryan's plan to end Medicare.
Can you donate $3 to Warren, Griego, and Saldaña today -- before tonight's deadline? Click here.
Their victories will send a powerful message to Democrats: If you fight boldly, you can win.
Thanks for being a bold progressive.
-- Adam Green, Amanda Johnson, Matt Wall, Drew McConville, and the PCCC team
 

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More ways to help Take Down Joe Walsh and the Tea Party Ten

Thanks for pledging to help Take Down Joe Walsh and the Tea Party Ten. Here are more ways to help us deliver a knockout blow to the worst Tea Party extremists in Congress:

Chip in $5 to help take down Joe Walsh.

Learn more about the Tea Party extremists we're going after.

Help us spread the word about the campaign to Take Down the Tea Party Ten and make members of Congress pay for their extremism.

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You can also send the following e-mail to your friends and family. Spreading the word is critical, but please only pass this message along to those who know you -- spam hurts our campaign.

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Subject: Defeat Tea Party Joe Walsh
Dear Friend,

Tea Party extremists in Congress like Joe Walsh have spent the last year attacking women, science and the very notion of equality under the law.

Now, it's payback time.

The CREDO SuperPAC is launching a new campaign with a simple goal: to defeat ten of the most extreme Tea Party-affiliated members of the U.S. House of Representatives in 2012.

They've chosen Joe Walsh, and they're building a local grassroots campaign to defeat him. I thought you might like to get involved. Learn more and pledge to support this effort:

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Save the Violence Against Women Act.

Clicking here will automatically add your name to this petition to congressional Republican leadership: "Stop blocking the 'Violence Against Women Act.' This is a successful program that has helped cut domestic violence by 58%, and it should be reauthorized immediately." Automatically add your name: Learn more about this campaign Help save the Violence Against Women Act. Dear Friend, The latest attack on women is over the Violence Against Women Act. The last time this program was reauthorized, it passed nearly unanimously through the House and Senate — but incredibly, the all-male Republican block on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted down the bill. That's right: Republicans are now standing in the way of reauthorizing an incredibly popular and successful program that has reduced domestic violence rates by 58% since it was first passed in 1994. Tell Republican leadership to stop playing politics with women's lives and pass the Violence Against Women Act now! Click here to automatically sign the petition. Voting to defund Planned Parenthood, redefine rape, and block access to contraception has not been enough for anti-woman members of Congress — they now want to block funding for victims of domestic violence. Every female Senator — including 5 Republicans — supports this important act. And yet the bill only has 58 co-sponsors, two votes shy of the 60 votes needed to defeat a promised Republican filibuster. Even as their party continues to lead attacks on women, Republican leadership should honor the wishes of the women in their own caucus and call off the filibuster. Tell Republican leadership to stop playing politics with women's lives and pass the Violence Against Women Act now! Click here to automatically sign the petition. Blocking funding for victims of domestic violence is low, even for this Republican Congress. With enough pressure from the grassroots and the all of women in the Senate Republican caucus co-sponsoring the bill, we can stop the filibuster and pass reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. Tell Republican leadership to stop playing politics with women's lives and pass the Violence Against Women Act now! Click below to automatically sign the petition: http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5542989&id=37405-5191227-HFB28ix&t=10 Thank you for standing up for women. Ali Rozell, Campaign Manager CREDO Action from Working Assets Share on Facebook Post to your wall Tweet this Post to Twitter © 2012 CREDO. All rights reserved. To remove yourself (Democratic Party DuPage County) from this list, please visit our subscription management page at: http://act.credoaction.com/s?i=37405-5191227-HFB28ix To change your email address or update your contact info, please visit: http://act.credoaction.com/subscrip/coa.html?id=37405-5191227-HFB28ix

My two sons look like Trayvon

Millions are calling for justice for Trayvon Martin. On the one-month anniversary of his killing, help grow the movement fighting the racial profiling that led to his death by sharing this powerful video. Watch the Trayvon Video

Dear fellow MoveOn member,

I'm a MoveOn member and a mother, and my two sons look like Trayvon Martin.

As parents, we all have to warn our children about the dangers of the world—strangers, bullies, which streets not to walk down. But there's a special pain in explaining to my sons the suspicion and dangers they face, simply by being young black men.

One month ago today, Trayvon Martin was walking through a gated community in Florida with nothing more than an iced tea and a bag of skittles. But being a young black man in a hoodie made him "suspicious" to George Zimmerman, who got out of his SUV, tracked Trayvon down, and shot him dead.¹

On that terrible day, my special pain and fear as a parent became very urgent ... and very real. Racial profiling is a sickness in the soul of our nation. It limits our promise. It divides us. And one month ago, it robbed Trayvon Martin of his life.

