🏛️ Congressional update:

{{recipient.first_name_or_friend}}, another government shutdown is upon us. Once again, working families are forced to go without paychecks, small businesses lose customers, and communities lose vital services. Meanwhile, corporate interests continue to collect their subsidies, tax breaks, and special access.

This dysfunction isn’t an accident—it’s a strategy. Manufactured crises are used to justify privatization of public goods, funneling our tax dollars into corporate profits while leaving us with higher costs and fewer services. It’s corporate rule at work.

That’s why we need the We the People Amendment (H.J.R. 54) —to end corporate power and put human needs first.

Even in the middle of this chaos, our movement is gaining traction!

In September alone, we added THREE new cosponsors to H.J.Res. 54!

This month alone, we welcomed:

• Rep. Robin L. Kelly (IL-02) – joined 9/17/2025
• Rep. Andé Carson (IN-7) - joined 9/11/2025
• Rep. Valerie Foushee (NC-04) - joined 9/08/2025
  
  

And Rep. Adriano Espaillat (NY) will be added soon. Every cosponsor represents thousands of voices like yours rising up to demand real change.

During the shutdown, many members of Congress will be back in their districts—making this a perfect time to approach them directly. You don’t need lobbyist credentials, just conviction and community.

👉 Find Your Representative here and let them know you want them to cosponsor the We the People Amendment.

Your voice works. Your presence matters. Let’s use this moment to push forward.

October 9th - Join the Ecology Network monthly call

This month we’re excited to welcome Jonathan from Sunrise RGV Hub, who will share how the national Sunrise Movement and the RGV hub’s Make Polluters Pay campaign are building grassroots power for climate justice. From local disaster-prep outreach to national organizing, Jonathan will show us how we can all take part in making polluters — not communities — bear the cost of environmental destruction.

Join us on Thursday, October 9th, 2025, at 5:00 PM PT / 8:00 PM ET

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October 9th - MN Move to Amend Information Meeting: Get Big Money Out of Politics; End Corporate Personhood

Since the beginning of the year, many Minnesotans have signed the Move to Amend petition in support of the We the People Amendment. Now, we invite you to take the next step!

This session is an opportunity to:

• Learn more about the amendment and why it matters.
• Discover how you can help build awareness across Minnesota.
• Connect with others who share your commitment to reclaiming democracy from corporate rule.

Together, we can strengthen the movement for real democracy—of, by, and for the people.

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October 15th - WEBINAR: Your VOTE, Their MILLION$ 

Big Money and the 2025 New York City Mayoral Election

The 2025 New York City Mayoral Race is shaping up to be the most expensive in the country, with millions already pouring in from billionaires, real estate developers, and corporate interests. What does all this money mean for democracy—and for everyday New Yorkers without deep pockets?

Join moderator Kylie Madhav (human rights defender), Meghnad Bose (award-winning investigative journalist), and Greg Coleridge (MTA Co-Director) for an eye-opening conversation on big money in politics. Candidates for Mayor have also been invited to weigh in.

October 18 - No Kings Day 2.0

📍 Nationwide | Local times vary

On June 14, millions of us took to the streets to declare: America has no kings. Now, with Trump’s authoritarian grabs growing bolder, we’re rising again.

On October 18, join thousands of people across the country for No Kings Day 2.0—a day of mass actions to demand that power rest with the people, not billionaires, corporations, or wannabe kings.

🔹 Find an event near you, or register your own.
🔹 Use resources at NoKings.org to plan, recruit, and mobilize.

Together we’ll lift up the We the People Amendment and show that the resolve of ordinary people is stronger than corporate rule.

Join us!

Government shutdowns may stall services, furlough workers, and throw families into crisis — but Move to Amend never shuts down.

While politicians play games with people’s lives, our grassroots movement continues to grow, win new cosponsors, and organize in communities nationwide. We don’t have corporate PACs or billionaire donors keeping our lights on. We have you.

And that’s exactly why sustaining monthly donations are critical. They keep the flame burning, powering the trainings, the calls, the petitions, the rallies, and the lobbying that corporate America hopes we’ll abandon.

If you believe in creating real democracy for all, not just the wealthy few, now is the time to step up.

👉 Become a Monthly Sustainer Today

Together, we are proving that no shutdown, no corporate lobbyist, and no billionaire can stop a people-powered movement.

Onward — until the impossible becomes inevitable.

Move to Amend National Team
https://www.movetoamend.org/