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  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
July 11, 2022 at 8:02 PM

URGENT: Congress to vote on a bloated military budget this week

Why does Congress continue to feed the military industrial complex while telling us that we lack the resources to invest in basic human needs such as health care, child care, and housing? John, This week, the U.S. House is expected to vote on a nearly $850 billio…
  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
July 11, 2022 at 6:19 PM

CHN's COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship

Tracking Hardship – July 11, 2022 COVID-19 watch Tracking Hardship - July 11, 2022   The reinfections edition. It has been said that although weary Americans may be done with the pandemic, the pandemic is not done with us. Unfo…
  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
July 10, 2022 at 3:47 PM

Re: Tell Congress: Close the Medicaid coverage gap!

We know that in states that have not expanded Medicaid, the health outcomes of Black and brown women, and single mothers, are much worse than in states that have expanded coverage. John, We’re having an impact! Reports out of Capitol Hill are that Congress is con…
  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
July 9, 2022 at 1:00 PM

Tell Congress: Close the Medicaid coverage gap!

We know that in states that have not expanded Medicaid, the health outcomes of Black and brown women, and single mothers, are much worse than in states that have expanded coverage. John, Two million low-income Americans are still uninsured due to 12 states refusi…
  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
July 9, 2022 at 12:37 AM

From CHN: This week on our Voices for Human Needs Blog

In case you missed it... This week on CHN's Voices for Human Needs blog Dear John, In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog peeks in on CHN's 40th anniversary and Human Needs Hero gala and reports on longtime CHN Board member Sister Simone Campbell re…
  Dominique Espinoza, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
July 7, 2022 at 3:12 PM

Re: Not in generations has our country felt so divided. We can’t give up.

Thank you for never giving up, particularly in the face of hate that is intended to suppress our rights, our votes, and our ability to thrive in a free and just society. John, In 2020, CHN ran successful nonpartisan voter mobilization efforts, contributing to the…
  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
July 6, 2022 at 6:56 PM

With less than 4 months until Election Day―let’s Get Out the Vote!

Thank you for never giving up, particularly in the face of hate that is intended to suppress our rights, our votes, and our ability to thrive in a free and just society. John, Not in generations has our country felt so divided. It seems that every day our safety …
  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
July 5, 2022 at 7:17 PM

From CHN: The Human Needs Report, July 5, 2022

The Human Needs Report: July 5, 2022 View the complete report here (HTML) or here (PDF). Dear John, CHN just released another edition of the Human Needs Report. Read on for the latest on FY23 spending, efforts to pass a reconciliation package, a critical child …
  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
July 4, 2022 at 3:05 PM

Re: Our work, fighting for human needs, has never been more critical than this moment

This month, CHN is celebrating 40 years of advocating for the human needs of all people. John, Each month, CHN’s national movement of activists fight back against the army of Wall Street lobbyists who seek to pad the profits of the wealthy and powerful at the exp…
  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
July 3, 2022 at 1:38 PM

40 years of fighting for Human Needs

This month, CHN is celebrating 40 years of advocating for the human needs of all people. John, In the last half-century, we’ve made progress, but we’ve also seen dangerous threats to our rights. For the last 40 years, the Coalition on Human Needs has been at the …
  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
July 1, 2022 at 9:02 PM

If Congress does not act, millions of Americans will lose their health coverage

With only three months to come up with an agreement, Affordable Care Act subsidies have not even been discussed! John, The looming expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies, passed as part of the American Rescue Plan, leaves 13 million Americans on the verge of…
  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
July 1, 2022 at 5:09 PM

From CHN: This week on our Voices for Human Needs Blog

In case you missed it... This week on CHN's Voices for Human Needs blog Dear John, In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog reports on how low pay and stressful working conditions are hindering efforts by Head Start providers across the country to ser…
  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 30, 2022 at 6:33 PM

This is how we overcome massive voter suppression >>

In order to help voters in battleground states fight for their rights, overcome voter suppression laws, and access their right to vote, we need your help. John, Two years ago, CHN and our allies had a goal of sending messages to 10 million voters. We ended up con…
  Dominique Espinoza, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 29, 2022 at 7:16 PM

Re: Our human rights are under attack. But, with 19 states implementing voter suppression laws, will people vote?

