Tell Biden & Congress: Advance the MomsRising Mandate for America. It’s time for transformative change! SIGN NOW

Dear Friend,

YES!!!!!!!!!!!!  President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are now officially in office!  We are pinching ourselves. Can it be true?  We are here to reassure you that this moment has indeed arrived, and real change has come!!! 

Congratulations to President Biden and Vice-President Harris, the first Black, South Asian woman and self-described “momala” ever elected to this position! [1]

We are on the edge of transformative policy change at a time of significant need. 

 → Urge Congress to take fast action and tell the Biden Administration that a grassroots force over a million strong is here and ready to push forward for change!

Our nation is facing record rates of unemployment, especially among moms and women of color, a deadly virus, school and childcare closures, racial injustice, and attacks on our very democracy. The million member-strong MomsRising movement knows our country is in crisis and that we need comprehensive solutions to tackle the needs of our nation. So, to get to solutions, we laid out a road map: MomsRising Mandate for America. This policy plan will not only help rebuild America and advance recovery, but will also help transform our nation into a place where every family can thrive, as our businesses and economy thrive too.

A new Administration and a new Congress gives us all an opportunity to create much-needed, new, and long-lasting transformative change that will be necessary for a strong democracy and economy. 

→ Please sign onto our open letter to Congress and the Biden administration urging them to prioritize our families, communities, and economy by vowing to:

• Advance emergency COVID-19 relief;
• Secure healthcare for everyone;
• Lift the economy, safety net, taxes, and jobs; 
• Push forward criminal justice and policing reform;
• Strengthen workplace justice, including paid family and medical leave, as well as paid sick days;
• Pass affordable, accessible, quality childcare opportunities for all;
• Advance maternal health and reproductive health;
• Move forward fair treatment of all immigrant families;
• Strengthen gun safety;
• Expand voting rights along with democracy protection.

The challenges facing women, and especially mothers and women of color, are more serious right now than they’ve been in years. The data is in and the pandemic is having an outsized impact on women and moms, with women of color experiencing compounded harms due to structural racism. [2] The pandemic has turned the cracks in our systems into catastrophes, exposing just how much families, communities, and our economy depend on the work of women even though that work has long been, and continues to be, vastly undervalued. 

With moms and our nation facing unprecedented challenges, we need immediate solutions. The status quo is not sustainable. Moms are trying to keep the jobs that our families and economy depend on and also care for our kids whose child care programs have shuttered and whose schools are operating only virtually. We’re trying to care for our parents, some of whom are terrified to leave their homes. And moms across our nation are trying to make ends meet on budgets that are stretched beyond the breaking point while being disproportionately pushed out of the labor force.

→ Tell Congress and the Biden Administration, there’s no time to waste!  We need real change for families now! Sign on to our MomsRising Mandate for America and we’ll send your petition signatures to your members of Congress and the Biden administration. Let’s make sure the new Congress and Administration knows we are a powerful force for change!

Thank you to everyone who helped get out the vote, wrote a postcard to a low frequency voter, volunteered as a Beacon of Hope precinct captain, sent texts and made calls to help get out the vote, shared real information on social media, and more!

Even as we celebrate President Biden and Vice President Harris on taking office today, we understand there’s an immense amount of work ahead. So please post this action link on your social media, forward this email to friends, and continue helping us build big momentum for much-needed transformative change to our nation! Here’s that link again so you can copy and paste it for social media: https://action.momsrising.org/sign/momsrising-mandate/

Together we are an incredibly powerful force. Thank you for ALL you do!!

- Kristin, Donna, Gloria, Monifa, Nate, Ruth, Tola, Xochitl, Anita, Sili, Jordan, Sue Anne, Amber, Aryan, Beatriz, Beth, Casey, Christina, Claudia, Diarra, Diana, Donna, dream, Elyssa, Felicia, Gloria, Hanna, Hannah, Jessica, Joy, Julia, Karen, Keisha, Kelle, Linda, Lisa, Lucrecer, Maggie, Mandy, Marysol, Monifa, Nadia, Nancy, Nina, Rocío, Ruby, Ruth, Sara, Shanette, Sheila, Tasmiha, Taylor, Tina, Tola, and Xochitl, and the whole MomsRising.org/MamásConPoder Team

References:

[1] “Sen. Kamala Harris On Being 'Momala',” Elle
[2] “On the Frontlines at Work and at Home: The Disproportionate Economic Effects of the Coronavirus Pandemic on Women of Color,” Center for American Progress.

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