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Dear Friend,
Last week, the CARES Act was passed by Congress and signed into law. You
can read [ [link removed] ]our statement here. While there is still more work to be done,
the CARES Act provides urgently-needed support to moms and working
families, small businesses and the health care system.
This week's actions are things you can do today to continue to help lift
all moms and families.
Thank you for taking action!
1. Tell Congress, we need the PAID Leave Act and we need it now!
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BACKGROUND: We need Congress to close the large loopholes in the Families
First Coronavirus Response Act by including the Providing Americans
Insured Days of Leave (PAID Leave) Act in the next COVID-19 package.
We need paid sick days, and paid family and medical leave, for all of us
to get through this crisis, and we need them for good. Both are essential
during times of pandemics, but we also need these benefits permanently in
place to support working families.
[ [link removed] ]→ Tell your members of Congress in the House and Senate to BOOST AND
MAKE PERMANENT paid sick days and paid family and medical leave in
response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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2. Child care could be gone if Congress doesn't #FundChildCare NOW!
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BACKGROUND: Families across the nation are at risk of permanently losing
the child care that is critical to ensuring their youngest children have
the enriching care they need to thrive while parents and caregivers work.
As a nation, we are on the verge of losing more than half (yes you read
that right - MORE THAN HALF) of our child care programs in the next week
IF there isn’t significant public investment and support.
[ [link removed] ]>>>> As child care centers close to protect children and the
communities they serve from further spread of the COVID-19 virus, urge
Congress to pass child care relief funding to ensure the stability of our
child care system so parents and caregivers have child care to return to
when this crisis is over.
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3. Pregnant or breastfeeding in the midst of coronavirus? Tell us!
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BACKGROUND: Are you currently pregnant or breastfeeding? MomsRising wants
to hear from YOU about your experience in the midst of the coronavirus
pandemic.
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4. Protect Incarcerated Loved Ones from COVID-19
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BACKGROUND: One such crisis that’s now at a breaking point with COVID-19
is our mass incarceration rate — the highest in the world -- and crowded
detention facilities in which we have totally inadequate health
protections. This puts moms, dads, families, children, communities, and
workers at undue risk. Tell governors, the Department of Homeland
Security, ICE, mayors, and sheriffs not to leave anyone behind and take
immediate COVID-19 action at prisons, jails, and immigrant detention
centers, including releasing everyone who isn’t a risk to public safety,
reducing admissions, and more.
[ [link removed] ]Tell governors, the Department of Homeland Security, ICE, mayors, and
sheriffs not to leave anyone behind and take immediate COVID-19 action at
prisons, jails, and immigrant detention centers.
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5. Sign up for the next #KeepMarching online meeting, 4/7, 8 pm ET / 5 pm
PT: COVID-19 + taxes, the economy, and paid family leave
Your Action Status: SIGN UP NOW ->
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BACKGROUND: The current health crisis is upending life as we know it,
including how we work, spend money, maintain our relationships, think
about the future, and so much more. During this online meeting, we’ll be
considering just a few of these things: the implications of COVID-19 for
taxes, the economy, and paid family leave. Joining us will be experts from
the National Women's Law Center, the Georgetown Center on Poverty and
Inequality, and MomsRising.
[ [link removed] ]You should join us, too! Sign up now.
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Thanks for all you do!
- Sue Anne, Nate, Gloria, Kristin, Diarra, Elyssa, Linda, Nadia, Sara and
the rest of the MomsRising / MamásConPoder Team
P.S. Congress passed, and the President has signed, the Families First
Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which is effective from April 1, 2020 to
December 31, 2020. Congress also passed and the President signed the
Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which is
generally effective on March 27, 2020. The CARES Act amended FFCRA with
respect to some sick time provisions and also provides expanded
unemployment insurance benefits. [ [link removed] ]Click the link for some answers to
frequently asked questions about the new law.
P.P.S. This list is [ [link removed] ]also on our blog here.
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