Like many of you, I’m concerned

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We’re just a few hours away from The Obama Foundation’s biggest fundraising deadline of the year, so I wanted to reach out to you personally.

I am asking you to donate $25 to support our life-changing work before midnight tonight, and I’d like to tell you why this is so important.

Like many of you, I've become increasingly concerned about the rising wave of authoritarianism sweeping the globe. The threat to our core values is real, and all of us — including me, and including you, The — need to fight for our future as a democracy.

At The Obama Foundation, we’re leading the way in that fight by giving the next generation of leaders the training, resources, and connections they need to build a stronger culture of civic engagement and create change in their own backyards.

Because democracy doesn’t start in the halls of power; it starts right at home, with the work that these leaders — and you — are doing in your communities, from rural towns, to inner cities, and everywhere in between.

When you make a special $25 year-end gift, you will help further this critical work. You’ll be investing in doctors who’ve set up clinics in Appalachia to fight the opioid crisis, civil servants spearheading pro-equality measures in their towns, journalists encouraging dialogue across differences, and many others who are making an impact right now.

Your support will show them, and the world, that we stand together at this challenging moment: because the change we need to protect our future as a democracy cannot come from just one person. It requires all of us, doing our part to get off the sidelines and live our values.

So The, I’m asking you to stand up for your values today. Please, donate $25 to support The Obama Foundation’s work before the deadline at midnight, tonight.

I promise you, you will not want to look back at this moment and wish that you had done more to support those working to build a stronger democracy.

Thank you,

—Barack