Tell the U.S. Senate: Reject the harmful so-called “Parents Bill of
Rights” (H.R. 5) and work on policies that matter to moms and families
instead!
[ [link removed] ]Take Action Now
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Friend - So that horrible, very bad, awful, terrible bill that
provides a legislative framework for advancing book bans, censorship, and
hate that we shared with you last week? [ [link removed] ]IT PASSED THE REPUBLICAN
CONTROLLED U.S. HOUSE!!!

[ [link removed] ]UUGGGHHHH!

But hope isn’t lost. Now the bill is moving onto the U.S. Senate, which is
controlled by a Democratic majority, so that harmful bill (H.R. 5) is
unlikely to pass – thankfully! [ [link removed] ]BUT WE STILL NEED TO USE OUR OUTSIDE
VOICES to tell all of Congress that we won’t be fooled by bills with
titles like the so-called “Parents Bill of Rights” – legislation that
actually takes away the rights of parents, kids, educators, and families.
We need to refocus the Republican party and our elected leaders! They need
to stop this nonsense and instead work on policies that moms really need
like affordable child care, maternal health equity, paid family and
medical leave, mental health access, eldercare, an expanded Child Tax
Credit, and more.

[ [link removed] ]***Tell the U.S. Senate: Reject the harmful so-called “Parents Bill of
Rights” (H.R. 5) and work on MomsRising’s Top 10 policies – The Moms
Rising for Freedom Agenda – instead!***

Listen. Moms can’t be fooled. We know when our kids put green beans in
their napkins to pretend they’ve eaten them, we know when video games are
played too late at night, and we know when Republican leaders in Congress
are trying to say they're doing something for moms when they are actually
working against us. We certainly don’t want to co-parent with haters, and
we won’t let them define freedom for us, either. So moms are rising in
unprecedented numbers: calling leaders; sharing their stories; and
juggling the impossible through a pandemic turned endemic with a vision to
achieve true, lasting, tangible freedom that puts families first. That
vision, our vision together, is in the Moms Rising for Freedom Agenda. [1]

What’s going on? The badly misnamed “Parents Bill of Rights’ which the
GOP-led House passed on a party-line vote last week, is all wrong for
America’s moms, kids, families, and educators. It is the legal basis for
censorship, bullying, and book bans, and for division based on race,
sexual orientation, religious minorities, and gender identity,
masquerading as a bill of rights. In states like Florida, where versions
of this bill and others have already become law, we've seen a tremendous
amount of harmful impacts of these policies: 

- Diverse books like the biographies of Harriet Tubman and Celia Cruz
removed from school classrooms in mass book bans;

- Textbooks changed to erase Black history and remove important historical
moments, including why Rosa Parks held her seat on the bus, sparking the
historic Montgomery Bus Boycott;

- Teachers leaving the workforce in droves -- exacerbating teacher
shortages at a time when Black and Latinx educators are already
underrepresented in the teaching profession;

- LGBTQ+ clubs and supports removed from schools;

- Bans on sexual health education, including conversations about
menstruation.

[ [link removed] ]*This is NOT the hate and fear-filled future we want for our kids! Tell
the U.S. Senate to reject this harmful bill and work on what real moms and
families want and need instead!

America’s moms want schools to be safe from gun violence. We want schools
to be inclusive of all of our kids. We want educators to teach the honest
history of our country, the good and the bad. Our kids can handle, and
need to know, about the history and obstacles faced, and overcome, by
members of our Black, Brown, AAPI, Native American, immigrant,
religious-minority, LGBTQIA+, and other communities. We want our students
to be able to access unbiased health information. 

We want all our youth, regardless of income, disability, race, ethnicity,
religion, sexual orientation, and gender identity, to be safe and included
in schools that prepare them to contribute to and succeed in our society.
And we want a society that rejects ‘‘us vs. them’’ and puts in place the
caregiving and other supports that will allow all families to succeed.
What this country’s moms want from Congress is affordable child—as well as
aging and disability—care; paid family and medical leave; fair pay; health
care and medications we can afford; vastly improved maternal health care
for all of us; the ability to make our own decisions about if, when, and
how many children to have; and laws that will end the scourge of gun
violence and keep our children, streets, schools and communities safe.

[ [link removed] ]>>>SIGN NOW: Add your name now to tell the U.S. Senate: Reject the
harmful so-called “Parents Bill of Rights” and work on what moms and
parents need instead!

Where did we get the policies that we’re lifting? Year after year, we
listen to our more than one million members and we meet with researchers
about the federal policies that are most needed to increase economic
security, stop discrimination, and build a nation where everyone can
thrive. Our members and the experts agree on the top 10 policies every
leader should support right now – and together they comprise the Moms
Rising for Freedom Agenda. 

[ [link removed] ]>>> Don’t forget to sign your name on our letter to the U.S. Senate –
and share this action link far and wide on social media and more so others
can sign on too!

Now more than ever, it’s so important to let Congress know you want them
to prioritize the Top 10 issues in our Moms Rising for Freedom Agenda: A
Vision to Lift Our Nation; and reject book bans, censorship, and hate in
the name of parents! [2] Our Top 10 for moms include: 

 1. Workplace Justice and Paid Family & Medical Leave 
 2. High-Quality Child Care
 3. Access to Health Care & Aging and Disability Care
 4. Fair Taxation 
 5. Culturally-Relevant, Non-Carceral Mental Health Care
 6. Maternal Justice
 7. Fair Treatment of Immigrant Family
 8. Fight Gun Violence
 9. Youth & Family Justice
10. Democracy Protection 

When we raise our voice, we make change not just possible, but inevitable.

Thank you for being there, for taking action, and for protecting kids, 

- Kristin, Donna, Elyssa, Gloria, Monifa, Nate, Ruth, Jenny, Xochitl, and
the whole MomsRising.org & MamásConPoder Team

 

References:

[1] [ [link removed] ][link removed]
[2] ibid


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