Quick signature: Tell President Biden you support his administration’s
actions to protect schoolchildren from COVID-19.
*When you click, you’ll automatically sign on if we already have your
information.
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Dear Friend,

“I thought we were dodging the bullet, almost 2 weeks in and as I perused
the COVID dashboard for my county. No COVID cases at my daughter’s school.
I let out a sigh of relief. And then, one call, two calls, a call that it
was someone in one of her classes. The message told me that someone from
the department of health would call for contact tracing if needed. No
mention of the fact that the department of health in my county is behind
on contact tracing due to the overwhelming uptick in positive cases we are
seeing in Florida.” [ [link removed] ]

- Sili, a mom in Florida

At this moment, the Delta variant is sickening an unprecedented number of
children, pediatric ICU beds are filling up, and schools are opening for
the fall. There has been a patchwork of different approaches to protect
kids during this back-to-school season and some governors have been taking
mind-boggling actions to block and intimidate local school officials from
requiring masks to slow the spread of COVID-19.

[1]**Quick signature: Add your name in support of the Biden Administration
using its authority against governors who are blocking local school
officials from preventing the spread of COVID-19 in their schools. *When
you click, you’ll automatically sign on if we already have your
information.

What’s happening? While parents across the country are adding masks to
their back-to-school supplies list to protect their kids (and others’
kids!) from contracting COVID-19, Republican governors in at least eight
states are actually BANNING school districts from requiring masks. [ [link removed] ]
This is contrary to public health guidance from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention [ [link removed] ] and pediatric hospitals are overflowing with
COVID patients! [ [link removed] ]

President Biden announced last week that he would not stand by and allow
governors to prevent local school districts from protecting their students
with mask mandates while cases of COVID-19 are skyrocketing. [ [link removed] ] He is
directing Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona, to “assess all available
tools” against states banning sensible safety measures to protect
students’ health while at in-person school—which could be a civil rights
violation. [ [link removed] ]

Over a year and a half into this pandemic, we know what public safety
measures can stem the spread of COVID-19. Our leaders should be doing what
they can to protect the health of our children and keep them in school.
The American Academy of Pediatrics outlined what we can all do to make
sending our kids back to school as safe as possible: vaccination,
universal mask use, ventilation, testing, quarantining, and cleaning and
disinfecting. [ [link removed] ] It is irresponsible for school officials not to take
these steps and for governors or other politicians to stand in their way.

[2]Sign on now! Tell President Biden you support his administration’s
actions to protect schoolchildren from COVID-19 and keep them in school!

When you click, you’ll automatically sign on to our letter that reads:

Dear Biden Administration,

Thank you for taking actions to protect schoolchildren from COVID-19
amidst Republican governors’ blocking local school officials from
implementing safety measures. We support the Department of Education
working to ensure children in all states are able to attend school,
in-person, as safely as possible.

To protect our kids and keep them in school, we need all hands on deck
in support of a layered approach to prevent the spread of COVID-19 with
state and local officials working alongside parents and schoolchildren
to stem the spread. We need our leaders to follow the guidance from
experts at the Centers for Disease Control and American Academy of
Pediatrics. We need everyone who can to get vaccinated. And we need
universal masking while COVID numbers are up.

Thank you for taking action against governors who are blocking these
safety measures and placing our children at risk.

[3]Don’t forget to sign on! Add your name to our letter of support to the
Biden Administration for taking action to protect schoolchildren from
COVID-19.

The more people who speak out, the bigger our impact. Please take a moment
to forward our action link to your friends and family and share it on
social media:
[4][link removed]

Thank you for taking action and for all that you do for our families’
health.

- Felicia, Sili, Tina, Kristin and the whole MomsRising / MamásConPoder
team

P.S. We want to hear from YOU! Tell us your concerns about going back to
school amid COVID-19. You can either [5]write us a note or [6]record a
short video.

P.P.S. We know there are still a lot of questions about COVID-19 and
getting back to school, so we are partnering with 50 organizations for a
live Q&A with world-renowned infectious disease specialist, Dr. Anthony
Fauci on Monday, August 30th at 12pm PT / 3pm ET. Register at
[7][link removed]?. This webinar will be led by
American Muslim Health Professionals (AMHP) and the Islamic Food and
Nutrition Council of America (IFANCA) and provide guidance on COVID-19
vaccination efforts for parents, students, and teachers as we transition
back to in-person schooling.

 

[1] MomsRising Blog, [ [link removed] ]Back-to-School, Stressed and Exhausted. How Are
You Parenting In This Pandemic?
[2] U.S. News & World Report, [ [link removed] ]GOP Governors Double Down on Orders
Barring Mask Mandates in Schools
[3] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, [ [link removed] ]Guidance for COVID-19
Prevention in K-12 Schools
[4] Miami Herald, [ [link removed] ]Florida children’s hospitals see pediatric COVID
cases soar amid delta variant surge
[5] Vox, [ [link removed] ]Biden backs school districts in fight against GOP mask
mandate bans
[6] AP News, [ [link removed] ]States banning mask mandates could face civil rights
probes
[7] American Academy of Pediatrics, [ [link removed] ]COVID-19 Guidance for Safe Schools


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