Join MomsRising for a Morning of Action! TAKE ACTION

Dear Friend,

Want to dress up like a bee?

It's a very real question! We’re hearing the Senate vote on the Big Bad BEEtrayal Bill could be as soon as June 26th. YIKES. So, we’re amping up the pressure on Senators in an unconventional, memorable, impossible-to-ignore, buzzing, creative way—and we need your help.

Can you join us this Wednesday 6/25 at 10:30 am to create a buzz on Capitol Hill along with leading Senators—and then join us to deliver stories from moms and families across the nation and urge every single U.S. Senator to Vote NO on the Big Bad BEEtrayal Bill?

☀️IMPORTANT UPDATE: Due to extreme heat this week, this event will take place completely indoors! We’ll email you the specific location when you RSVP. ☀️

Bonus! We have some free-bees for you & yours: FREE bee costumes for kids & FREE “Bee Squad” shirts and adorable bee antennae for adults. We also have storybooks to deliver for everyone. 

What do you think? Can you join us this Wednesday 6/25 at 10:30 am on Capitol Hill to create a buzz? 

Rewind… Why are we dressing up as bees? The bees are silly and memorable—and they’re also strategic: MRI studies of the brain show that humor is one of the only ways to break people out of partisan mindsets so they can get back to logic. [1] Since we need a few good Republican Senators to stand with us, we’re employing humor and stories to try to move beyond the partisan lock.

So we need you, your friends, your out-of-school-for-the-summer kids, your colleagues, your students, your neighbors, all the people to help amp up the buzz! And we especially need YOU because many MomsRising members who live in the DC-area can’t leave work at 10:30 am on a Wednesday, so we need the help of everyone who can get to the U.S. Capitol to represent the moms of America who can’t be there in-person!

So, what’s the plan? 

• Join us in bringing the voices, experiences, and stories of moms, parents, families and caregivers to the Hill. 
• 10:30 am: Buzz on over to the Hill and bee ready for some powerful fun while swarming the Capitol! Please arrive by 10:30 am to leave adequate time to start at 10:40 am! You will need to go through security to enter the building, so try to pack light (but bring the necessities like water, snacks, diaper bags, etc.)! We’ll have t-shirts and bee costumes for you at our meeting location.
• 10:40 am: We’ll host a short, buzz-worthy media event with storytellers and U.S. Senators.
• 11:15 am: We’ll buzz around the U.S. Senate buildings to hand-deliver storybooks to senate offices.
• If you can’t stay past 11:15 am to help us deliver storybooks, that’s ok! We’d still love for you to join us for the event. (And we also understand if you come late to mainly join us inside for deliveries. We’ll give you logistics info when you RSVP.)

• Bring your kiddo(s)! We’ll even provide a 🐝free bee🐝 costume for your child to create a buzz! 

• Make sure to RSVP here so we can be sure to get your size bee costume or shirt! Please pass this link along to others so they can join too!

• If you’ve never been to an event like this, don’t worry! There’s no pressure to speak with Senate offices, and we’ll have staff to help out (and instructions for everyone) for the storybook drop-offs. Just physically being there will make a huge difference!

Together, stand alongside U.S. Senate Democrats in opposition to the Big Bad BEEtrayal Bill and make our voices heard.

We need you! Come join us to tell the U.S. Senate to vote NO on the Republican Big Bad BEEtrayal. Sign up to attend on 6/25 now!

Thank you!

With gratitude,

- Kristin, Felicia, Olivia, Elyssa, Hanna, Kelsey, Monifa, Beatriz, and the whole MomsRising.org & MamásConPoder Team

Reference:
[1] Political humor, sharing, and remembering: Insights from neuroimaging. University of Pennsylvania.

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