Hey there, it’s Jasmine. I'm writing to let you know why I'm running for Congress to unite my community and defeat Republican Madison Cawthorn and how I know we can win. (And to ask you to chip in to my grassroots campaign before our huge FEC deadline next week.)

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As an organizer and a minister, my work has always been rooted in showing up and meeting people where they are, listening to what matters most to them, finding common ground and then translating that into action.

And that’s exactly how we’re going to build this campaign -- on the pillars of empathy, hope and love, and with a lot of grit and hard work.

I’ve dedicated my life to making the South a home for everyone, and I’ve won office here when few people thought I had a chance -- and then got reelected by a double-digit margin.

When my wife Meghann and I launched the Campaign for Southern Equality with an incredible team of community members, there was a deep skepticism that this effort could ever work. But we knew that people across the South -- especially in small towns and rural communities -- were ready to organize in new ways. So we ignored the skeptics and got to work organizing fellow LGBTQ+ couples to challenge marriage discrimination, by showing up all over the Deep South.

We stood with loving couples as they requested a marriage license and were denied, and I will never forget the courage and hope it took for them, many of whom were coming out publicly for the first time. And I’ll never forget one couple in particular: two men who gave each other one last glance before walking down the street of their hometown holding hands, feeling their community’s eyes on them. It was the first time they had ever shown this kind of affection in public.

When I overcame the odds and was elected County Commissioner, I started a coffee hour along with another Commissioner, where anyone could bring us their concerns. At the first coffee hour, a couple came up to us and looked us both in the eyes and said, "Our daughter overdosed two days ago. What are you going to do?” I saw their pain, and in their voices I heard both their grief and their determination to make sure other families didn’t have to lose a child. So we got to work, and I helped build a coalition—including three Republicans—to unanimously pass opioid addiction initiatives 7-0.

My faith teaches me to find the stranger in the room and welcome them. To hold firmly to my values of love and empathy, understand where each person is coming from, and then forge solutions that lift us all up.

Every person’s story is particular and personal, but you also hear familiar refrains. How affordable childcare would make such a difference for a working mom. How more treatment programs for opioid addiction would help a beloved son start rebuilding his life. How local jobs that pay real salaries and offer benefits and opportunities for advancement would make it possible for a family to buy their first home.

My Republican opponent Madison Cawthorn spent weeks spreading conspiracy theories before firing up the mob on January 6th and voting to overturn the election -- even after the attack on our Capitol. Now, he believes he can win re-election with more hateful rhetoric, empty promises, and shameless self-promotion. Will you chip in $25 to meet our FEC goal and prove that our compassionate, organizing-centered, results-oriented campaign is the way forward?

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Sincerely,
Jasmine Beach-Ferrara

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Jasmine Beach-Ferrara for Congress
PO Box 7553
Asheville, NC 28802
United States

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