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  Care Team | National Domestic Workers Alliance · [email protected]
October 19, 2021 at 6:00 PM

Making History + Building a Better Future

National Domestic Workers Alliance Be inspired by and build upon the powerful legacy of domestic worker leaders that came before us.   “Learning about how domestic workers in the past came together to make change makes me feel an urgency to learn from their examples so we can fight stronger and …
  We Dream in Black | National Domestic Workers Alliance · [email protected]
October 16, 2021 at 4:12 PM

Dorothy Bolden Mural Tour

National Domestic Workers Alliance We’re excited to announce the launch of a mural tour series celebrating Dorothy Bolden. “Your history is still around you. It doesn’t go anywhere. People may try and get rid of it, but it never gets out of you.” - Dorothy Bolden Dear John, We Dream in Black (W…
  Organizing Team, National Domestic Workers Alliance · [email protected]
October 15, 2021 at 9:36 PM

John, Join Us Today for Making History

National Domestic Workers Alliance NDWA invites you to join us for a celebration of domestic worker organizing, past and present. Dear John, We invite you to join us today for our Making History event, where we will learn about the rich history of domestic workers, celebrate women like Dorothy …
  Celeste Faison | National Domestic Workers Alliance · [email protected]
October 15, 2021 at 4:01 PM

We Can't Give Up. Your Senator Needs to Hear From YOU Today

National Domestic Workers Alliance If we want to ensure care isn’t cut from the budget, Speaker Pelosi needs to hear from YOU today.     John - We are so close to a historic win for home care workers! Call your Senator TODAY to ask them to keep on fighting to pass the Build Back Better a…
  Paola Luisi | Families Belong Together · [email protected]
October 14, 2021 at 9:08 PM

RE: Dr. Fauci is right

Hello John! Using Title 42 as an excuse, Biden has deported thousands of children and families back to danger. John, we’re calling on you to take action today to end the racist Trump-era policy that’s been used to justify the expulsion of over 7,700 Haitian migrants in the last few weeks -- incl…
  Emily Ramirez | Families Belong Together · [email protected]
October 13, 2021 at 8:59 PM

Take Action for Black migrants TOMORROW

Hello John! What happened in Del Río is heartbreaking -- and we won’t be silent. John, we urge you to join our partners at Haitian Bridge Alliance, Black Alliance for Just Immigration, and UndocuBlack on the National Day of Action to Defend Black Immigrants tomorrow to advocate for Black migrant …
  Ai-jen Poo | National Domestic Workers Alliance · [email protected]
October 13, 2021 at 6:04 PM

Honoring Dorothy Bolden

National Domestic Workers Alliance Join us as we celebrate Dorothy Bolden’s legacy of powerful domestic worker organizing Dear John, Today we celebrate movement ancestor Dorothy Bolden on what would have been her 98th birthday. Dorothy Bolden was a household worker and a civil rights leader who…
  Organizing Team, National Domestic Workers Alliance · [email protected]
October 11, 2021 at 4:02 PM

John, You're Invited: Making History

National Domestic Workers Alliance NDWA invites you to join us for a celebration of domestic worker organizing, past and present. Dear John, Today, as we celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we honor the powerful legacy of Indigenous domestic workers who resisted exploitation via work slowdowns, …
  Tovia Siegel | Families Belong Together · [email protected]
October 8, 2021 at 8:36 PM

Rapid Response Call for Haitian and Afghan Families

Hello John! Unfair policies are hurting Haitian and Afghan families. Join us on Tuesday, October 12, to learn more about what you can do to support children and families seeking safety. John, the Biden administration is using inhumane tactics to avoid giving children and families a fair shot at s…
  Karla Salguero | National Domestic Workers Alliance · [email protected]
October 8, 2021 at 6:16 PM

A personal pandemic-level crisis every day

National Domestic Workers Alliance Mothers caring for others are unable to care for their own children. John – I wanted to make sure you saw the note we sent earlier this week. I'm reaching out because we’re a bit behind on our fundraising goals. But I’m not worried. If everyone who receives this…
  National Domestic Workers Alliance Team · [email protected]
October 7, 2021 at 7:31 PM

