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Senator Elizabeth Warren
2400 JFK Federal Building
Boston, MA 02203

Dear Senator Elizabeth Warren,

We, the undersigned artists, are joining hundreds of thousands of Americans who want to passionately urge you to run for President.

Our country needs someone who will stand up for working families and take on the Wall Street banks and special interests that broke our economy.

We need someone who stands up for the people--America's students, mothers, retirees, teachers, minimum-wage workers--instead of for the big banks and corporations.  

We need someone who can inspire a nation to work together each day to make our country the best possible place to live, work, and raise a family.  

Income inequality hurts us all--and we need someone who isn't afraid to call out a political and economic  system that is great for big corporations but fails America's middle-class and working families. For too long everyday Americans have been hammered by this system while the wealthiest 1% benefits.  That's not the country we want to live in, and Senator Warren, we believe you're the fighter to address the deeply serious problems we face.  

Senator Warren, you know what it's like to work hard and struggle to get by--you've said that's what motivated you to stand up to corporate interests and fight for the rest of us each day.

There's too much at stake to have anything other than our best candidates taking part in the debate; everyone is better off with a contested primary. We need powerful, tireless champions like you, Senator Warren, in the race to push for real solutions to income inequality and the influence of money in politics.

Senator Warren, we're ready to show you that you have the support needed to enter this presidential race.

We're ready to fight with you, Senator Warren. Please, run for President.

Signed,

Artists for Warren

David Amram, composer, conductor, musician
Adira Amram, musician
Alanna Amram, musician
Tiffany Anders, filmmaker
Alison Anders, filmmaker, director
Laurie Anderson, musician
Darren Aronofsky, director
Darren Bader, fine artist
Aurora Barnes, activist, musician
Matt Bomer, actor
Lizzie Bougatsos, fine artist, musician
Joe Brusky, Overpass Light Brigade
Tom Chapin, activist, musician
Abigail Chapin, activist, The Chapin Sisters
Lily Chapin, activist, The Chapin Sisters
Steve Chapin, musician
Peter Coyote, actor & activist
Damien Crisp, fine artist
Guy Davis, musician, actor, activist
Laura Dawn, director, musician
& Artists for Warren co-founder
Jules De Balincourt, fine artist
Jennifer DeLia, director/producer/screenwriter
Kyle Depew, The Illuminator
Charlie Dibe, filmmaker
Carol Diehl, fine artist
Sharon Dowell, artist
Steve Earle, songwriter/musician
Beka Economopoulos, artist, activist
Lori Ellison, fine artist
Danny Goldberg, artist management
Kim Gordon, musician, artist
Michael Gottwald, producer, Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Yvonne Gougelet, performance artist
Robert Green, producer
Lane Hall, Overpass Light Brigade
Kathleen Hanna, musician
Lara Herscovitch, musician
Vanessa Hope, filmmaker
Adam Horovitz, musician
Donna Huanca, fine artist
Scott Hug, fine artist
Melissa Ip, fine artist
Desiree Kan, artist, activist, storyteller
Nina Kaplan, filmmaker, writer, & producer
Sandra Khalifa, artist, activist
Marayam L’ange, producer
Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt, fine artist
Nathan Larson, Musician Shudder To Think
Sadie Laska, fine artist
Jamie Laurie, activist, musician, Flobots
Marc Levin, filmmaker
Natasha Lyonne, actor
Thalia Mavros, filmmaker
Cecily McMillan, activist, writer
Paul Miller, DJ Spooky, composer, producer, author
Alexis Mincolla, artist, musician
Lisa Moline, Overpass Light Brigade
Michael Moore, filmmaker, author, activist
David Moscow, actor, producer
Jessie Murphy, musician
Daron Murphy, musician, writer, & activist
Aliya Naumoff, filmmaker
Arthur Nersesian, playwright, activist, poet
Ed Norton, actor/director
Elizabeth Olson, artist
Julie Pacino, director/producer/screenwriter
Annabel Park, filmmaker, Story Of America
Maranda Pleasant, co-founder and editor-in-chief, ORIGIN magazine
Martha Rosler, fine artist
Alexander Ross, fine artist
Mark Ruffalo, actor & activist
J.D. Samson, musician, activist
Susan Sarandon, actor & activist
Chloe Sevigny, actor
Sam Sharpe, artist, cartoonist
Eve Silber, musician, songwriter
Athena Soules, NYC Light Brigade
Helen Stickler, filmmaker
Julia Stiles, actor
Spencer Sweeney, fine artist
Matthew Swenson, creative director
Lissy Trullie, musician
Andrew Vladeck, musician, Fireships
Dana Wachs, musician
Harry Waisbren, activist, Founder Act.TV
Mike Watson, curator
Joss Whedon, director/producer
Olivia Wilde, actor & activist
Chris Wilder, fine artist
Winnie Wong, activist & Artists for Warren co-founder