Trayvon's story is already inspiring millions in the call for justice and an end to racial violence. It also moved writer/activist Kevin Powell, Akila Worksongs, Jasiri X and the folks at MoveOn and ColorOfChange to record a new powerful video "A Song for Trayvon." Please watch it and share it with your family and friends to inspire more people to join this growing movement:

http://moveon.org/SongForTrayvon?id=38007-21598997-GC0ZW9x&t=2

When my husband shared the news about Trayvon, my eyes welled with tears. I pictured my own two boys innocently walking home, just like Trayvon, and then never seeing them again—never hugging them. It was more than I could bear.

That's why I started a SignOn petition calling for justice for Trayvon. It's been signed by more than 500,000 MoveOn members, and I'm delivering it to the Justice Department today. Already, the public pressure from us and our allies is making a difference.

The Justice Department, the State of Florida, and the FBI have launched new investigations, a new state prosecutor has been appointed, and a grand jury date has been set.² But we need to keep building the call for justice. And we do that by making sure each and every American knows Trayvon's story.

Click here to watch and share a powerful video about the injustice done to Trayvon Martin.

President Obama said, "if I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon."³ He might be like Trayvon too, and Trayvon might have been like my two boys; or your son; or friends of your children, joining you at the dinner table.

But Zimmerman couldn't see past Trayvon's race and hoodie to the promising young man he was—a football player, a horseback rider, a hero who pulled his father from a burning kitchen.⁴ Trayvon was young, he was alive, he was beautiful.

All of us sharing Trayvon's story and calling out for justice are fighting back against racism and senseless violence, so one day we no longer have to fear our child's walk home in the darkness.

It's up to us to make sure that every person in America knows what happened to Trayvon and how his death moved us to tears and action. Help us grow this movement by sharing this video with everyone you know.

Click here to watch and share Trayvon Martin's story.

Thank you for standing up for Trayvon.

–Maria Roach

P.S. Today, vigils and rallies are taking place around the country to mark the one-month anniversary of Trayvon's death. To find an event near you, go to http://vigilsfortrayvon.tumblr.com/ or check on Twitter using #vigils4trayvon.

P.P.S. Writer/activist Kevin Powell, who helped pull 500 people together in Brooklyn yesterday for the "A Song for Trayvon" event, has written a stirring and reflective piece for The Guardian on "Trayvon Martin and the fatal history of American racism." Check it out here.

Sources:

1. "Trayvon Martin: Zimmerman was not following Neighborhood Watch 'rules,'" Chicago Tribune, March 24, 2012
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=273396&id=38007-21598997-GC0ZW9x&t=6

2. "Calls for justice rage on a month after Trayvon Martin's killing," CNN, March 26, 2012
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=273406&id=38007-21598997-GC0ZW9x&t=7

"Obama: Shooting death of Trayvon Martin a 'tragedy,'" Newsday, March 23, 2012
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=273398&id=38007-21598997-GC0ZW9x&t=8

3. "Obama: Shooting death of Trayvon Martin a 'tragedy,'" Newsday, March 23, 2012
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=273398&id=38007-21598997-GC0ZW9x&t=9

4. "Trayvon Martin's Family Calls For Arrest Of Man Who Police Say Confessed To Shooting (UPDATE)," The Huffington Post, March 8, 2012
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=273399&id=38007-21598997-GC0ZW9x&t=10

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Obama's 10 Best Wins So Far, What Women Did Before Roe Vs. Wade, And Am I Suspicious?

Hello! Here are the three hottest progressive videos and graphics that we found on the web today, March 30, 2012. WINNING: The 10 Best Achievements Of Obama's Presidency So Far You'll Never Believe What Women Went Through Before Roe Vs. Wade Going Viral NOW: "Am I Suspicious?" Video

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Michelle Obama wants you to have dinner with her husband

There's one thing I forgot to mention: If you chip in to support the campaign before the big deadline tomorrow, you'll also be automatically entered to have dinner with my husband. I had the chance to go to one of these "Dinners with Barack" just a few weeks back -- and trust me, you don't want to miss out on it. Make a donation of $3 or whatever you can here: https://donate.barackobama.com/Saturday-Dinner-Deadline Thank you, Michelle No purchase, payment, or contribution necessary to enter or win. Contributing will not improve chances of winning. Void where prohibited. Winners will be selected throughout the promotion. Entries must be received by 2/22/12, 3/3/12, 3/18/12, and 3/31/12 to be eligible for each successive drawing. You may enter by contributing to Sponsor here or click here to enter without contributing. Four winners will each receive the following prize package: one round-trip ticket from within the fifty U.S. States, DC, or Puerto Rico to a destination to be determined by the Sponsor; hotel accommodations for one; and dinner with President Obama on a date to be determined by the Sponsor (approximate combined retail value $1,150). Odds of winning depend on number of entries received. Promotion open only to U.S. citizens, or lawful permanent U.S. residents who are legal residents of 50 United States, District of Columbia and Puerto Rico and 18 or older (or of majority under applicable law). Promotion subject to Official Rules and additional restrictions on eligibility. Sponsor: Obama for America, 130 E. Randolph St., Chicago, IL 60601.

