| Read Online Hi Friend, Last night I took my son to the ER. We’re okay now. But we were there for more than eight hours, and what I saw in that local hospital stayed with me. Part of it was just being in a children’s ER. Watching kids hurt and parents frightened is hard. But that wasn’t all of it. Looking around that waiting room, I realized I was surrounded by the very people we’re fighting for: the underprivileged and the undersupported, the families who have been made promise after promise by a system that keeps failing them. These are the people big government says it’s protecting. Too often, it’s the people big government takes advantage of. For far too long it has kept them dependent and overlooked, and kept telling them their voice doesn’t matter. Many of them don’t know it’s happening. They’re tired. They’re working, waiting, and holding their families together. They have no time to read the fine print or follow the headlines. They’ve been told for so long that the system will take care of them that they’ve stopped expecting anything else. I sat there holding my son, and I felt two things at once. The first was heartbreak. If you stop and actually see what’s going on around us, it breaks your heart. The second was anger. I wasn’t angry at the people in that room. I was angry for them. These families were promised so much and given so little, and the system that made those promises is still counting on them to stay home, stay quiet, and stay tired. But every strong emotion carries a signal. Heartbreak tells you what matters. Anger tells you something is wrong and needs to change. You can act on it, or you can let it pass. I don’t want to let it pass. Over the next two weeks, you’ll hear plenty of noise. Over the next two weeks, it will be increasingly more difficult to hold on to our compassion. The polls will swing back and forth, because drama is built into how polling works. The headlines will pile on one crisis after another, and much of it will seem designed to make ordinary people feel like showing up won’t matter. Don’t believe it. When you invest in Mobilize A Million, you’re investing in the little guy. You’re investing in the mom in that waiting room who has been let down again and again and doesn’t know her vote is just as powerful as anyone’s. You’re investing in the dad working a double shift who never got a reminder to check his registration. You’re investing in the families who have stopped believing anyone is looking out for them. That’s who this is for. It isn’t for politicians or pundits. It’s for the people in the waiting room. Election Day is November 3. Until then, our team is working to make sure everyday citizens know their registration is accurate, know where and how to vote, and know their voice counts. Check your registration and send it to three people you love → Stand with the little guy. Give today → I left that hospital exhausted and grateful my son is okay. I was still a little heartbroken and still a little angry. I’ve decided to put both feelings to work. The people who have been failed the longest deserve to be seen, counted, and heard. Let’s not fail them now. For Freedom, Sarah | 
