What we accomplished in 2024 and where we are going in 2025
We are still moving forward!
2024
Overview of 2024 Accomplishments:
Produced four Ads for the 2024 Election cycle: Be More than A Voter, Gen Z Decides, Save the Courts, and Back in Time.
Won Two Pollie Awards
Won Two Reed Awards
We interviewed over 150 candidates between January 1 and August of 2024.
Endorsed over 60 candidates
Sponsored over ten candidate canvassing events
Spoke at over 20 Club and Democratic events.
Hosted a Happy Hour event at the Texas Democratic Convention with over 500 attendees and over 40 Candidates in attendance.
Hosted over 12 GOTV training programs
100,000 GOTV texts for candidates
Launched Texas Democratic Directory with over 3,300 entries
Put up two billboards
Created, produced, and sent over 28,000 postcards to low-propensity voters
Canvassed over 250,000 Doors collectively as a group.
Launched Gen Z Decides website to help GOTV for GenZ
Launched 10 Social Media toolkits with nearly 200 messaging social media images.
Hosted Meme Training webinar.
Launched Anti-fascist bookclub in Mothers for Democracy 501 c(4)
Expanded our store merch options
Managed FB group with over 62K members and 12 social media channels for organizations
Elevated candidates on Social Media as much as we could.
Where are we going in 2025?
January- Launch Blue Neighbor Network program
January - August - Texas Lege
Texas Lege
Calls to action on state bills
Attend Advocacy Days for various issues, for example, education, gun safety, voting rights, LGBTQ, immigration/border, and healthcare.
The 2nd Annual Moms Report Card will be released by Labor Day
January 20th - Reel Resistance Film Festival showcasing independent activist documentaries
May-ISD School Board Elections statewide
Speaker Series - June - October, Sponsor a speaker series
Spring 2025 - Washington DC Advocacy Day
Summer 2025 - Precinct Challenge - Contest for Precinct Chairs all over Texas
ALL Year:
Letter to the Editor Team - messaging on issues year around local papers
Data Gathering Team - to assist with messaging and the 26 election information gathering
We are launching our deMOMcracy campaign to get more women and moms across America to join in our fight for Democracy. You can buy some of our new deMOMcracy swag here: https://mothersagainstgregabbott.com/shop/
Mothers Against Greg Abbott is currently doing a Membership Drive and Members who donate $30 and up get a limited edition gold pin. Go here to donate: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/member-drive_10.
Mothers for Democracy Institute
The biggest change will be to Mothers for Democracy Institute, our 501c(3) organization. We are going to put a huge emphasis on civics education this cycle.
A new PODCAST: Becoming American Podcast - a podcast dedicated to deepening understanding of the U.S. immigration process and the journey immigrants take to become American citizens.
Anti-Fascist Book Club - Year #2 for our monthly book club.
Anti-Fascist Book Club Author Interviews
Anti-Fascist Training - Starts at the end of January. We will train everyone about Fascism and how we can fight back.
GenZDecides - We will be focused on growing our social media following and information on civics education on GenZDecides.
Donations to Mothers for Democracy Institute are tax-deductible. To donate to any of our programs, click here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mothers4democracy-institute-1
Yours in Resistance,
Nancy Thompson