Rush help to Rapid City, South Dakota

My team and I are on the ground in Rapid City & we need your help

Čhaŋté waštéya napé čhiyúzapi yeló, Friend. (I shake your hands with a good heart.)   The Four Directions team is on the ground - right now - in Rapid City, South Dakota and HERstory is being made!   We're working to turn out Native American voters in the Rapid City Mayoral and City Council races.  In fact, this is an historic election.  For the first time ever, Native Americans -- four women and one man -- are running for nearly every office on the ballot in tomorrow's municipal elections.  Check out this article from US News that tells about the races here or click this photo:  We've hired local Native Americans to work as drivers and canvassers turning out the 7,400 Native American voters.  And -- YOU can be there too because every dollar donated from this email will go to fund the voter turnout operation here in Rapid City.   That's the good news.  It's the ultimate proof we're empowering people in Indian Country to step forward at the ballot box to make a critical difference in election outcomes.   But this success has also motivated hate-filled people with the worst intentions.  The ugly and evil snake of racism is showing us it's poisonous fangs, with swastikas and racist graffiti appearing this weekend at a Rapid City park.  The reaction from some is to shrug it off as an isolated act... but it is more than that, it's the hate-filled ogre of White Nationalism rising up in defiance of progress.  Watch the video for yourself... Can you rush your help this minute?  Please support this effort with a contribution of $25, $50, $10 or even $100 right now.  With your generous support we'll get more First Americans to the ballot box.   Join us as we fight back against the White Nationalist cowards who spread their hatred in the park where our children play.   Mitákuye Oyás'iŋ, (All my relations) Barbara and Oliver J. Semans Sr. Co-Executive Directors Four Directions, Inc   P. S. Our ongoing efforts to protect voting rights for Native Americans are not just "politics."  Make no mistake, this is a civil rights battle no less important than every effort decent Americans have made to empower people who've been marginalized by law, by practice and by the powerful.  Click now to make sure we can turn the vote tomorrow! ABOUT BARB & O.J. Barb and Oliver (O.J.) Semans, both enrolled members of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, or Sicangu Oyate, helped form Four Directions, Inc., after leading the historic Native vote project in South Dakota’s 2002 U.S. Senate race. For that effort, the 21st Century Democrats awarded Barb and OJ the 2003 Paul Wellstone Grassroots Award. Since then, Barb & O.J.  (click for more) http://www.fourdirectionsvote.com/team/oliver-and-barb-semans  ABOUT FOUR DIRECTIONS Four Directions, Inc. (a 501(c)(4) organization) has conducted extraordinarily successful Native voter registration and get-out-the-vote drives, voter protection programs, and improved Native voter access through litigation and persuasion with local and state government officials in Nevada, Arizona, North Carolina, Montana, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota over the past 17 years. We have been able to leverage partnerships with Tribes, Universities, top Law Firms, and Civil Rights groups such as ACLU, the Lawyers Committee on Civil Rights Under Law, and the Native American Rights Fund. Read our case studies for an even deeper understanding of our work.   HOW YOU CAN HELP Four Directions runs on generous contributions from people like you.  Only with your help can we continue our ground-breaking work.  If you believe in equality at the ballot box and can make Four Directions part of your monthly giving plan, please help.  Become a Four Directions Sustaining Partner by clicking here.  Your financial support does more and means more with Four Directions.   PRIVACY & YOUR SUBSCRIPTION ***We do not want to send you email updates if you do not want them from Four Directions. If you would like to be removed, please click unsubscribe below, or respond to this email. We respect your privacy and will never sell your email address or any information you provide.*** Click the end of this email to unsubscribe.

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