John, Mother’s Day is complicated for many members in our community – especially when it feels like our country's leaders disregard parents' needs. Even before the pandemic, millions of parents lacked access to affordable child care. Now that lack of access has become a full-blown crisis:

20%

That's the percent of the average parent's income that gets spent on child care – and sometimes it reaches 30%. 
 

1 million

That’s how many women can’t return to their pre-pandemic jobs because they lack affordable options for child care. 

With next to no representation for struggling parents, it’s no surprise that the child care crisis is still escalating. We urgently need to elect candidates who understand this crisis firsthand – and who will act swiftly to deliver real and lasting support for working families. 

That’s why Emerge is working day in and day out to help grassroots Democratic women run for office and win up and down the ballot. But we need your help: Will you donate $5 or more now, before Mother’s Day ends, to help Emerge women run for office, win elections, and fight hard for working parents?

Election after election shows that our communities are ready for candidates who share our lived experiences, because they never stop fighting for us. We simply must empower parents who know the gaps in our care system to take charge of finding solutions to this crisis.

But it’s going to take our whole community chipping in to achieve the life-changing policies we need now. So please: Will you donate $5 or more now, before midnight tonight, to help recruit, train, and elect grassroots Emerge women?

Thank you for stand up for our communities, 
Team Emerge