It's a simple question, but in practice the answer certainly isn't. We've seen tens of thousands of people take to the streets already, and it's been incredible. We've had more than 300,000 people sign our pledge to repeal Prop 8 and we're still growing.

But a sustained campaign to repeal Prop 8 at the ballot, or protect judges from politically motivated recall efforts or just plain old vicious campaigning, or whatever else it may take to restore marriage equality- it requires people in the field. Working to organize and really maximize the political might of this activist army.

Rick Jacobs emailed supporters yesterday asking for help putting organizers in the field to start working towards the restoration of equality and the repeal of Prop 8. He wrote:


You are amazing.

On Thursday, we asked you to help us launch a campaign to repeal Prop 8 by funding the hiring of new Courage Campaign staffers totally dedicated to restoring marriage equality to California.

And you answered the call. Because of your generosity, we just hired a new Program Manager, who will be working full-time to empower over 300,000 of our members in California to repeal Prop 8, online and offline.

Now, we need to hire on-the-ground Field Organizers to help the Program Manager begin the vital work of mobilizing Californians to take direct action in their communities.

But, without your financial support, we can't fund these mission-critical community organizers. It's that's simple.

Can you help us hire a team of field organizers to build a neighbor-to-neighbor, door-to-door, campaign across California to repeal Prop 8? Please power the repeal by contributing whatever you can afford -- whether it's $25, $250, or $2,500 or more -- before Thanksgiving:

http://www.couragecampaign.org/PowerTheRepeal

This is your campaign and we plan to make it as people-powered as possible -- to increase the involvement of grassroots and netroots activists in the formal campaign to repeal Prop 8.

Instead of a top-down campaign, we want to hire grassroots activists who are already organizing their communities from the bottom-up. But, to do that, we need your financial support. And we need you to spread the word by forwarding this email to your friends.

Let's celebrate Thanksgiving knowing that, together, we are building an unstoppable movement for marriage equality in California.

Rick Jacobs
Chair

P.S. After a Prop 8 protest in Los Angeles ten days ago, I joined a meeting hosted by Vincent Jones, a young African-American gay man working with a diverse group of new movement leaders to build dialogue in communities of color about same-sex marriage.

This is the kind of grassroots organizing that is going to change the conversation in California. To help us hire organizers like Vincent in communities across California, we need your support. Please contribute to the Courage Campaign before Thanksgiving so we can hit the ground running ASAP:

http://www.couragecampaign.org/PowerTheRepeal