[ [link removed] ]MomsRising presents: Riser Update
Top Actions
of the Past Week
Friday, March 1, 2024
[ [link removed] ]Immigration_Economy_LTE_2024
TELL YOUR NEIGHBORS! Nonpartisan report shows immigrants make the economy
stronger!
Your Action Status: NOT YET SIGNED -> [ [link removed] ]Sign Now
A new report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
estimates that thanks to the uptick in immigration, following the
pandemic, the U.S. economy will grow an additional $7 trillion!!! U.S.
revenue is also estimated to be greater by $1 trillion than it would have
been without immigrants coming to this country.
Even Trump-appointed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell recognizes the
massive contributions immigrants make in keeping our economy growing. In a
CBS 60 Minutes interview Powell said, “I will say, over time, though, the
U.S. economy has benefited from immigration. And, frankly, just in the
last year a big part of the story of the labor market coming back into
better balance is immigration returning to levels that were more typical
of the pre-pandemic era.”
[ [link removed] ]QUICK ACTION: Let your neighbors know immigrants make our economy
stronger! Write a letter to the editor! It’s quick and easy!
[ [link removed] ]protect_ACA
The time is NOW to speak out to protect the ACA!
Your Action Status: NOT YET SIGNED -> [ [link removed] ]Sign Now
Due to increased subsidies passed by the Biden administration and Congress
in the Inflation Reduction Act, a historic 21.3 MILLION people have signed
up for health care coverage through the Affordable Care Act (ACA)!
Unbelievably, despite these incredible wins, Republicans are STILL on a
mission to repeal the ACA.
Moms like Ruth from Colorado have shared with us how critical the ACA is
for her family:
“When I was five and a half months pregnant with my oldest, I found out
they had a heart defect that would need to be repaired within a year of
them being born. When they were born, we also learned that they had
trisomy 21, most people know this as Down Syndrome. If not for the ACA we
would have been unable to insure my child due to their medical conditions.
And if not for insurance, my child would not have received a life-saving
surgery. If not for insurance and Medicaid my child would not be able to
receive the services needed to live the healthiest and most independent
life possible.”
[ [link removed] ]SIGN OUR LETTER now to protect health care for families like Ruth’s
and millions of others through the ACA.
[ [link removed] ]Impact
Wait, you did all THAT in 2023?
Stunning. Transformative. Inspiring!
Our new Impact Report shows how the MomsRising community (YOU!) surged
with power in 2023. Together we played a major role in: Catalyzing a
historic Executive Order on Care, securing a resounding victory for
abortion access in Ohio, generating MOMentum for paid family and medical
leave in Congress, garnering unprecedented support for affordable child
care, thwarting hateful book bans and censorship in schools and libraries,
achieving multiple state legislative and budget successes, expanding our
corps of well-trained local volunteer mom leaders, and more.
Thank you!
We’re in awe of the commitment and persistence demonstrated by MomsRising
volunteers and supporters in these triumphs and are profoundly grateful to
work with members like you across the nation. Mom Power forever!
[ [link removed] ]Click to check out the whole report online and celebrate the
incredible impact of YOUR actions in MOMENTUM: The MomsRising Impact in
2023
[ [link removed] ]BooksSaveLives
Tell Congress to pass the Books Save Lives Act and End Book Bans Now!
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[ [link removed] ]Sign Now
Every reader deserves to see themselves reflected in our literature. But
instead of honoring the brilliance and diversity of our authors,
illustrators, educators and librarians by expanding access to learning and
literature, school districts and legislators across the country are
focusing on further marginalizing people who already face systemic
discrimination in our society — including Black people, people of color,
the LGBTQ+ community, religious minorities, and people with disabilities —
through discriminatory book bans.
Book bans are NOT about protecting children. They're about censorship and
exclusion. They're about discrimination.
The Books Save Lives Act would counteract the rise in book bans and help
ensure an inclusive learning environment for all students.
Tell Congress to Act! Pass the Books Save Lives Act, and end Book Bans for
good.
[ [link removed] ]Tell Congress to pass the Books Save Lives Act and End Book Bans Now!
[ [link removed] ]endingpushout2024
End PUSHOUT Act
Your Action Status: NOT YET SIGNED ->
[ [link removed] ]Sign Now
Each and every child regardless of race, gender, class, faith, status, or
ability deserves the right to a quality education and to attend schools
where they can learn, grow, feel safe, and thrive. Yet for girls of color
and other traditionally marginalized students, discrimination has led
schools to disproportionately exclude them from the classroom through
harsh discipline practices, such as suspension, expulsion, and even
arrest.
The Ending PUSHOUT Act makes federal grants conditional on schools banning
most suspensions and expulsions of children up to fifth grade. It also
aims to eliminate suspensions and expulsions over minor infractions like
tardiness and absenteeism or violations of grooming and appearance
policies that consistently discriminate against students of color.
It’s time to end harmful practices that push girls of color out of the
classroom and dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline for good.
Join us in demanding that Congress Pass the Ending PUSHOUT Act !
[ [link removed] ]Tell Congress to Pass the Ending PUSHOUT Act!
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