[ [link removed] ]MomsRising presents: 5Actions
Top #5Actions for
Black Maternal Health Week
Friday, April 15, 2022
Please join MomsRising in celebrating [ [link removed] ]Black Maternal Health Week!!!
Founded by our partners at the [ [link removed] ]Black Mamas Matter Alliance, Black
Maternal Health Week is a week of awareness, activism, and community
building where the voices of Black Mamas are centered. It is also a great
opportunity to call on our lawmakers to support Black Mamas by enacting
policies that seek to end racial & ethnic maternal health disparities and
lift up Black families. Take this moment to urge your elected leaders to
support Black Mamas and help ensure that every person that gives birth has
a safe and healthy experience and the opportunity to watch their child
grow up and thrive!
-- Tina, Kristin, Namatie, Felicia, and the rest of the MomsRising /
MamásConPoder Team
[ [link removed] ]BMHW22Momnibus
Tell the Senate to Support Critical Investments in Maternal Health!
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Right now, the United States is the most dangerous place to give birth in
the developed world, with major racial disparities where Black women lose
their lives at 3 to 4 times more than the rate of white women due to
maternity-related causes, independent of age, economic background, or
education, This is a fact that has not changed for several decades and
COVID-19 added another dimension of complications escalating the crisis.
60% of maternal deaths can be prevented and infant mortality reduced with
investment in public policies and culturally competent care. Celebrate
Black Maternal Health Week by calling on your Senator to support critical
investments in Black maternal health.
[ [link removed] ]Click here to sign our petition, telling the Senate to Support Critical
Investments in Maternal Health!
[ [link removed] ]PUMPAct2022
Urge the Senate to support breastfeeding parents & pass the PUMP Act!
Your Action Status: NOT YET SIGNED ->
[ [link removed] ]Sign Now
Nearly four out of five U.S. mothers start out breastfeeding, but less
than half are still breastfeeding at six months postpartum. One of the
main causes for the drop-off in breastfeeding rates is the lack of break
time and a private place to pump in the workplace.
[ [link removed] ]Send a quick message urging the Senate to pass the PUMP Act to support
breastfeeding, chestfeeding, and working parents!
[ [link removed] ]PWFA_LTE
Help pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act to protect maternal health!
Your Action Status: NOT YET SIGNED ->
[ [link removed] ]Sign Now
Now is the time to make sure our U.S. senators and representatives
prioritize the rights and dignity of pregnant workers! Instead of more
flowers, we want congress to pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act for
Mother's Day.
It's easy with our online tool and highly impactful to submit a letter to
your local paper about the importance of the Pregnant Workers Fairness
Act. The bill will improve maternal health outcomes and ensure nobody has
to choose between a paycheck and a healthy pregnancy.
[ [link removed] ]Submit a letter to your local newspaper about the Pregnant Workers
Fairness Act!
[ [link removed] ]EmergencyPaidSickandFamilyLeave
Sign Now: Keep Families safe at home and in the workplace, urge Congress to fund
paid sick days and paid family leave
Your Action Status: NOT YET SIGNED ->
[ [link removed] ]Sign Now
Reinstating emergency paid sick days and paid family and medical leave
will help workers who need to take paid leave and miss work due to
COVID-19 or to provide care for a loved one who has COVID-19. Paid leave
is a vital tool to combat the spread of COVID-19 and future variants, it
helps boost workplace morale and leads to increased productivity and,
importantly, workforce retention.
Millions of moms and parents have been forced out of the workforce because
of deficient policies and an inadequate care infrastructure. Emergency
paid sick days and paid family leave will allow families to deal with
COVID-19 related matters while maintaining their financial security and
engaging in their caregiving responsibilities.
[ [link removed] ]Sign now and ask members of Congress to prioritize families and fund
emergency paid sick days and paid family and medical leave.
[ [link removed] ]hc-access-2022
Quick signature: Tell Congress to expand access to health care!
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[ [link removed] ]Sign Now
Everyone, regardless of race, class, or zip code, deserves to have health
care coverage. But even amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, when the need for
health care coverage has been made even more apparent, there are still 12
states that have refused to expand Medicaid to low-income adults under the
ACA.
Closing the unfair coverage gap is important to help end discrimination in
health care coverage: Right now, the majority of the over 2 million people
who are currently in this “coverage gap” are people of color. The
uninsured rates among Black and Latinx/Hispanic adults remains
disproportionately higher than that of white adults, especially in these
states.
[ [link removed] ]Quick signature: Tell Congress to expand access and make health care
more affordable!
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