In 2020, we mobilized low-income, LGBTQ, and Black and brown communities. It’s all the more urgent now. John, On issue after issue, our rights, our health, and our safety are under attack. From communities of color, to low-income people and families, to the LGBTQ…
  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 28, 2022 at 6:30 PM

Our human rights are under attack. But, with 19 states implementing voter suppression laws, will people vote?

In 2020, we mobilized low-income, LGBTQ, and Black and brown communities. It’s all the more urgent now. John, With little time left to fully fund our Human Needs Voter Engagement Campaign, we just received big news. A generous donor has pledged to match your dona…
  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 27, 2022 at 5:22 PM

Re: [take action] Tell Congress to pass Bernie Sanders’s plan to expand Social Security

This plan comes at a critical time. During the recent Senate hearing on Social Security expansion, Senator Lindsey Graham said that privatizing Social Security “might be part of the mix.” John, Did you know that a CEO making $20 million each year contributes the …
  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 26, 2022 at 3:43 PM

[take action] Tell Congress to pass Bernie Sanders’s plan to expand Social Security

This plan comes at a critical time. During the recent Senate hearing on Social Security expansion, Senator Lindsey Graham said that privatizing Social Security “might be part of the mix.” John, Right now, the average family is spending an extra $460 out of pocket…
  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 24, 2022 at 9:53 PM

From CHN: This week on our Voices for Human Needs Blog

In case you missed it... This week on CHN's Voices for Human Needs blog Dear John, In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog shares a special guest post from Rebecca Dixon, Executive Director of the National Employment Law Project. Dixon writes about t…
  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 23, 2022 at 2:49 PM

URGENT: Free school meals are expiring in one week. Demand Congress act!

A bipartisan group of senators and representatives are rushing to pass a solution. John, At the outset of the pandemic, Congress passed school and summer meal waivers, which removed barriers to schools’ and summer programs’ ability to feed hungry kids. This legis…
  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 22, 2022 at 2:54 PM

Business tax breaks vs. our Child Tax Credit

When it comes to tax breaks, Congress loves handing them to wealthy corporations. But working people and families? It’s like pulling teeth. John, Congress is working to pass legislation to address climate and energy issues, improve the country’s manufacturing cap…
  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 18, 2022 at 3:37 PM

From CHN: This week on our Voices for Human Needs Blog

In case you missed it... This week on CHN's Voices for Human Needs blog Dear John, In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog reports on efforts to include child care in the Senate's reconciliation package. And we examine one mother's effort to provide …
  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 18, 2022 at 12:20 PM

Stop Black and brown refugees from being illegally expelled from the United States!

If we expect other countries to uphold refugee laws and welcome people fleeing across borders in search of protection, including those forced to flee Ukraine, we must lead by example and uphold refugee laws at our own borders. John, When President Biden announced…
  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 17, 2022 at 7:29 PM

CHN's COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship

Tracking Hardship – June 17, 2022 COVID-19 watch Tracking Hardship - June 17, 2022   The children are hurting edition. We’ve known for some time that students’ math and reading skills have suffered during the pandemic. This is …
  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 17, 2022 at 4:30 PM

Tell the U.S. Senate: We may be done with COVID, but COVID isn’t done with us.

Write to your senators right now and demand they pass a COVID funding bill that ensures we have the resources we need to keep our communities healthy and safe. John, We’ve been told by health experts that we should expect another surge of COVID cases this fall an…
  Dominique Espinoza, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 16, 2022 at 5:01 PM

Re: UPDATE: We’re almost halfway to our voter engagement goal!

Together, we’re fighting back against attempts to undermine our voting rights and our ability to invest in the human needs of millions of working people and families. John, We’re halfway there! Already, hundreds of grassroots donors have chipped in $10,000 toward…
  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 15, 2022 at 3:58 PM

We’re almost halfway to our goal!

