As a campaign that supports caregivers, many of whom are mothers and fathers of Black and brown children, we mourn the loss of George Floyd, Tony McDade, and Breonna Taylor's lives, three people with dreams, stories, and people who loved them. We are devastated by the lives taken too soon and we call for justice.

Long before the global pandemic took over our lives, there was an epidemic of police and vigilante violence against Black people that took Black lives with impunity. And it continues: George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, Ahmaud Arbery, Sean Reed, and many more . . . what they have in common is that they should all still be alive today. In the midst of so much recent loss and devastation that has crushed Black communities, families and Black workers, it's unbearable. We've run out of words to describe the pain and loss.

Now, there can be only action for justice.

We join the Color of Change call to action by demanding:
1. Strengthening police use of force policies.
2. End policing and prosecution of low-level offenses.
3. Establish effective civilian oversight boards.
4. Respond to mental health crises with health care, not police.
5. Require independent investigations of police violence.
6. End the profit motive in policing.
7. Invest in healthy communities, not policing.
8. Remove unfair protections for police officers in union contracts.
9. Increase transparency and accountability for policy misconduct.

Text "DEMANDS" to 55156, and join us in fighting for a country where Black lives matter, and justice runs through this country like a mighty stream.

With care,

Ai-jen Poo
Caring Across Generations-------

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