Dear <<First Name>>,

Today, you can make a difference. How often can you look at the 24 hours to come, and know for a fact that you can contribute to a better world? Today, you can. You've been a part of our team in the past but our records don't show a gift from you yet toward our current year-end drive. We invite you to join us in spreading the word about injustice and oppression in Palestine, in order to build public demand for urgently needed change. 

This month at Mondoweiss we've paid tribute to ChangeMakers: extraordinary people who take risks of every kind to work toward a future of justice and freedom in Palestine. We invited your nominations for people to recognize, and we have an ever-growing collection of inspiring stories to give you hope as the new year begins. Check it out!

We've also been running a campaign for the past few weeks to sustain and build the capacity of Mondoweiss as a news operation. Generous, longtime donors created a challenge fund of $100,000 to mobilize our community. If we can raise $100,000 by midnight tonight, they will match that full amount! And we are very close--just another $16,000 or so will get us across the finish line. If you've already contributed to this campaign, <<First Name>>, we thank you. If you haven't, please donate now so we won't miss out on $100,000.

The funds we raise in December are used all year long to pay reporters, photographers and others who provide articles, images and videos to tell the truth about both ChangeMakers and the systems of oppression they are working so hard to dismantle.

Let me remind you of some of the people whose stories you've read in Mondoweiss:

• Palestinian artist and cartoonist Mohammed Sabaaneh
• U.S. Congresswoman Betty McCollum
• Palestinian legislator Khalida Jarrar
• Bil’in activist Abdallah Abu Rahma
• Poet Dareen Tatour
• Activist Jafar Farah
• Hebron residents who formed an action team to replace international observers expelled by Israel
• In the U.S., students at Brown University and Portland, Oregon activists who achieved BDS victories
• Bahia Amawi, who won a federal ruling striking down an unconstitutional Texas anti-BDS law
• Ahmed Abu Artema, organizer of Gaza's Great March of Return
• Scholars around the U.S. who declared their support for Palestinian rights in the face of McCarthyite government censorship
• Experts, activists and entrepreneurs working to avert the catastrophic effects of climate change on Palestine
• Dr. Tarek Loubani and his colleagues working to improve field medicine in Gaza
• BDS co-founder Omar Barghouti

I will close by quoting Omar Barghouti, whose support of Mondoweiss is an honor we work hard to deserve. Omar writes to you, <<First Name>>:

With just hours to go, I hope you will show that you value independent news from Palestine as one of the tools--an essential tool--for making change. Today, <<First Name>>, you can make a difference. Please invest now in Mondoweiss's continued growth and effectiveness.

Yours for change,

Tova Perlmutter
Executive Director