Together, we’re fighting back against attempts to undermine our voting rights and our ability to invest in the human needs of millions of working people and families. John, Democracy is fragile. Whether it’s the January 6th insurrection, voter suppression laws pa…
  Dominique Espinoza, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 13, 2022 at 3:55 PM

A decade of DACA later ... It's time for something permanent!

Thank you for taking action to protect those who are already home. John, This week, Wednesday June 15th, marks 10 years since immigrant youth won the DACA program, providing temporary legal status to people who came here as children. The program was won through …
  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 12, 2022 at 4:49 PM

Re: Demand the Senate act to prevent gun violence:

The top five states with the lowest gun death rate all have an Extreme Risk Protection Order law in place. Tell Congress: “Save lives. Pass federal red flag laws!” ADD YOUR NAME John, We demand the Senate act! By putting in place nation…
  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 11, 2022 at 12:20 PM

Red Flag Laws save lives

The top five states with the lowest gun death rate all have an Extreme Risk Protection Order law in place. John, This week, the U.S. House passed sweeping gun control legislation to protect our communities from the horrors of mass shootings and gun violence. One …
  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 9, 2022 at 4:38 PM

Re: [take action] Demand Congress fight for working people and families

Americans want to get back to work. But the lingering effects of the pandemic are keeping people out of the workforce. Tell Congress: “Include affordable child care and home and direct care, paid family and medical leave, and a green jobs program in this ye…
  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 8, 2022 at 9:48 PM

Demand Congress pass policies that help working people get back to work.

Americans want to get back to work. But the lingering effects of the pandemic are keeping people out of the workforce. John, Americans want to get back to work. But the lingering effects of the pandemic are keeping people out of the workforce. At the same time, e…
  Dominique Espinoza, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 7, 2022 at 5:23 PM

Re: This is how we overcome massive voter suppression:

Right now, on issue after issue, our rights, our health and our safety are under attack. John, Two years ago, CHN and our allies had a goal of sending messages to 10 million voters. We ended up contacting 17 million―helping drive record voter turnout. This year,…
  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 6, 2022 at 11:26 PM

This is how we overcome massive voter suppression:

Right now, on issue after issue, our rights, our health and our safety are under attack. John, In 2020, we ran a successful voter mobilization effort, resulting in the largest voter turnout in a federal election ever. We translated voting materials into Spanish, …
  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 5, 2022 at 3:11 PM

Re: [take action] Demand Medicare rebate checks for 57 million Americans

Send a message directly to the Biden administration demanding CMS immediately lower Medicare premiums and issue rebate checks in response to the inflated Medicare premiums in 2022. John, This year, the cost of a controversial Alzheimer's drug, Aduhelm, caused Med…
  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 4, 2022 at 1:59 PM

57 million older Americans have been overpaying for Medicare. Demand the Biden administration act:

Send a message directly to the Biden administration demanding CMS immediately lower Medicare premiums and issue rebate checks in response to the inflated Medicare premiums in 2022. John, This year, 57 million older Americans saw their Medicare premiums rise by 15…
  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 4, 2022 at 1:00 PM

From CHN: This week on our Voices for Human Needs Blog

In case you missed it... This week on CHN's Voices for Human Needs blog Dear John, In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog examines one mother's quest to find baby formula for her special-needs daughter. And we release CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tr…
  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 3, 2022 at 7:28 PM

CHN's COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship

Tracking Hardship – June 3, 2022 COVID-19 watch Tracking Hardship - June 3, 2022   The our-nation-is-not-well edition. Omicron subvariants continue to surge throughout the country. The average number of new daily cases now exce…
  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 3, 2022 at 6:11 PM

President Biden: “How much carnage will we accept?”

