Join MomsRising next Monday, Feb. 14, at 4pm! RSVP NOW

Dear Friend,

Next Monday, February 14, is Valentine’s Day. 😃  💕 Would you join MomsRising that afternoon to help Cupid’s arrow spark some care infrastructure LOVE into the hearts of our U.S. Senators? 💘

We’re doing this to remind U.S. Senators that parents are STILL waiting on them to take action on Build Back Better (and to spark them to move change quickly!). We’ll be meeting outside on Capitol Hill at 4pm to pass out candy hearts and draw chalk-art masterpieces on the sidewalk right outside the U.S. Capitol (where the Senators can see us). This is a powerful way of lifting up the care infrastructure policies that families urgently need, like: childcare and Pre-K, paid family/medical leave, home care, the Momnibus, and a continuation of the monthly Child Tax Credit. There will also be a small marching band and a choir!

YOU ARE NEEDED! Even just seven people gathering to do fun chalk art outside the Capitol could make a GIANT difference in sparking the Senate to take action on key policies that parents urgently need. So we very much hope you join us.

Please let us know if you’re considering coming to our fun, SAFE, and powerful outdoor event! RSVP here & we’ll send you the exact outside meet-up location.

**Everyone who comes will get to take their sidewalk chalk set and special Valentine’s candy hearts home! Bring friends and family. It’s all outdoors!

Valentine’s Day is the perfect day to make the point that we expect our U.S. Senators to keep pushing forward the Build Back Better agenda. We’ll be passing out (and also eating 😋) candy hearts with these care policies inscribed on them: access to affordable quality childcare, paid family and medical leave, a permanent expanded child tax credit, home- and community-based services, and the Momnibus. We’ll also be expressing our need for those policies via chalk art. 

It’ll be late in the afternoon, after school, so kids can join the fun too! Bring friends and family! The more of us who are there, the bigger the power we’ll have as Senators walk by our art and candy stations.

Here are all the details:

• WHEN: 4pmET on Monday, February 14th (Valentine’s Day!)
• WHERE: Outside of the Russell Senate Office Building (2 Constitution Ave NE, Washington, DC 20002). We’ll be meeting on the corner of Delaware Ave NE and Constitution Ave NE outside the Russell Senate Office Building. [MAP]
• WHAT: MomsRising, a small marching band and choir, chalk art, candy hearts, and more to lift the importance of not giving up on BBB 

Interested in joining us? RSVP now!

After not being able to gather together for so long because of the pandemic, we designed this outdoor action very carefully so everyone can feel comfortable enough to join – it’ll be outside and socially distant, and everyone will be encouraged to wear masks. 

And, with more than two years of pandemic separation, we can’t wait to see you in-person again and fight together for the country we need for everyone to thrive. And at this critically important moment, showing up makes a difference as we build momentum towards a Senate vote on the Build Back Better plan we’re told will happen in a few weeks. 

Please join us!

Forward this email to anyone you know who needs care policies for their families and communities, which is everyone! All are welcome to join us!

Thank you for continuing to fight, and we hope to celebrate Valentine’s Day – and take action – together, with you, next Monday!

- Gloria, Joy, Ruth, Monifa, Claudia, Kristin, and the whole MomsRising.org/MamásConPoder Team 

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