[ [link removed] ]MomsRising presents: 5Actions
Top #5Actions
of the Past Week
Friday, August 6, 2021
The beginning of August is always a busy time. Some families are taking
last minute summer vacations, others are already headed back to school,
and others are busy with the daily juggle of work and family in an ongoing
pandemic.
And while August is usually a quiet time on the legislative front with
Congress in recess, the pandemic has made this year anything but usual. In
fact, this year, August is busier than ever on the legislative front! So
we need your help making sure our leaders prioritize building a care
infrastructure to lower costs, create jobs, and lift families as they work
throughout this August.
To help make that happen, this week we have #5Actions that need your
attention on immigration, raising the wage, passing a comprehensive child
nutrition bill and more.
Thank you for all you do!
-- Sue Anne, Kristin, Claudia, Sara, Elyssa, Jessica, Nadia, Jordan, and
the rest of the MomsRising / MamásConPoder Team
[ [link removed] ]immigration-citizenship-reconciliation-2021
Stop the roller coaster! Tell Congress to support a pathway to citizenship in
the reconciliation package!
Your Action Status: NOT YET SIGNED -> [ [link removed] ]Sign Now
Right now, Congress has the opportunity to end the uncertainty for DACA
recipients and pass legislation that will help not only DACA recipients
but also essential workers, like farmworkers, and TPS holders, get on a
pathway to citizenship. Our survival through the last year and our
continued recovery is due to immigrants like DACA recipients, TPS holders,
and essential workers who are still working as doctors, nurses, grocery
store clerks, teachers, sanitation workers, farmworkers, caregivers and
much more.
[ [link removed] ]Get DACA out of limbo, tell Congress to support a pathway to
citizenship!
[ [link removed] ]RaiseTheWage2021
A living wage for all workers and families!
Your Action Status: NOT YET SIGNED -> [ [link removed] ]Sign Now
We have a wage shortage on our hands, across the nation. Maybe you know
this firsthand when you crunch numbers in your head to budget for food and
rent, or maybe you’ve noticed that many businesses are having a difficult
time finding, hiring and maintaining staff that can afford to make the
minimum wage. It’s undeniable that the minimum wage has become a poverty
wage instead of an anti-poverty wage.
[ [link removed] ]To boost families and our consumer-driven economy, add your signature
to our letter asking Congress to PASS the Raise the Wage Act!
[ [link removed] ]wealth_tax_now
Tell Congress: Pass Senator Warren's Wealth Tax NOW
Your Action Status: NOT YET SIGNED ->
[ [link removed] ]Sign Now
Jeff Bezos, the richest man in the world, took a 10 minute joyride into
space which he was able to self-fund partially because he paid zero
federal income taxes in 2007 and 2011. And while his wealth grew by $99
billion from 2014 to 2018, he paid just $973 million in federal income
taxes. If Senator Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax was implemented though,
Bezos would have owed $5.7 billion in taxes in 2020. It’s time for the
ultra-wealthy to pay their fair share!
[ [link removed] ]SIGN OUR PETITION calling on Congress to pass Senator Warren’s Wealth
Tax!
[ [link removed] ]childnutritionreauth_2021
Sign now: Congress must pass a strong Child Nutrition Bill!
Your Action Status: NOT YET SIGNED ->
[ [link removed] ]Sign Now
Since the beginning of the pandemic, the number of families struggling to
put food on the table has skyrocketed. A staggering 1 out of every 6
children in America now do not have enough food to eat. The upcoming Child
Nutrition Reauthorization Process (CNR) and economic recovery legislation
present Congress with just the right opportunity to address this urgent
crisis-- let’s make sure that they take this opportunity to strengthen and
improve child nutrition programs!
[ [link removed] ]Tell Congress that the time is NOW to strengthen the child nutrition
and school meal programs that are desperately needed for children and
families!
[ [link removed] ]SummerECELTE
Make sure child care is in every paper lawmakers read this summer!
Your Action Status: NOT YET SUBMITTED ->
[ [link removed] ]Submit Now
Right now child care is at a critical moment in our nation. Lawmakers have
a historic opportunity to build a child care system that works for
children, families, early educators, communities, and our economy. But to
get the robust investment needed to make comprehensive quality, affordable
child care a reality, our lawmakers need to hear why child care matters to
the voters - LIKE YOU! - in their communities.
Letters to the editor are an incredibly powerful way to make sure our
elected leaders get the message. Lawmakers are reading their local papers
to get a sense of what matters to people in their community. Can you help
make sure comprehensive child care makes it to the top of their agenda by
sending a quick letter now?
[ [link removed] ]It’s easy! We’ll lead you through a quick process to write a letter to
the editor. This tool is pretty amazing—just copy, paste, and edit one of
our pre-drafted letters (or draft your own—we’ve provided talking points,
too!) and send it to your paper with a few clicks. Just add your
information in the form and click 'NEXT' to get started.
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