RECENTLY FROM CLASP
MARCH 12, 2020

Testimony on Importance of Paid Sick Days in Light of COVID-19
On Wednesday, Tanya Goldman testified to a subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives Education and Labor Committee explaining the necessity, the economic benefits, and the broad support in the states for paid sick days and The Healthy Families Act—particularly in light of the COVID-19 crisis.
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Celebrating Women’s History Month: My Mother, My Hero

To mark Women’s History Month, CLASP’s Vanessa Meraz writes about her mother to uplift the beautiful story of immigrant women in the United States.
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CLASP Responds to COVID-19
The COVID-19 outbreak is a global crisis with particularly acute implications for people in this country with low incomes who have been most affected by the failures of the health system and the economy before the crisis. Read more about how CLASP is actively engaged in advancing policies to address the needs of people with low incomes. Read more: [link removed]

CLASP IN THE NEWS

MARCH 12, 2020 | WTOP
Sen. Tim Kaine calls for paid sick days for everyone to limit coronavirus spread
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MARCH 11, 2020 | WALL STREET JOURNAL
Lack of Sick Time Worries Workers as Coronavirus Looms
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MARCH 10, 2020 | FORBES
Why The US Urgently Needs Paid Sick Leave
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MARCH 5, 2020 | PARENTS.COM
Child care and Working Parents: The Juggle Is Real
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MARCH 4, 2020 | TIME
'If We Don't Work, We Don't Get Paid.' How the Coronavirus Is Exposing Inequality Among America's Workers
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UPCOMING EVENTS
On April 7, CLASP will host the first of a 3-part webinar series titled Mind-Shift: Changing the Mental Health System to Better Serve Communities of Color about changing the narrative on racial equity. Isha Weerasinghe and Shiva Sethi will present and discuss common barriers to promote equity through policy, different ways of including people with lived experience in policymaking, and other policy strategies for promoting equity. Register here. [link removed]


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