A message from CAP's Danyelle Solomon.

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A Message From CAP's Danyelle Solomon
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This week, we have a message <[link removed]> from CAP's very own Danyelle Solomon, vice president of Race and Ethnicity Policy, addressing the most recent instances of police violence toward Black people that were caught on camera.

I am tired of putting out statements spotlighting the deaths of Black people in America-at the hands of police, at the hands of white vigilantes, at the hands of COVID-19. The past 48 hours have laid bare once again with stark clarity the entrenched systemic racism that pervades American life. In Minneapolis, an African American man, George Floyd, was killed by police, resulting in the firing of four officers. George Floyd's death comes on the same day that a white woman in New York threatened an African American birdwatcher by calling the police and invoking his race. The following day, Black people protesting the brutal murder of Mr. Floyd were assaulted with police tear gas and rubber bullets. This police violence stands in sharp contrast to the images of police standing calmly while mostly white protestors-some of whom were carrying weapons-demonstrated for the reopening of businesses. These instances of overt violence toward African Americans come while we too are navigating a pandemic that disproportionately threatens our health as well as our safety. All while decades of compounding health and economic inequities have made the coronavirus more deadly for Black Americans than their white counterparts.

America, racism is our underlying disease. It has permeated not only our economic, social, and civic systems but also our everyday behaviors. How is that you can put your knee on a fellow human being's neck and listen to him beg for air and just sit there? How is it that you can call the police and weaponize the words "African American male," knowing that could very well lead to someone's death? How is it that, despite knowing Black people are dying at higher rates from COVID-19, more testing and resources aren't deployed immediately to those communities? It's been almost 50 years since James Baldwin said, 'to be Black and conscious in America is to be in a constant rage'-and yet the words remain acutely accurate today.

Despite the familiar brutality of this past week, and the past 400 years of systematic inequality, Black people will remain resilient. But this can't be our fight alone. It must be a collective fight where white Americans join us in fighting for real freedom. We will continue to find joy. We will continue to speak out against injustice. We will continue to fight white supremacy. Join us.

Danyelle Solomon

Read Danyelle's 2016 report, "The Intersection of Policing and Race" ? <[link removed]>

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In the Spotlight
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The Worst Outbreak in the Country

It's hard to imagine a college where students' circumstances are more dire than Din? College, which serves the 27,000-square-mile Navajo Nation across Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.

The Navajo Nation now has the highest per capita infection rate of COVID-19 in the United States, once again exposing the legacy of our country's brutal history of mistreatment-and current neglect-of the Navajo Nation and other tribal communities.

We recently spoke to Charles M. Roessel, the president of Din? College, to understand why we can't lump in tribal students with all marginalized students and why the centurieslong neglect of tribal nations requires extra creativity in the face of the current crisis to stretch the very limited resources we have.

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Major Stories This Week
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Join the Moment of Silence on Monday

This week, the coronavirus death toll surpassed 100,000 in the United States. In honor of those lives lost, CAP will hold a moment of silence at noon this Monday, June 1, to pay tribute to and remember the victims. Join us in our moment of silence as #WeRemember the more than 100,000 American lives lost to COVID-19.

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The Voices of Child Care Workers <[link removed]>

There is a whole workforce that enables millions of Americans to perform and keep their jobs: child care providers. Hear from child care providers around the country as they share how the coronavirus pandemic has affected their lives and the lives of the children and families they serve.

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Building the Schools We Need <[link removed]>

Communities are starting to plan education recovery strategies that focus on equity, but using federal and state funds to reinstate a broken public school system is the wrong approach. Instead, the federal government should make it a priority to reimagine what's possible.

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Expanding the Definition of "Family" <[link removed]>

The federal statutory definitions of family need to be expanded, as they often fail to reflect the wide diversity of family structures in the United States, which can be particularly harmful to members of the LGBTQ community.


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Take Action
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Happy Memorial Day. To Honor Veterans, Let's Protect Their Ability to Vote During the COVID-19 Pandemic. <[link removed]>

Veterans are at higher risk during the coronavirus pandemic. Many are more than 65 years old, disabled, or have pre-existing conditions from their time serving abroad.

Share this video featuring Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Il), Sen. Jon Tester (D-MT), and Rep. Jason Crow (D) to show your support for expanding vote by mail to ensure everyone can safely vote.
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[Tell Lawmakers We Need Safe Elections <[link removed]>]

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Mark Your Calendar
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June 3
Federal Investment in K-12 Public Schools Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
RSVP for this online presentation <[link removed]>

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CAP in the News
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Bloomberg
Paid-Leave Promise Turns 'Mirage' for Most Workers in Pandemic <[link removed]>

The New York Times
Should the Child Care Industry Get a Bailout? <[link removed]>

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