Haruna,

At a time for celebrating the people who bring joy and meaning to our lives, I want to let you know how thankful I am that you are part of the Public Citizen family.

This year, Public Citizen is commemorating our 40th anniversary. We are immeasurably thankful for everyone who has attended the events held in honor of this milestone. For everyone who has made a gift of time or money to mark the occasion. And for the countless public citizens who have made this organization so strong for four decades and counting.

We are thankful that so many people across the country have joined our Democracy Is For People campaign, helping build momentum for a constitutional amendment to overturn the Supreme Court’s absurd Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling that allows corporations to spend literally as much money as they want trying to drown out the voices of We the People.

We are thankful for the energized people — young and old, rich and poor — the world over who are taking to the streets as part of the “occupy” phenomenon to resist the tyranny of the corporatists.

And most of all, we are thankful for the thousands and thousands of activists and members across the country who stand with Public Citizen.

Together — and formidably so — we are defending democracy from undo corporate influence, reining in Wall Street’s greed, fighting for energy sustainability and trade justice, protecting consumers from dangerous drugs and defective products, and much, much more.

So, thank you, and happy Thanksgiving from Public Citizen.

Sincerely, Robert Weissman President, Public Citizen

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