Thread by @amandalitman

In the last @runforsomething feel-good update of 2020, I lay out a few of this year's (many!) accomplishments that I'm particularly proud of... /1 rfsfeelgoodupdates.substack.com/p/rfs-feel-goo…

The @runforsomething candidate pipeline grew from 45,000 at the beginning of the year to now 65,000+ young people who’ve said they want to run for office (and 2000+ of those folks have signed up since Election Day 2020!!!) /2

.@runforsomething has endorsed 1480 individual candidates in all 50 states, including a brand new 2021 class just last week. Of those, we’ve elected 488 people across 45 states. Those winners are 55% women, 56% BIPOC, & 21% LGBTQ+. All are under the age of 40. /3

When the pandemic began, we launched resourcesforcampaigns.com, a hub for candidates that nearly 20,000 people visited. We ran the Armchair Chat series all summer long, reaching more than 2 million viewers with expert advice for *free*. /4

Our virtual events ruled. From our Front Row Seat Series with presidential candidates, govs (and now Cabinet secretaries & VP-elects!) to our Unapologetically Progressive panels with candidates from key states to our dozens of virtual house parties, we reached 10,000+ ppl. /5

We raised more than $100k directly for Black candidates running for local office around Juneteenth, and another $100k+ for state legislative candidates in Pennsylvania and Texas through RFS Ascend. /6

The @runforsomething team built or sustained more than 100 partnerships with state, local, & movement groups across the country, because we know no one does this work alone. /7

We did all this on an annual budget of ~$2 million. We're hoping to grow that substantially in 2021 so we can scale up this work even more. A recurring donation right now means the world to us. /8 secure.actblue.com/donate/rfs?ref…

Thank you, thank you, thank you -- to every candidate, donor, volunteer, partner, mentor, supporter, lurker, & especially to the @runforsomething team. This year has been hard as hell & together we've managed to build something amazing anyway. I'm more hopeful than ever. /end