Forwarded this email? Subscribe here for more 📢 Political violence, threats, and intimidation have no place in America. “To be called a refugee is the opposite of an insult; it is a badge of strength, courage, and victory.” — Tennessee Office for Refugees People Power United and Laurie Woodward Garcia Sep 18   READ IN APP   People Power United champions progressive values and power to the people. The 2024 election depends on us, and we are attempting to persuade people to vote for Freedom over Fascism. If you wish to support our efforts, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber of our Substack Newsletter. People Power United unequivocally denounces political violence. Thankfully, law enforcement officials have thwarted a second attempt on the life of former President and convicted felon Donald Trump. While we fundamentally disagree with many of Trump's policies, we do not condone violence against him or anyone else. Political violence, threats, and intimidation have no place in America. On the topic of threats and intimidation, let's turn our attention to the actions of JD Vance, Donald Trump, and the MAGA movement, whose spread of dangerous racist attacks, rhetoric, and falsehoods is causing severe harm to the residents of Springfield, Ohio. According to a report by The New York Times, "The local authorities had already debunked the rumors, saying that there had been no reports that pets were being stolen and eaten in Springfield. But in the days that followed Mr. Trump's debate remark, anti-immigrant rhetoric picked up toward Haitians and the city, which has been hit with a string of bomb threats toward city offices, schools, hospitals, and other locations."¹ We call on former President Trump, JD Vance, and Congressional Republicans to issue a statement of support for the immigrant community and retract the false story that "Haitian immigrants are eating pets." Having lived in Florida for over 30 years, including in a county with a large Haitian immigrant population, I can attest to the Haitian community's warmth, hard work, and dedication to family and faith. It's shameful for a former President and a sitting congressman to spread such racist attacks, lies, and rhetoric without taking responsibility for clearing up this dangerous misinformation. Denounce Racist Attacks Thanks for taking action! Bonus Sign-up for our next training: Stop Project 2025: Mobilize for Change Join us on Wednesday for Letters and Postcards to Voters. Take Action with Postcards to Voters: Where to get Postcards: People Power United now offers postcards! Check out our newest design(s) here. Your purchase helps our People Power efforts. You are also welcome to use plain cardstock or order cards from Etsy or Amazon; the postcard designs and where to order them are entirely up to you. Where to request addresses, instructions, and scripts: You can request addresses, instructions, and scripts here. Take Action with Letters to Voters:  You can write letters to voters by visiting our Swing Left partner, Vote Forward: http://votefwd.org/swingleft. Supplies needed: blank paper, envelopes, Forever stamps, and a printer. Steps needed: sign up, choose the state you are helping, choose the number of letters—5 or 20—download and print letters, address letters and envelopes, and mail. People Power United Updates Our group is growing by leaps and bounds! Folks understand that with love in our hearts and hard work, we will reclaim our nation from cruelty, chaos, and confusion. We are having fun making impactful changes in our community! In case you missed it, this past week was busy: People Power United became a best seller on Substack and we now number over 200,000 members! Power to the people! You did this! We updated the home page of our Substack blog newsletter. Your feedback is always appreciated. We issued Daily Stop Project 2025 Briefings We issue Daily Supreme Court News Briefings Updates can be found here. Everyone deserves to vote and thrive, Laurie Woodward Garcia (paid with hugs and kisses, not bought by special interests) #DoingMyJob to stand up against fascism. Best part of my day is being a mommy and wife! People Power United is a group of community members that champions progressive values and power for the people. In this community, we will always speak out against racism, xenophobia, Islamophobia, antisemitism, homophobia, misogyny, sexism, ageism, ableism, sizeism, transphobia, misogynoir, elitism, and bigotry! 1 https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/17/us/springfield-haitians-pets-facebook-rumor.html People Power United is a group of community members that champions progressive values and power for the people. The 2024 election depends on us, and we are attempting to persuade people to vote for Freedom over Fascism. If you wish to support our efforts, please consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. Hearts❤️, comments🗣️, shares📢, and follows📌 are also appreciated.