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Friend,
This
week, we asked folks to take action on our Youth Demands for COVID-19 Relief
effort. This effort is
important to us because it shows the dire need for economic justice
for young people. Young people have been kicked out of their homes,
still owe school fees and private student loans, worry about
incarcerated family members, have lost their jobs but still owe rent —
and many don’t qualify for stimulus checks or
unemployment!
Please
use this simple form to send a letter to Congress today! It’ll only
take a minute.
In our
Young
People’s Reproductive Justice Policy Agenda (the Policy
Agenda), we acknowledge
Economic Justice as one of our six major policy sections to
drastically change the lives of young people. We’re calling for
measures that make it easier for all people to live ALL the time, not
just in a pandemic. Young people deserve economic justice policies
that help them to grow and thrive.
We know
people are continuously forced into poverty because of systemic
inequity and policies that uphold inequity, racism, and patriarchy. We
are fighting for a just world. A world with policies that support
every community member to meet their human needs and ensure that
everyone has equal access to employment, livable wages, and
healthcare.
Read
more about our Economic Justice Policies
here.
For
updates on policy happenings across our states and federally, please
join me Monday, April 27th, at 4pm EDT on URGE’s Instagram. Until then, please stay safe and do what
you can to take care of others by practicing social
distancing.
In
Solidarity,
Preston Mitchum (He/Him)
Director
of Policy
URGE:
Unite for Reproductive & Gender Equity
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