Dear John,
In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog leans in on Congress to pass President Biden's Build Back Better plan. And we unveil CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship, a by-the-numbers glance at how the pandemic is affecting people with low incomes and other vulnerable populations. Finally, we remind our readers to check out the newest Voices for Human Needs podcast, Undocumented and Unafraid: Student Advocates Speak Out for Immigration Reform. Please share!
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This week on the blog...
CHN letter to all U.S. House members urging Congress to pass Build Back Better, Infrastructure proposals
November 4
The Coalition on Human Needs this week delivered a letter to every member of the U.S. House urging them to vote YES on the Build Back Better Act (H.R. 5376) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (H.R. 3684). "Our nation needs these investments in our future," the letter states. "You have the historic opportunity to redress our vulnerabilities by voting for Build Back Better and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act." READ MORE »
CHN's VOCID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship
November 5
The Build Back Better, Please! edition. Covid-19 laid bare a host of vulnerabilities that have been holding our nation back for a long time. We saw shocking disparities in sickness and death by race and ethnicity. We saw billionaires pile up more than $2.1 trillion in new wealth during the pandemic, while unemployment and hardship spiked for millions of Americans – again, disproportionately Black, brown, Indigenous, poor. Our institutions are far more fragile than we thought. Amid lockdowns, schools did not serve the poorest children adequately. Health facilities were overburdened. Too many of our aging lost their lives in nursing homes; there was not enough home care for those who wanted to live in the community. READ MORE »
In case you missed it: CHN's latest Voices for Human Needs podcast episode, "Undocument and Unafraid: Students Speak Our for Immigration Reform," examines lives in limbo without permanent protections. With many students in school this fall amidst the ongoing stresses of the COVID-19 pandemic, many students and their families are also burdened with additional anxieties and stresses associated with being undocumented. These additional challenges could include not having the proper documentation for certain opportunities such as federal student aid, living with the fear of deportation, or dealing with anti-immigrant rhetoric often circulated in political discourse. READ MORE »
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