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Dear Friend,

There is A LOT going on right now, to put it mildly.

We’re all doing our best to comprehend our new COVID-19 reality: Trying to
be prepared and stay calm — and many of us are finding inspiration and awe
in all the heroes in our neighborhoods, from healthcare workers to
educators all coming together in many different ways to keep serving and
protecting our communities!

And in this time of everyone pulling together, there’s more we need to do
to ensure our elected officials are hearing from us and meeting our real
life needs. We need to keep speaking out and using our “outside voices”
(even if a lot of us have to stay inside) to make sure our elected leaders
put what our  families, workers, healthcare providers, and economy really
need at the front of their priorities list. (In other words, just giving
away trillions of dollars to multi-million dollar corporations isn’t going
to cut it.) This is an important moment and we need you to continue to
speak out and use your voice!

[ [link removed] ]****SIGN OUR LETTER NOW calling on Congress to pass another coronavirus
package that protects our families, communities, healthcare providers,
small businesses, and our economy! (We’ll be delivering your letter
Monday! *When you click, you’ll automatically sign on if we already have
your information.)

Here’s what’s going on: On Wednesday, Congress passed and President Trump
signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which
provides over $100 billion to address important needs related to the
coronavirus, including nutrition provisions to make sure struggling
families (especially children missing free school lunches while out of
school) have enough to eat, funding so everyone, even the uninsured, can
get tested for the virus for free, taking the first step to update our
Unemployment Insurance program, and paid sick days and paid leave for some
employees. [1]

While this piece of legislation was a tremendous first step, there is
still A LOT to be done. Congress has already started drafting “Phase III”
legislation and we think they could vote on it as early as next week. [2]

We need YOU to speak out NOW to make sure that any Phase III coronavirus
package includes provisions and funding for programs that lift up our
families, healthcare workers, small businesses, and our economy—not just
massive tax giveaways and bailouts to multi-million dollar industries with
no strings attached.

[ [link removed] ]***Take action now! Sign our letter to Congress calling on them to pass
a Phase III coronavirus package that centers families in need, healthcare
workers, small businesses, and our economy. (*When you click, you’ll
automatically sign on if we already have your information.) 

The needs our families and communities face in battling this virus are
tremendous. If our federal government is going to make massive (we’re
talking trillions of dollars) investments we need to make sure they center
the communities most in need. This includes low-wage workers, workers on
the frontlines (including healthcare and childcare workers, first
responders and more), people with disabilities, the elderly, small
business owners, people with pre-existing conditions or chronic illnesses,
people who are or have loved ones who are incarcerated, and mixed status
families.

Our needs that still have to be addressed are plentiful but include: 

* Ensuring that all workers receive paid sick days and paid leave. (The
Families First Act expanded this coverage to 87 million workers, but
we need to make sure everyone, regardless of the size of their
employer, gets access to paid sick days and we need to make sure every
working person gets access to paid medical leave too.);
* Addressing the needs of both families that are in need of childcare
and early childhood educators, like childcare providers;
* Make sure our families, especially those living paycheck-to-paycheck,
get immediate cash flow through direct payments;
* Healthcare is provided to all those that need it, regardless of status
or ability to pay—this includes testing, treatment, medical exams,
vaccinations, and isolation/quarantine. We also need to ensure that
our frontline healthcare providers have all the assistance and medical
supplies they need, so they can continue showing up for us in a safe
manner.
* Reduce restrictions and increase benefits for programs like
Unemployment Insurance and SNAP (food stamps), which will be front
line defenses for struggling families.
* Release people in jails, prisons, and detention centers who do not
pose a public safety risk, such as families held by ICE, elderly
people, those housed in pre-trial detention, or rehabilitated people.

In addition, any assistance provided to major corporations (including the
airlines and hotel industry) must be worker-focused and have oversight and
strings attached. This is not the time to give another trillion dollar tax
cut to corporations while asking nothing from them in return. [3]

[ [link removed] ]***Add your QUICK SIGNATURE to our letter to Congress calling on them
to center our families and local communities when addressing the
coronavirus. [ [link removed] ](*When you click, you’ll automatically sign on if we
already have your information). The letter reads as follows:

“There is still much that needs to be done to respond to the ever-changing
fall out of the COVID-19 pandemic. We need funding and programs to support
workers, children, small businesses, and our economy.

We need Congress to take immediate action to protect our communities,
especially those populations who are negatively and disproportionately
impacted by this virus, including low-wage workers, workers on the front
lines (including healthcare and childcare workers, first responders and
more), children, people with disabilities, the elderly, small business
owners, people with pre-existing conditions or chronic illnesses, people
who are or have loved ones who are incarcerated, and mixed status
families.

We need Congress to protect front line workers, while also guaranteeing
that all those unable to work are provided with paid sick days, paid
leave, and unemployment insurance. There are unmet needs regarding
healthcare, nutrition, and childcare. Our families need immediate cash
assistance, especially low and moderate-income families. In addition, any
assistance provided to major corporations (including the airlines and
hotel industry) must be worker-focused and have oversight and strings
attached.

We are turning to our elected leaders to protect us and lift us up in our
time of need. Please heed the call.”

The Phase III package is moving quickly, so we plan on sending your letter
to Capitol Hill on Monday. We need to make sure that our families are not
left out of the mix and that instead trillions of dollars are given away
to big business with no strings attached. That won’t get us out of this
crisis, it won’t fight this virus, and it won’t boost our economy. So
after you [ [link removed] ]sign our letter, please forward this email to five friends
and [ [link removed] ]post our action link on Facebook. We need to speak out in the
loudest voice we have!

Please continue to stay home (if you are a non-essential worker), stay
safe, wash your hands, and love your family! We appreciate all you are
doing during this most difficult time.

-Elyssa, Ruth, Felicia, Nina, Bea, Xochitl, Sara, Sue Anne, Monifa, Donna,
Kristin, Sili, the entire MomsRising/ MamásConPoder

P.S. We want to hear about how you are weathering this complicated time.
[ [link removed] ]Can you share your thoughts and story with us?

 

[1] [ [link removed] ]Buzzfeed. “Congress Passed a Major Coronavirus Aid Bill and Is
Already Working on Another.”

[2] [ [link removed] ]CBS News. “Senate GOP ‘phase 3’ coronavirus bill includes checks
up to $1,200 for most Americans.”  

[3] [ [link removed] ]Dean Baker. “Any corporate bailouts should wipe out shareholders
first.” Marketplace.

 

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