Expecting LIFT the BAR Soon!

Dear Allies,

Hello all, we’ve got three things for you this week. First, please click below to schedule a time to meet the new PIF leaders! Second, an update on the LIFT the BAR Act and our sign-on letter (deadline this Friday!), and third, we are lifting up a series of listening sessions the White House is hosting on nutrition and hunger. Read more below!

As new PIF leaders, we (Adriana and Cheasty) are eager to get to know our member organizations! We are scheduling now for one-on-one meetings over the next several months. We'd love to hear more about the work your organization is doing, learn how PIF can support your efforts, and answer any questions you might have. Please contact Jessica Del Villar ([email protected]) if you have any questions. You can schedule a 25 min call here.

We are excited to share that we expect the LIFT the BAR Act to be introduced in the Senate any day now! We have a few days left to gather signatures on our sign-on letter, and we encourage you to join us if you haven’t already! 

For 25 years, a policy known as the “five-year bar” has denied lawfully present immigrant families of color access to critical health and social services. The impending Senate introduction of the LIFT the BAR Act gives us another opportunity to signal the strength of our network and the unity of our movement.  To do this, we are (re)circulating a sign on letter to Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Schumer in support of the LIFT the BAR sign-on in advance of the expected introduction. Any national, state or local organizations who have not already signed on should take this opportunity to join our letter by COB Friday, May 27th! 

The White House is announcing virtual, regional listening sessions to hear the community’s ideas and experiences with hunger and diet-related diseases in our communities in the lead up to the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health which will be hosted in September.

These listening sessions are open to the public. Please register using the links below, and we encourage you to register for the region you live in.

• South: June 1, 2022, 11am-1pm EDT/10am-12pm CDT/9am-11am MDT. Register here.*

• Midwest & Mountains: June 3, 2022, 1-3pm EDT/12pm-2pm CDT/11am-1pm MDT. Register here.*

• Northeast, MidAtlantic, Puerto Rico, & U.S. Virgin Islands: June 7, 2022, 10am-12pm EDT. Register here.*

• West Coast & Pacific: June 9, 3pm-5pm PDT. Register here.*

• Spanish-only (all regions): June 13, 2022, 1pm-3pm EDT. Register here.

*Language interpreters offered in Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean.

In Solidarity,

Adriana Cadena & Cheasty Anderson, on behalf of the PIF Team

Visit us at https://protectingimmigrantfamilies.org/