We know that there are many makers in our movement, which is why we’re launching a national call to make cloth masks for your loved ones and those in your community who need them.

John,

The Trump administration failed to take the COVID-19 pandemic seriously and now thousands of people are needlessly sick and dying. If our government won’t protect us, it’s up to all of us.

COVID-19 is expected to reach its peak over the next two weeks in many regions, and the CDC is now recommending that everyone wear cloth masks in public settings to reduce the spread.

We know that there are many makers in our movement, which is why we’re launching a national call to make cloth masks for your loved ones and those in your community who need them.

Will you help #MaskUp our movement and pledge to make a mask today? After you sign up, we’ll send you tutorials and sample patterns to help you get started.

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Cloth masks are not a substitute for N95, surgical, or procedural masks and are not FDA approved. We’re lobbying, along with National Nurses United, for Congress and this administration to make more personal protective equipment (PPE) available to the frontline workers and health care professionals who need it.

In order to make the jobs of frontline workers easier, it’s important that we also protect ourselves in every way we can, which is why we’re launching the #MaskUp project. In 2017, thousands of women and allies who had never knit before were inspired to organize knitting groups to make hats for themselves and others. Now, we’re asking our movement to step up and use their skills again to help address this pandemic.

If you’re feeling hopeless in this moment (and maybe a little bored at home), we invite you to join us and together we can #MaskUp this entire movement.

We’ve been inspired by so many makers circulating mask patterns, and we are excited to partner with Masks For Humanity who is making it easy for people to #MaskUp and stay safe. You’re free to make whatever type of mask you like (we’ll send along some ideas) – and we encourage you to get creative!

Thank you so much.

Women’s March Team

P.S. Share a photo of your masks and tell us why you #MaskUp and we’ll share as many as we can on our social media.

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