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We still need "Medicare for all": John Nichols in The Nation

Could a Supreme Court decision lead the way to universal, single-payer coverage? Read John Nichols, writer for The Nation, on this week's debates here: http://www.thenation.com/blog/167072/supreme-court-wrangling-aside-we-still-need-medicare-all?utm_source=PI+Extra+3.27.12&utm_campaign=PI+email+3.27.12&utm_medium=email

A Fox News Fail, "Bully" Hits Theaters, And Rep. Bobby Rush Kicked Out For His Hoodie

Hello! Here are the three hottest progressive videos and graphics that we found on the web today, March 29, 2012. The One Graphic About Fox News That Speaks For Itself The New Documentary That Is Fighting America's Bullying Culture BREAKING: Rep. Bobby Rush Silenced And Kicked Off House Floor When He Raises Hoodie For Trayvon

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Saturday night

Friend -- I'm not going to waste your time here: March 31st is this campaign's most critical fundraising deadline so far. Whatever we've got in the bank on Saturday night is what we've got for the next phase of this election. And with the Republican primaries wrapping up, you can bet that it's going to be the toughest phase yet. How ready we are depends on you. Chip in $3 or more now and take control: https://donate.barackobama.com/Before-Saturday Thanks, Joe

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Joe Walsh said what?!?

Joe Walsh is unfit to serve in congress. We need your help to take him down. Clicking here will automatically add your name to the pledge to help build the campaign in Illinois. Automatically add your name: Learn more about this campaign Offensive... even for Joe Walsh. Hi Friend, This is offensive. Even for Congressman Joe Walsh. In a recent interview, Rep. Walsh insulted his opponent Tammy Duckworth's military service, telling a reporter: "What else has she done? Female, wounded veteran ... ehhh."1 Whether or not Joe Walsh agrees with Tammy Duckworth's politics, to insult an Iraq war veteran who as a Black Hawk helicopter pilot lost her legs in the service of her country is unequivocally appalling. Joe Walsh is unfit to serve in Congress. Pledge to help CREDO SuperPAC Take Down Joe Walsh. Click here to automatically sign the pledge. Tammy Duckworth was awarded a Purple Heart for her combat injuries and continues to serve as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Illinois National Guard. Whereas Joe Walsh is a self-proclaimed "crazy Tea Party freshman" and deadbeat dad who owes more than $100,000 in child support.2 Walsh's insulting comment is yet another sign that he is unfit to serve in Congress. We're recruiting activists to join our grassroots campaign to hold Joe Walsh accountable for his crazy and offensive Tea Party rhetoric and to organize voters to kick Joe Walsh out of office. Are you in? We need thousands of grassroots activists to help defeat Joe Walsh in November. Pledge to help CREDO SuperPAC Take Down Joe Walsh. Click here to automatically sign. We're working with local activists, hiring local organizers, and opening a volunteer office in Elk Grove Village. And we need all the help from local folks that we can get. We've run the numbers. And with some strong grassroots organizing, we can definitely beat this guy. Together we can defeat Joe Walsh. But we need you to raise your hand and tell us that you are with us. Click below to automatically sign the pledge: http://act.credoaction.com/r/?r=5540728&id=37529-5191227-WjRriHx&t=9 Thanks for helping to restore sanity and respect to our congress. Becky Bond, Political Director CREDO Action 1. "Joe Walsh on Tammy Duckworth: Did He Really Say That?" Chicago Mag, March 29, 2012 2. "The Tea Party Ten, Unfit to Serve," CREDOSuperPAC Contribute via ActBlue Share on Facebook Post to your wall Paid for by CREDO SuperPAC, 101 Market St. Suite 700, San Francisco CA 94105, not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. © 2012 CREDO. All rights reserved. To remove yourself (Democratic Party DuPage County) from this list, please visit our subscription management page at: http://act.credoaction.com/s?i=37529-5191227-WjRriHx To change your email address or update your contact info, please visit: http://act.credoaction.com/subscrip/coa.html?id=37529-5191227-WjRriHx