The Ride starts tomorrow — I’d like to share this with you

Friends,

It’s here — after months of anticipation, The Ride begins tomorrow in Washington, D.C. On Sunday, we’ll set out from the old Greyhound station on New York Avenue, where some of the original Freedom Riders boarded their bus in 1961.

We’re proud that some members of original Freedom Rider families will be joining us along the way. They have already given this country so much, and I feel a great deal of responsibility in making this journey alongside them.

Vote Common Good organized this Ride because today’s fight over who gets a voice in our democracy demands we show up. Who’s the WE in We the People? MAGA and Donald Trump seem to think that only means those who are likely to vote for them.

That’s not how we’re supposed to do things in the United States.

Your donation of any amount helps us make the journey:

We’re bringing together civil rights leaders, faith leaders, and artists to travel through the South and mobilize voters before Election Day.

It’s 2026, just two weeks before voters hit the polls, and we face many of the same problems we did in 1961. No American should stand for that.

The people who boarded the buses for the Freedom Ride 65 years ago faced terrible violence for insisting that this country honor their rights. We owe their courage the deepest respect.

And our responsibility is to fight as hard as we can. For us, that means standing up to MAGA, working to flip Congress blue, bringing communities together, listening to the families carrying this history, and urging people to vote.

It also means challenging Christian Nationalist politicians who use faith to disenfranchise.

Will you donate today to help fund the buses and community events that make The Ride possible?

If you’ve saved your payment information with ActBlue Express, your donation will go through immediately:

After the Ride reaches New Orleans, Vote Common Good will continue our work in Texas, where we’ll be with the Talarico campaign through Election Day.

Right after James Talarico won the nomination, we hosted a livestream bringing Texas faith leaders together with him. Now we’re returning for the final days of the campaign, working to bring faith voters out to vote.

We’ve been building toward this work for months, and we’ll keep showing up through Election Day.

Tomorrow, we get this work on the road. With 18 days left to Election Day, it’s going to take all of us. Let’s do this!

In this together,

Doug

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