Content Warning: This email includes death-related imagery in conjunction
with the coronavirus crisis.

Indivisibles,

This Tuesday, May 12, was National Hospital Day, a day first declared by
U.S. President Warren G. Harding in 1921 in the wake of the 1918 Spanish
flu pandemic (sound familiar?). This year, we had plans to mark the
occasion.

On May 12, Indivisible groups in [ [link removed] ]Tallahassee, [ [link removed] ]Phoenix, and [ [link removed] ]Austin
littered the grounds of their statehouses with body bags, representing the
81,000 American lives lost to COVID-19. Lives that could have been saved
if not for President Trump and GOP Governors and Senators’ failure to
adequately respond to the coronavirus pandemic. 

These [ [link removed] ]incredible actions generated national media attention for their
destructive responses to the virus, the unnecessary deaths of thousands of
Americans, and dangerous re-open orders in states around the country.  

Watch our [ [link removed] ]video coverage of the events below:

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Now, get ready for our next Day of Action

Ready to get involved yourself? On or around May 20, we are joining with
partners around the country to host a National Day of Mourning with public
events around the country to acknowledge the over 84,000 coronavirus
deaths due to the President’s failure. 

These events will feature strong visuals like body bags, gravestones, or
roses. For more information on how to organize your own protest, check out
our [ [link removed] ]People's Day of Action Toolkit for best practices and step-by-step
instructions. 

A note on social distancing

Before you begin planning your action, it’s important that you prepare for
the changes to basic human interaction because of the high level of
coronavirus contagion. We’re used to actions being a time of coming
together, catching up, and using the power of togetherness to make huge,
systematic change. 

During this time, it is incredibly important that we maintain social
distancing guidelines during these events. Actions should include as few
people as possible (we recommend 3-5 participants), and everyone should
assess their individual risk factors before participating.

To underscore this, we are not utilizing the Indivisible map for these
actions to limit the chance of large gatherings.

Stay safe and stay informed! 

In solidarity,
Indivisible Team

P.S. The House votes today on the next COVID package. [ [link removed] ]Call your
Representative and demand they pass the HEROES Act as it was introduced,
without any motions to recommit or amendments to water it down. House
Democrats introduced the [ [link removed] ]HEROES Act as the fourth coronavirus relief
package, but we’re worried Republicans will try to strip the bill of its
most important protections with a [ [link removed] ]motion to recommit. 

Working families are struggling to make ends meet. We need every
protection in the HEROES Act to pass or lives will be at stake.

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