[ [link removed] ]MomsRising presents: 5Actions
Top #5Actions
of the Past Week
Friday, April 2, 2021

We’ll get right to it! This week’s 5Actions include ways to learn more
about new benefits available to YOU and your family (including the new
direct payments related to children in the Child Tax Credit) due to the
recent passage of the American Rescue Act (ARP) at a special online event
with Speaker Pelosi! Below, you’ll also find ways to make your voice heard
as we work to stop gun violence, as well as ways to help build a care
infrastructure that enables parents to work and creates good care jobs.

Lots to do! Thank you for doing it with us!

-- Sue Anne, Kristin, Nate, Gloria, Joy, Elyssa, and the rest of the
MomsRising / MamásConPoder Team

[ [link removed] ]ARP event

What’s in the American Rescue Plan for Your Family?

Want to find out how to get the new benefits available to YOU and your
family due to the recent passage of the American Rescue Act (ARP)? We've
got you covered! When you join us, you’ll hear from a very special guest,
the U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. Some of our nation’s foremost
advocates and experts for women and families will also be joining us to
help cover how to access the new benefits (including direct cash to your
family!) that just recently passed in the American Rescue Plan.

[ [link removed] ]Join us for this important virtual online event. Click here to save
your spot.

[ [link removed] ]RecoveryRecess_LTE

Send a Letter to the Editor saying "Families need recovery now!"

Your Action Status: NOT YET SUBMITTED ->
[ [link removed] ]Submit Now

Members of Congress are home over the next two weeks for recess and one of
the most high-impact ways we can get their attention is to flood our local
newspaper with letters on the issues that matter most to our families. We
need to let our elected leaders know that they must make sure we can all
recover—especially women, moms, and communities of color who have been
bearing the brunt of COVID’s impact. And that in order to build back
better we will need long-term investments that lift working families and
our economy. That's why we need YOU to take action now!

[ [link removed] ]One of the most high-impact, powerful things you can do right now is
send a letter to the editor to your local paper calling on your elected
leaders to pass a recovery package that includes programs that lift up
women, moms, and struggling families and makes investments in the care
economy. It's very easy and we'll walk you through all the steps… all you
have to do is click here.


[ [link removed] ]TaxTheRich

SIGN NOW! Tax cuts for working families, not mega-corporations

Your Action Status: NOT YET SIGNED ->
[ [link removed] ]Sign Now

Time and time again moms, women, low-income families, and people impacted
by structural racism have been harmed by our unfair tax code. But how can
we make our tax code more equitable and our nation’s economy more
successful? First, we need to make permanent the expansions of the Earned
Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit we won in the American
Rescue Plan.Then we need to make sure leaders in Congress pass policies
that make millionaires, billionaires, and mega-corporations pay their fair
share of taxes.

[ [link removed] ]***SIGN OUR LETTER calling on President Biden and Congress to make
permanent working family tax credits like the EITC and Child Tax Credit
and to make sure the wealthy and mega-corporations pay their fair share in
taxes!


[ [link removed] ]help_save_lives

Help Save Lives!

The mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder again prove that Americans can
no longer wait for action against gun violence. The U.S. House recently
passed gun legislation to tighten up background checks on gun sales, and
now it’s up to the U.S. Senate to turn it into law. It’s time to save
lives. Our families and communities deserve to be free and safe from gun
violence.

[ [link removed] ]Donate today to fuel our fight for sensible gun policy.


[ [link removed] ]Send a kite message

What’s a Kite Message? Send one to your U.S. Senators!

Help us tell your U.S. Senators that #CareCantWait. Helping is super EASY
(and super fun!) -- here’s how:

STEP 1: [ [link removed] ]Download and print the kite coloring page -- or get any piece
of paper you have handy at home and draw a simple kite on it -- color it
(or have your kids color it), and add a personal message urging your U.S
Senator to hurry up and pass a recovery plan with care infrastructure
provisions for families and our economy, naming any of the following
issues you care about:

* Universal childcare
* National paid leave for all
* Raise the minimum wage
* Permanent enhancements to the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Child
Tax Credit
* Investments in caregiving options for people with disabilities and
aging adults
* Pathway to citizenship for immigrant workers who have been crucial in
combating the pandemic

STEP 2: Take a picture of your completed Kite Message and post it on
social media (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter) with the hashtag #CareCantWait
to join a wave of change. And, if you’re NOT on social media, just email
us a picture of your kite to [email protected] with
#CareCantWait in the Subject line of the email!

[ [link removed] ]Download a blank Kite Message by clicking here.

P.S.– We are gathering stories about the positive impact of the American
Rescue Plan. We want to hear from YOU about how your family is being (or
will be) boosted by this new law. [ [link removed] ]Click here to tell us about it ->
we'll share your experiences directly with policy makers and leaders!
P.P.S.– This content is also on the [ [link removed] ]MomsRising blog!


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