When the idea for this petition and the ensuing campaign struck Jen like a lightning bolt on February 16th 2021, the energy & zeal she felt around it had her utterly convinced that we would reach 1M signatures by March 8th — 12 days after our launch date of Feb 24th.

Awkward laugh.

While she’s since come back down to earth and been (lovingly) reminded by her team that — movement’s take time (to her great annoyance) and that they therefore require both  

patience and steady hard work — she hasn’t lost that initial zeal or feeling that she was tapping into something WAY bigger than what was apparent at the surface.

women will lead.

So, while we firmly stand by our *wildly* ambitious initial goal of one million signatures and see it as something that is not only achievable, but guaranteed, we’ve learned a thing or two and now know that— 

a clear Roadmap & timeline are absolutely vital to achieving this goal.