Hey, John. The Trump administration’s relentlessly cruel attacks on immigrants of color are at odds with everything we believe in. If you’re outraged want to do something about it, check out this list of ways to help.

Introducing: The NWLC Abortion Rights Project

Attacks on abortion rights may have temporarily disappeared from the headlines but the depth and seriousness of these attacks continue, as does our work to confront them. That’s why in addition to our extensive existing reproductive rights and health work, we’ve also launched a brand new Abortion Rights Project, a groundbreaking campaign to protect and expand abortion access and to support and showcase those on the frontlines of this fight. We’re beginning this work by providing an initial investment of $350,000 to 11 groups across the country working to keep clinics open, help people access abortion care, educate the public and drive narrative change on abortion, engage in grassroots organizing especially among communities of color, challenge abortion restrictions, and strengthen abortion rights. NWLC will also provide these organizations with legal and technical assistance, research, analysis, and grassroots media and visibility efforts.

As Fatima, our President & CEO said, “Our country is engaged in one of the greatest gender justice fights of our time. Anti-abortion politicians are banning abortion, shutting down clinics, criminalizing providers, and shaming women who seek an abortion. Make no mistake: an abortion ban in Georgia is the same as the attempt to shut down an abortion clinic in Arkansas, and these are the same as the next attack in the next state. This is a coordinated effort to end abortion at any cost, and to strip away our rights to safety, dignity, and equality.” We are all in on this critical fight to protect access to safe, legal abortion, and we hope you’re with us, too. Click here to learn more about our Abortion Rights Project, as well as the initial list of organizations we are supporting.

Must-Dos:

• The Trump-Pence administration has proposed a sweeping new rule that would roll back the Health Care Rights Law, a key part of the Affordable Care Act that protects patients from discrimination on the basis of sex and other aspects of our identities. Submit a comment today demanding that they put patients first.
• Non-active duty servicemembers and their families deserve the same freedom to make decisions about their bodies and their families as everyone else, which means they need the same access to no-cost birth control as everyone else. Urge Congress to support these families’ reproductive health care.
• Americans are still waiting on Congress to give millions of low-wage workers – the majority of whom are women, particularly women of color — a long overdue raise. Tell them to support the Raise the Wage Act now.

Must-Reads:

• Gender-based stereotypes have no place in the workplace. We sincerely hope the Supreme Court agrees.
• “It resonates for so many of us — women especially — to work your heart out and be so good at what do, and still not get the pay or recognition you deserve. We’re rooting for [the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT)] because we’re rooting for ourselves.”

Your Feminist Moment of Joy

So how ‘bout that WORLD CUP, John? There are so many joyful moments to choose from in this victory; it is truly hard to choose just one. But I would really appreciate it if someone could pour the following quote from Abby Wambach, former USWNT captain and the world’s all-time leader in international goals scored, in a coffee mug for me every morning:

“This exact team was made for this exact American moment. We all just watched brilliant, brazen, united, joyful, unapologetic women — scoring, speaking out and celebrating on the world stage… this team showed America what’s possible, no — they showed us what is INEVITABLE: women will lead us. And will win. And we won’t keep our mouths shut about inequality any longer. Now pay them.”