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Dear Friend,
It's another Friday. The weather is warming and we are DOING IT, friends.
This is a hard time. Thank you for all you're doing for yourself, your
family, your community and this nation. We see you, and we're honored to
work alongside you.
This week's list of top #5Actions includes some urgent calls to action
around childcare, SNAP, Ahmaud Arbery, and more. Please be sure to scroll
down and take action, then forward this email to friends and family who
may want to, too.
Together we are powerful! Here's the list:
1. Tell your Senators: Boost SNAP!
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BACKGROUND: The House of Representatives' HEROES Act provides a much
needed boost to SNAP (food stamps) and struggling families. But not
everyone is on the same page about the need for a boost to SNAP, let alone
another COVID-19 relief package—Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell
and his allies have come straight out and said multiple times that they
don’t want to boost SNAP in any way. We need YOU to help change their
minds and let them know this is crucial to our families. [ [link removed] ]***SIGN OUR
LETTER calling on the Senate to do as the House just did and boost
nutrition assistance and SNAP in their next COVID-19 relief package!
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2. Let's Get the COVID-19 Child Care Crisis in the Papers!
Your Action Status: NOT YET WRITTEN A LETTER ->
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BACKGROUND: Right now child care is at a critical moment in our nation. As
states start to reopen significant child care relief is a MUST! The HEROES
Act introduced in the House provides just $7 billion for child care—far
short of the $50 billion needed to stabilize the industry and support
families and providers. Without significantly more funding, half of child
care providers are likely to close their doors. The size and scope of the
impact of this public health crisis on the child care sector is profound
and growing with families with young children, including infants and
toddlers, struggling the most. This is why we need your help! Letters to
the editor are an incredibly powerful way to make sure our elected leaders
get the message and put an end to this child care crisis. Can you help
make sure child care relief makes it to the top of their agenda by sending
a quick letter now? We will make it super easy with our LTE tool that
gives you talking points, a sample letter, and even an easy way to submit
your letter. [ [link removed] ]Click here to get started.
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3. Demand Justice for Ahmaud Arbery
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BACKGROUND: This was a tough Mother’s Day. Not just because of the
pandemic. We were also all thinking of Ahmaud Arbery’s mother Wanda, who
was grieving the loss of her son at the hands of two men who literally
hunted down and killed him while he was jogging. Just last week — ELEVEN
WEEKS LATER — Gregory and Travis McMichael were arrested for the shooting.
The prosecutors and police sworn to protect families and communities, who
should have taken immediate action, instead waited eleven full weeks as
they hid and covered up a horrific murder. And let’s be clear: the video
of the murder did not prompt the arrests. The public release of the video
did. Ahmaud’s mother and his friends and family have had to wait eleven
weeks for any measure of justice. And their wait won’t be over until full
justice is served to Ahmaud’s killers and those in the white supremacist
system who failed him. Join us to demand the removal of the district
attorneys and the sheriff who failed in their duties to Ahmaud, his
family, and the people of Georgia. [ [link removed] ]Add your name now ->
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4. Join the #KeepMarching Meeting on COVID-19 and Loneliness with
Former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy. May 19, 8pm ET / 5pm PT.
Your Action Status: NOT YET SIGNED UP ->
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BACKGROUND: COVID-19 has ushered in an unprecedented era of isolation and
loneliness. Dr. Vivek Murthy, who served under President Obama, has just
released his new book, *Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in
the Sometimes Lonely World*. In *Together*, Dr. Murthy makes the case for
loneliness as a public health concern. As social distancing and
shelter-in-place orders deprive people of human connection just as they
are beset with enormous worry and pressure, Dr. Murthy’s expertise and
wisdom could not come at a better time. At this #KeepMarching online Zoom
meeting, we'll be looking at Dr. Murthy's book, *Together,* which include
inspiring stories and creative solutions for people to help themselves and
those they love beat loneliness by building more connected lives,
especially in these times. [ [link removed] ]Sign up now!
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5. Help Us Send 1,000,000 Voting Reminder Postcards to Moms!
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BACKGROUND: Help us send 1,000,000 voting reminder postcards to moms who
haven’t always voted in the past to help them exert their voting power
this November. Sign up to receive free packets of 10 pre-stamped,
pre-address, gorgeous, eye-catching postcards for you to fill out in a
jiffy, which, a few weeks before the Nov. 3 elections, we’ll release in a
tidal wave of heart-felt mom-to-mom messages to vote. [ [link removed] ]Get your
postcards now!
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Thank you for all you do, and have a good weekend.
--- Karen, Kristin, Nate, Nina, Elyssa, Sara, Gloria, Monifa, Anita,
Jordan, and the rest of the Momsrising Team
P.S. Be sure to check out our great [ [link removed] ]Mother’s Day video!
P.P.S. This list is [ [link removed] ]also on the blog!
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