John — 100 days ago a new President and a new Congress were sworn in, and WOW — has our movement achieved a LOT since then!

For the first time in history, we’ve pushed investment in care workers to the top of the Presidential priority list: it’s front and center in President Biden’s policies, but it’s also in his actions, like taking time to talk with one of our care worker members, Suzie, from the Oval Office.

We’ve held events attended by Vice President Harris, House Majority Speaker Pelosi, and many other representatives. We've delivered more than 17,000 petition signatures, made nearly 22,000 phone calls, sent over 14,000 messages, and secured nearly 350 organizations to support the Care is Essential campaign.

But the hard reality is that ultimately this only matters if it ends up changing lives, and that’s why the next few weeks are so important.

We're launching an unprecedented congressional advocacy campaign — organizing care workers to speak with Representatives, putting care at the center of the political media conversation, and mobilizing activists and partners across the movement.

It's a TON of work, and to keep up this incredible pace I’m reaching back out again to ask for your support. 100 days in, and we need to reach 100 donors by the end of the day to stay on track.

Can you help us achieve our goal, and chip in $25 to help us win in this critical phase of the Care is Essential campaign?

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Thanks for all you do,

Care Team, National Domestic Workers Alliance

P.S. Our original message is below.

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John, in a moment I'm going to ask you to make a donation to support care workers, but first let me explain why.

We have been working tirelessly for *months* on a historic opportunity to replace our country's broken care infrastructure — a system held together by underpaid and undervalued care workers — with a 21st century care infrastructure of good care jobs and greater access for families.

But I need to be honest with you. If we don't succeed in passing the Care is Essential campaign in the next few months, it could be a very, VERY long wait until we get this opportunity again.

That'd be a heartbreaking outcome. Because domestic work is deeply rooted in the history of slavery, these workers have yet to get the respect, wages, and dignity they deserve. So here's the plan:

We're launching an unprecedented congressional advocacy campaign — organizing care workers to speak with Representatives, putting care at the center of the political media conversation, and mobilizing activists and partners across the movement. It's a TON of work, and to keep up this incredible pace we need your support.

Can you chip in $25 to help us win in this critical phase of the Care is Essential campaign?

If you have saved your payment information with FastAction, your contribution will go through immediately on clicking a link.

 

For care workers, especially undocumented workers and women of color, what Congress decides now will set the trajectory for lives and livelihoods FOR YEARS.

The Care is Essential campaign calls for $450 billion to be invested in Medicaid to create 1.5 million new care jobs, increase critical home care services to people with disabilities and aging adults so they can live with dignity at home, and build a durable home care system for workers and consumers.

It'd make clear that caregiving is not only essential work that we must lift up, but we must also celebrate care workers for the love, care, and freedom these incredible human beings give to families. And it would finally acknowledge the central role women — especially Black, Latina and Asian women, a great number of whom are undocumented — play in powering our economy.

The key to winning historic changes like this is momentum — and right now we've got it.

President Biden used his profile to lift-up caregivers, sharing a video of his call with one of our members, Susie Rivera, a home health aide who has played an essential role as a frontline caregiver during the pandemic. During the #RecoveryRecess we flooded Senators’ offices with calls, turned up at their district offices around the country, and thousands attended the Care Can’t Wait summit and heard from Vice President Kamala Harris and House Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi.

Now, help us ignite this incredible progress into unstoppable momentum. Donate $25 now to help us win the next critical phase of the Care is Essential campaign.

The pandemic has laid bare the devastating economic and personal costs of our country's failure to invest in care. Coming out of this nightmare, let's ensure we never repeat this mistake again and give to caregivers the dignity, wages, and respect they’ve been denied for too long.

Thanks for all you do,

Celeste Faison, Campaign Director
National Domestic Workers Alliance