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Dear Friend,
Greetings! We hope your week has been as good as possible. This is a
really difficult time in our nation and world. Thank you for all you’re
doing to help lift families in this time of crisis. To that end, please
see this week's list of most urgent actions below, featuring our top
campaigns around paid leave, COVID-19 relief, child care, essential
workers, and more. As a reminder we send this "Top #5Actions" list every
Friday, to help you catch up and add your voice before the weekend. Now
more than ever, we must keep the pressure on leaders to stand up for
working people and families.
Thank you for all you do and here's the list =>
1. Act Now: States can’t reopen safely without permanent paid leave
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BACKGROUND: If governors are going to SAFELY reopen states we need
stronger--and permanent!!! -- nationwide paid sick days and paid leave
laws in place. Our governors have a direct line to Washington D.C., so
let’s urge our governors to tell Congress and the President to include
stronger--and permanent--nation-wide paid leave and paid sick days in the
next COVID-19 recovery package. Congress is starting to work on the next
package this week. There is no time to waste! [ [link removed] ]Add your name now.
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2. Tell Congress: We demand more in response to COVID-19
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BACKGROUND: MomsRising has joined forces with the National Women’s Law
Center, Black Women’s Roundtable, Planned Parenthood, UltraViolet, NARAL,
Women’s March and 70 women’s organizations from around the country to
demand more for women. We are grateful that Congress has passed the
Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act. But this is
just the beginning of the pandemic response the country needs. America’s
moms know this isn’t nearly enough, and are looking to Congress to
immediately work on a new package, which must fill gaps in the response to
date and address the devastating racial disparity in COVID-19 morbidity.
We need health equity interventions, including collecting health outcomes
data by race and ensuring that all new policies address these
disparities. It’s women who bear the burden of this crisis. [ [link removed] ]Sign on NOW
to our list of demands for women.
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3. RESOURCE: How to Apply for COVID-19 Assistance
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BACKGROUND: Are you looking for information on how to access and apply for
the new COVID-19 programs passed by Congress? We've got you covered! Last
week, MomsRising was joined by experts from the Center for Law and Social
Policy (CLASP), National Employment Law Project (NELP), Food Research and
Action Council (FRAC), and National Immigration Law Center (NILC), for a
webinar to discuss the nuts and bolts about what you need to know to apply
for assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. We discussed the new COVID-19
programs just passed by Congress, including paid sick days/paid family
leave, unemployment insurance, nutrition assistance, and the impacts of
these programs on immigrant families.
You can now find the full video in English, the slides from our amazing
presenters, the answers to some of your questions, and helpful resources
on this [ [link removed] ]special post on the MomsRising blog. Spanish language version
coming soon!
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4. Tell Congress to Act to Save Child Care
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BACKGROUND: A new report from the National Women's Law Center and CLASP
found that it will cost an estimated $9.6 billion each month to stabilize
our child care system and provide emergency care to children of essential
workers during the pandemic. Child care is essential to support families
in getting back to work, but many providers are in danger of closing. The
size and scope of the impact of this public health crisis on the child
care sector is profound and growing. Urge Congress to provide at least $50
billion in child care 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! [ [link removed] ]Child care could be gone if Congress doesn't
#FundChildCare NOW!
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5. Demand an Essential Workers Bill of Rights
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BACKGROUND: The fabrics of our communities are being held together by the
labor of essential workers. Health care workers, childcare workers,
domestic workers, social workers, grocery workers, and farm workers are
keeping us healthy, taking care of our families, and putting food on our
tables. Yet, many workers aren't being given protective equipment or
supplies, can't speak out about workplace safety without risking their
jobs and healthcare, and are bringing home poverty-level wages. [ [link removed] ]Join
us in demanding that Congress include an Essential Workers Bill of Rights
in the next COVID-19 response package.
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Thanks for all you do!
- Karen, Kristin, Anita, Ruth, Elyssa, Diarra, Taylor, Nina, and the rest
of the MomsRising / MamásConPoder Team
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