Dear Friend,

[ [link removed] ]-→ Do you want affordable childcare for all? Sign now to demand that
Congress act to build a care infrastructure!

[ [link removed] ]SIGN NOW

Summer is in full swing, and if you’re anything like me, your schedule is
already overwhelmed with caregiving responsibilities and duties as schools
close. That’s why I wanted to make SURE you saw this email about childcare
we sent! 

This is a big moment: Congress is FINALLY poised to take much-needed
action on childcare, but we need your help to send in as many signatures
as possible to let leaders know we need childcare for everyone in the
nation! We need your signature now.

[ [link removed] ]Can you take a quick second to click and SIGN NOW to tell Congress:
It’s past time to build real childcare infrastructure that’s affordable
and accessible for everyone?

You can read more below about how a care infrastructure can support ALL of
our families!

*Please forward this to friends and family -- and post the action link on
social media -- so we can build as much momentum as possible for
much-needed change in our childcare system. This is important: We need
affordable, high quality childcare yesterday!  (Here’s that action link
again:
[ [link removed] ][link removed])

Best,

Nadia

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Date: Monday, June 14, 2021
From: Nadia, MomsRising ([email protected])
To: Friend
Subject: SIGN NOW to support a care infrastructure for all!

 


Momentum is building!
[ [link removed] ]Take Action Now
[ [link removed] ]SIGN NOW

Dear Friend,

Summer days are here! The return of hot sunny days, park visits, ice cream
cones, and, for many of us, a return to entertaining the kids in our lives
full time all day every day because we continue to be in the midst of an
ongoing childcare crisis. 

[ [link removed] ]*That’s got to change!  Join us in telling Congress: It’s past time to
build a real childcare infrastructure!

Though our country is seemingly on the road to pandemic recovery, people
are still searching for places for their kids to go this summer so they
can work and worried about health and safety since younger kids are not
vaccinated. This underscores that our legislators must prioritize building
a care infrastructure ASAP, one that our nation needed long before the
pandemic and still very much needs today. 

[ [link removed] ]*Momentum is building: Congress is FINALLY poised to take much-needed
action on childcare, but we need to send in as many signatures as possible
to help make sure that these policies don’t get pushed aside and
overlooked as the final national recovery and infrastructure legislation
is being crafted this week and in the weeks to come.

What is it that we need Congress to support?

* A comprehensive, federally funded child care system (which estimates
show will require a $700 billion dollar investment) that ensures all
families have access to high-quality, affordable child care that is
available when and where they need it and invests in the education and
compensation of a diverse workforce; 
* Ensuring that all care workers, as well as every person in our nation,
should be paid living wages of at least $15 per hour (and we should
get rid of the harmful lower tipped minimum wage);
* And creating a pathway to citizenship for care workers, other
essential workers, Dreamers, TPS holders, and their families.

Too often politicians think of childcare as a “personal issue” - as in our
own personal problem to solve. But the pandemic has laid bare the truth we
already knew: The crisis working families are facing is not due to
personal failings, but is a larger, systemic problem that needs larger,
systemic solutions and investments. Prioritizing child care can improve
the well-being of our children, our own peace of mind and productivity at
work, the care workforce, our communities, and honestly, our summer too. 

[ [link removed] ]*Let Congress know summertime is the right time for an investment in
critical care infrastructure! 

High quality, affordable child care benefits everyone. Currently, the U.S.
loses $57 billion each year in economic productivity and revenue losses
due to child care [1] And the pandemic has laid bare the devastating
economic and personal costs of our country’s ongoing failure to invest in
care or have a care infrastructure. On top of this, women and moms,
especially women and moms of color, have taken the most responsibility for
caring for our kids, our sick family members, our aging relatives and
neighbors and supporting the people in our lives with disabilities; all
while sacrificing our own careers and wellbeing in the process. The White
House itself has noted that 2.3 million women have been forced out of the
labor force. Of those who lost their jobs —over 600,000 are Black and
618,000 are Latina. [2]

[ [link removed] ]*We can and must do better. We have the opportunity to make long term,
structural investments and build a care infrastructure. Tell Congress to
help families beat the childcare heat by acting now!

Data also shows that investments in policies like childcare for all and
universal paid leave can help combat systemic inequalities experienced by
people of color. [3] Child care right now is least affordable for Black
and Latinx families with low incomes, [4] Native American and Latinx
communities are more likely to live in child care deserts, [ [link removed] ] and Asian
American and Latinx children have particularly low levels of access to
child care subsidies. Increasing access and affordability to childcare and
to universal paid leave -- especially in ways that include provisions such
as job protection, progressive wage replacement, non-discrimination
protections, and more -- will be part of meaningfully addressing systemic
inequalities and helping to ensure that ALL families can thrive. [ [link removed] ]  

As we work together to rise past a historical crisis, we now have a
historic opportunity to finally implement the care infrastructure our
families have needed for so long. We cannot let this moment pass us by.
Women, moms, children and families should not be forced to carry the
burden of caretaking and job loss any longer. Let’s build a vibrant future
where childcare is a structural investment for our nation. We know that
with your help now, we can make this sunny future a reality.

Together, we can make a difference. Let’s make it summer to remember by
raising our voices for childcare!

- Nadia, Kristin, Donna, and the whole MomsRising.org/MamásConPoder Team

 

References:

[1] "[5]How COVID-19 Sent Women’s Workforce Progress Backward"
[2] [6]PDF: THE PANDEMIC, THE ECONOMY, & THE VALUE OF WOMEN’S WORK
[3] "[ [link removed] ]America’s Child Care Deserts in 2018"
[4] "[ [link removed] ]Child care affordability for working parents"
[5] "[ [link removed] ]Inequitable Access to Child Care Subsidies"
[6] "[ [link removed] ]Called to Care: A Racially Just Recovery Demands Paid Family and
Medical Leave"


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