John,

Next week the House of Representatives is expected to vote on the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package. The importance of this legislation cannot be understated. Close to 500,000 people have already died from COVID-19 and tens of millions have seen their lives upended.

CHN and our coalition partners have already sent roughly 220,000 letters to members of Congress and made thousands of phone calls demanding swift passage of this critical legislation.  

Join CHN this Thursday at 2 p.m. ET for a special webinar featuring Jared Bernstein, an economist for President Biden who is serving on the White House Council of Economic Advisers.

Bernstein will explain how the COVID relief legislation now moving through Congress is the right size, with the right policies, to get us on the road to economic and pandemic recovery. Click here to RSVP.

President Biden’s COVID-19 relief legislation, dubbed the "American Rescue Plan," supports COVID vaccines; cuts child poverty in half; helps the unemployed; provides more nutrition aid, housing assistance, one-time payments, child care, and paid leave; supports education and other state and local services; and much more.

If you’ve joined other CHN webinars, you may have seen Jared Bernstein, then with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, make economic predictions about poverty and income. Bernstein is a top economist and an expert on implementing policies that address inequality and the needs of people with low incomes. We are glad he will be able to join us on Thursday. Our moderator, Ellen Teller, Director of Government Affairs at the Food Research and Action Center, will field your questions for Jared.

Even if you can’t attend, sign up to receive a recording of the webinar and other resources. (This webinar will be captioned.)

We’ll hear real-world stories about how the pandemic is hitting our communities, and learn how this COVID relief package will make a dramatic difference in the lives of millions of struggling families. And, on behalf of CHN, I’ll wrap up the webinar with an update on where things stand in Congress, and what you can do to ensure that help goes where it’s most needed.  

I hope you can join us on Thursday at 2 p.m. ET for this important webinar.

Thank you for all you have done, and continue to do, to fight to protect our health and economic security.

Deborah Weinstein
Executive Director, Coalition on Human Needs