[ [link removed] ]MomsRising presents: 5Actions
Top #5Actions
of the Past Week
Friday, June 11, 2021
Summer is here, and we are excited today to launch our new summer
postcards for change campaign as one of this week’s #5actions! We know
from our massive campaign last year that hand-written postcards are both
personal and POWERFUL. Now, we’re going to blanket the US Senate with
postcards from YOU, letting our leaders know that #CareCantWait. Just like
we need to build bridges and roads to get to work, we need to build a care
infrastructure too -- including childcare, paid leave, and living wages --
so parents can go to work, children can thrive, and care workers can be
paid living wages!
We hope you sign up for this limited-time and FREE postcard opportunity,
and that you sign and share this week’s other top actions as well. Thank
you for all you do!
-- Nate, Sue Anne, Elyssa, Ruth, Sili, Felicia, Kristin, and the rest of
the MomsRising / MamásConPoder Team
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Join Our Summer Postcard Campaign!
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It's time. Childcare, paid leave, and living wages can’t wait. This
summer, members of Congress are debating what to put in the infrastructure
and recovery package -- and we need to raise our voices and send as many
postcards as possible their way to let leaders know that building a Care
Infrastructure is essential! Sign up today to receive your packet of 25
pre-stamped, pre-addressed postcards that you will fill out and then mail
directly to US Senators now to urge them to build the Care Infrastructure
we all need ASAP. Don’t have time to write postcards but want to support
the campaign, make a donation today!
[ [link removed] ]Send Postcards to the U.S. Senate -> We Need Roads, Bridges, and a CARE
Infrastructure!
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Summer of Paid Leave
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We know you’re busy. We know it’s still hard right now. And we also know
that members of Congress ARE RIGHT NOW figuring out what to put in the
legislation that they will be moving forward to build back our country
after the pandemic… and we can’t let them forget to put in paid leave for
all. Your voice is needed NOW to help keep paid leave on the national
agenda.
[ [link removed] ]Let’s make this the summer we win paid leave. Click here to sign our
petition now!
[ [link removed] ]Rx-petition-2021
Quick signature! Tell Congress to lower drug prices!
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With the passage of the American Rescue Plan, we are delighted that
President Biden has made strides in making health care more affordable.
However, there is still a lot of work to do when it comes to prescription
drug affordability for families. Americans should not pay three times more
for medicines than people in other countries do. There are solutions and
our government can fix this. Thankfully, more and more people (across
party lines) support government action to help cut the cost of
medications—and now we have the momentum to make Congress take action!
[ [link removed] ]Quick signature: Tell Congress to take action to lower prescription
drug prices.
[ [link removed] ]SaveUINow
Tell Congress: Save unemployment benefits!
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[ [link removed] ]Sign Now
This weekend marks the first of over twenty states with Republican
Governors who have shamefully decided to end federal unemployment benefits
for millions of workers and their families. The first four states to
prematurely end federal unemployment benefits this weekend are Alaska,
Iowa, Mississippi, and Missouri. A new report by our partners at the
National Unemployment Law Project has found that this action will lead to
three quarters of the workers now receiving jobless aid—nearly 2.3 million
people—being left with no state or federal jobless aid at all.
This decision disproportionately harms women, moms, and communities of
color and will further stall the economic recovery if allowed to continue.
We need our elected leaders in the U.S. Congress to step in and make sure
unemployed workers are able to continue to receive federal unemployment
benefits, including the $300/month boost in federal benefits that are
helping so many families make ends meet.
[ [link removed] ]SIGN OUR LETTER NOW calling on Congress to protect unemployed workers
and continue increased and expanded benefits for struggling families!
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We want to hear from you about your caretaking struggles!
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We know that many moms around the country are still struggling with the
fall out of the pandemic. Moms are struggling to make ends meet and are
unable to return to work full-time because they don't have dependable
childcare or access to paid family and medical leave. Right now it's super
important that MomsRising and our elected leaders in Congress hear from
YOU about what you are going through! We need your stories to put pressure
on our elected leaders to quickly pass childcare, paid leave, and other
policies that support moms and families.
[ [link removed] ]Tell us about your struggles with childcare and paid family and
medical leave and we'll share your #CareCantWait experiences directly with
policy makers and leaders (you can even do it anonymously)!
P.S.– If you missed the IG Live with actor [ [link removed] ]Jason Winston George and
our Executive Director, [ [link removed] ]Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner talking about paid
leave, we got you covered. [ [link removed] ]Check it out here!
P.P.S.– This content is also on the [ [link removed] ]MomsRising blog!
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