Your Support Today is Worth TWICE as Much

I know you agree it’s been a busy time in Washington. With your support we’ve won some big victories for women, girls and families in 2010 — but with a far more hostile Congress convening in January, some of these gains are in peril. And we have so much more to do.

Please make an urgent contribution to the Center’s year-end campaign — every dollar you donate will be matched dollar for dollar by our Board of Directors, up to a total of $60,000.

Just consider:

In the last year, Congress debated ways to fix our broken health care system. The Center went to work. We sought to stop insurers from charging women higher premiums than men. We sought to provide insurance for 32 million Americans who had none. And we sought to end the trauma of women being denied coverage by insurance companies who consider Cesareans and domestic violence to be “preexisting conditions.”

We documented the discrimination women face. We put women’s health needs front and center through our “Being a Woman Is Not a Pre-existing Condition” campaign.

With your help, we were a leader in the coalition that got health care done.

In the last year, the recession continued to be devastating. We knew that funding child care helped women keep their jobs and support their families. We worked with advocates and policymakers to help states use new funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to stave off child care cuts — and improve the quality of care.

With your help we’ll continue to protect these most vulnerable Americans.

This year, President Obama nominated Elena Kagan for the Supreme Court. We went to work. We researched her superb record. We testified at her Senate confirmation hearings. We explained why having three women sitting together on the Supreme Court matters. She’s now on the Court.

With your help we got that done.

But now we’re up against what will certainly be one of the most challenging sessions of Congress in recent years, with many more Members hostile to core rights and programs critical to women’s lives. But if we’ve learned one thing in our 38 years, it’s this — that victories are possible even in the toughest of times.

Your support will never make a bigger difference. And between now and December 31st, the Board will match your gift dollar for dollar, up to a total of $60,000.

Please give generously. For women and families everywhere, you have our deepest thanks.

Sincerely,