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Dear Friend,
We have a really fun opportunity for kiddos of all ages in your family and community!
Our youngest leaders know what’s right and wrong and what’s fair versus unfair. To mark Equal Pay Day (March 15th) this year, we invite kids and teens to create art that tells us how they feel about the wage gap that directly undercuts and undervalues the critical work and brilliance of women of color, mothers, and the LGBTQ+ community most acutely.
CLICK HERE to learn more and enter the MomsRising Equal Pay Day Kids’ Art Contest!
>>> Since our movement is stronger when we all win, everyone who submits artwork will receive a FREE equal pay sticker sheet from us.
Please share this art contest announcement with all of the youth in your families and networks!
The deadline to submit artwork is Tuesday, March 8th at midnight EST. We welcome drawings, paintings, collages, photography, digital art, and even 3-D sculptures and dioramas!
One pay equity champion from each age group will be selected to receive special recognition and fun age-appropriate activist gear – a book for learning and growing, picked by MomsRising staff, and a notebook for dreaming up big plans to spark change.
We will also be delivering a copy of each piece of artwork to President Biden, Vice President Harris, and each member of Congress in conjunction with our push for the Paycheck Fairness Act and executive action on pay equity.
As a whole, women of all races in the United States are paid 17% less than men, making 83 cents for every dollar paid to men. The wage gap cannot be explained by anything other than gender and race-based discrimination, along with a heavy dose of bias against caregivers. [1]
For instance, data from 2019 shows that moms who work outside the home full-time make just 75 cents for every dollar paid to fathers. But that doesn’t tell the whole story. Nationwide, Latina mothers are paid just 46 cents; Native American mothers are paid just 50 cents; Black mothers are paid just 52 cents; white mothers are paid just 71 cents; and Asian American and Pacific Islander mothers are paid just 90 cents for every dollar paid to white, non-Hispanic fathers due to structural racism. [2] This is not okay! It’s unfair, but together we can fix this.
We know kids and teens have a lot to say about unfairness and we want to lift up their voices for Congress and the White House to hear loud and clear!
CLICK HERE to participate in our Equal Pay Day Art Contest!
We can’t wait to see your creativity shine a light on pay equity!
Together, we are a powerful force for closing the wage gap.
– Sara, Ruth, Kristin and the entire MomsRising/MamásConPoder team
References:
[1] AAUW: The Simple Truth About the Gender Pay Gap
[2] National Women's Law Center: Motherhood Wage Gap for Latina Mothers, Native American Mothers, Black Mothers, White Mothers, and Asian American & Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander Mothers
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