Join allies across the country this Gun Violence Awareness Day and demand the Senate act! John, The gun lobby is standing in the way of passing critical gun violence prevention policies. But our people-powered campaign has the momentum to finally make progress an…
  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 2, 2022 at 6:56 PM

Re: Stop Louis DeJoy’s plan to privatize the USPS

We must not allow Louis DeJoy to destroy the United States Postal Service. Tell Louis DeJoy & the USPS Board: “Stop Slowing Down Mail and Raising Prices. Expand Products and Services to Bring in New Revenue Instead.” ADD YOUR NAME Joh…
  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
June 1, 2022 at 5:29 PM

Stop Louis DeJoy’s plan to privatize the USPS

We must not allow Louis DeJoy to destroy the United States Postal Service. John, Trump-appointed Postmaster General Louis DeJoy wants to privatize the USPS. We must stop him. His plan is to slow down mail delivery and raise prices. He would rather close post off…
  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 29, 2022 at 5:11 PM

Re: [take action] Demand the Senate act to prevent gun violence in our communities

The reasons for this crisis are based in power and money. Tell the U.S. Senate: Ban assault rifles now. ADD YOUR NAME John, No more empty platitudes. No empty “hopes and prayers.” We demand the U.S. Senate act immediately to end the cy…
  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 28, 2022 at 12:20 PM

Churches, schools, grocery stores. When will the Senate finally act to protect us from horrific gun violence?

The reasons for this crisis are based in power and money. John, Just in the last two weeks, we’ve seen Black grocery store shoppers in Buffalo, New York, school children and teachers in Uvalde, Texas, and Taiwanese churchgoers in southern California gunned down i…
  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 27, 2022 at 8:18 PM

From CHN: This week on our Voices for Human Needs Blog

In case you missed it... This week on CHN's Voices for Human Needs blog Dear John, In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog examines the problem of child abuse in residential youth treatment facilities and what lawmakers are doing about it. Plus we re…
  Nicolai Haddal, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 26, 2022 at 5:54 PM

Re: [take action] Demand Mitch McConnell and conservative senators drop their demands around the racist Title 42 policy

Title 42 has resulted in more than 1.7 million immigrants being blocked or expelled from the U.S.―mostly targeting Black and brown immigrants. John, On March 2, the White House requested $22.5 billion in additional COVID funding to combat this deadly disease. Hol…
  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 24, 2022 at 4:33 PM

Tell Amazon shareholders and Board: Vote to hold Amazon accountable and expose global tax avoidance

Tomorrow, Amazon shareholders will vote on a motion to hold Amazon accountable. John, We know we can invest in critical programs for our future that reduce poverty and put money in people’s pockets when the rich and corporations start paying their fair share. Tha…
  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 23, 2022 at 6:38 PM

[take action] Demand Mitch McConnell and conservative senators drop their demands around the racist Title 42 policy

Title 42 has resulted in more than 1.7 million immigrants being blocked or expelled from the U.S.―mostly targeting Black and brown immigrants. John, From vaccines, to testing, to treatment, none of these critical COVID response tools would be possible without gov…
  Dominique Espinoza, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 22, 2022 at 3:06 PM

Re: A bipartisan group of U.S. senators wants to continue this racist, anti-immigration policy from the Trump administration:

If we expect other countries to uphold refugee law and welcome people fleeing across borders in search of protection, including those now forced to flee Ukraine, we must lead by example and uphold refugee laws at our own borders. John, Title 42 denies the rights …
  Deborah Weinstein, Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 21, 2022 at 12:30 PM

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators wants to continue this racist, anti-immigration policy from the Trump administration:

If we expect other countries to uphold refugee law and welcome people fleeing across borders in search of protection, including those now forced to flee Ukraine, we must lead by example and uphold refugee laws at our own borders. John, When President Biden announ…
  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 20, 2022 at 10:05 PM

From CHN: This week on our Voices for Human Needs Blog

In case you missed it... This week on CHN's Voices for Human Needs blog Dear John, In case you missed it...this week the Voices for Human Needs blog reflects on the ten lives lost in Buffalo due to racism, hate, and gun violence. And we release CHN's latest COVID-19 Watch: Tr…
  Coalition on Human Needs · [email protected]
May 20, 2022 at 5:19 PM

CHN's COVID-19 Watch: Tracking Hardship

Tracking Hardship – May 20, 2022 COVID-19 watch Tracking Hardship - May 20, 2022   The million deaths edition. This week, the United States surpassed one million officially recorded deaths from COVID-19. So many people died fro…