RECAP: National Briefing - How [the $#@%] Do We Protect the 2026 Elections?

Featured Speakers

• Billy Wimsatt (he/him), Founder and Executive Director, Movement Voter Fund
• Kristee Paschall (she/her), National Director of Civic Engagement, Movement Voter Fund
• Beth Huang (she/her), Director of Foundation Relations, Movement Voter Fund
• Caitlin Swain (she/her), Co-Founder and Executive Director, Forward Justice (North Carolina and the South) 
• Alejandra Gomez (she/her), Executive Director, Arizona Center for Empowerment (ACE) 
• Esosa Osa (she/her), Founder and CEO, Onyx Impact

Next Steps

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Support Organizers’ Work on the Ground to Protect the 2026 Elections

1. Contribute now to Movement Voter Fund. MVF aims to raise $12 million in the next six weeks to support the immediate election protection work of our comprehensive five-phase election plan. Funding will go toward supporting roughly 100 state-based partners and several national partners to deploy the most impactful election protection strategies, and to mobilize quickly and effectively to counter potential sabotage efforts that may arise this year. Questions? Contact your MVF liaison or email advisor@movementvoterfund.org.
2. Contribute directly to our grantee partners from the briefing.
3. 1. Arizona Center for Empowerment
   2. Forward Justice
   3. Onyx Impact via fiscal sponsor, Democracy Matters Foundation (email Pilar Martinez at Info@democracymattersfoundation.org)

Get Involved

Check out how you can take action with MVF and our partners and allies here.

Resources

• The Big Election Plan of 2026: An overview of MVF's five-phase plan to protect the 2026 elections.
• Sampling of partners and funding areas: A detailed look at funding opportunities that represent a small sampling of the strategic investments we believe will make the biggest difference .