Your Stories Matter + We Make History and more

Dig into the latest news and updates from NDWA programs and campaigns!       Yesterday and today, the disability community was joined by those impacted by home and community-based services (HCBS) to share stories for a 24 …
  Paola Luisi | Families Belong Together · [email protected]
October 6, 2021 at 9:13 PM

BREAKING: Dr. Fauci says immigrants are not driving COVID

Hello John! What Dr. Fauci said about this Biden immigration policy is 100%. John, Do you know how the heartbreaking scene of hundreds of Haitian families huddled under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas ended? For most, it was the worst outcome of all: deportation back to the danger they’d moved heaven …
  Care Team | National Domestic Workers Alliance · [email protected]
October 6, 2021 at 8:31 PM

A personal pandemic-level crisis every day

National Domestic Workers Alliance Mothers caring for others are unable to care for their own children. John – 18 months after the start of the pandemic, life continues to be a slow-rolling nightmare for nannies, housecleaners, and home care workers. Last month 28% were still out of work. Even fo…
  Paola Luisi | Families Belong Together · [email protected]
October 1, 2021 at 6:55 PM

RE: If there’s one email you open today, let it be this one

Hello John! Our fight is nowhere near over. Haitian migrants need your support right now. John, the damage the U.S. caused Haitian children and families **seeking safety** is heartbreaking.  In the past couple of weeks, the Biden administration has displaced thousands of people running from dan…
  Celeste Faison | National Domestic Workers Alliance · [email protected]
September 30, 2021 at 8:21 PM

Your Congressperson needs to hear from you TODAY

National Domestic Workers Alliance Making a call takes two minutes but has a HUGE impact.     John - We need EVERYONE to call their Congressperson and urge them to pass the budget reconciliation package with a FULL investment in home and community-based services.   CALL 1-855-678-4150   …
  National Domestic Workers Alliance · [email protected]
September 25, 2021 at 6:08 PM

Anti-Blackness in Action

National Domestic Workers Alliance We must all come together to support our Haitian brothers and sisters. John - It is hard to look at the horrific images from the southern border. The sight of armed men on horseback — agents of the United States government — attacking Haitian migrants, camped in…
  Care Team | National Domestic Workers Alliance · [email protected]
September 24, 2021 at 11:31 PM

Get inspired by some amazing moments from this past week

National Domestic Workers Alliance Together, we welcomed back Congress from August recess to tell them #CareCantWait. John — This has been another historic week for care workers and we couldn’t have done it without supporters like you! As the House and Senate convene to move historic infrastructu…
  Paola Luisi | Families Belong Together · [email protected]
September 24, 2021 at 7:42 PM

What I’m seeing in Del Rio

Hello John! Few words can capture this assault on Black children and families. John -- I'm on the ground in Del Río to support the Haitian Bridge Alliances’ extraordinary efforts to halt the mass expulsions of Haitians and bear witness to this administration’s racist and intentional mistreatment …
  NDWA Care Team · [email protected]
September 22, 2021 at 2:01 PM

Tell Congress: There are No Shortcuts to Change

National Domestic Workers Alliance Join us and tell Congress that investing in care will benefit us all. John — We have a once-in-a-generation opportunity to change the way our society views and values care work. When we achieve our goal — and we will achieve our goal — millions of people will e…
  Paola Luisi | Families Belong Together · [email protected]
September 21, 2021 at 6:16 PM

Emergency fund for Haitians at the border

Hello John! Our friends at the Haitian Bridge Alliance need you to read this. John, I just spoke with Guerline Jozef, President of our partner at the Haitian Bridge Alliance, who’s on the ground in Del Río, Texas where thousands of Haitian migrants made the treacherous journey in hope of a better…
  NDWA Care Team · [email protected]
September 20, 2021 at 10:24 PM

TAKE ACTION: Welcome Back Congress

National Domestic Workers Alliance Here are two ways you can take action this week to welcome back congress and help build the care economy we all need and deserve. John - Because of your commitment to building a caring future, we’re so close to guaranteeing an economy that works for all of us, …
  Paola Luisi | Families Belong Together · [email protected]
September 20, 2021 at 10:18 PM

RE: Tell Biden: Stop deporting Haitians

Hello John! Act now to demand that Haitian migrant children and families are treated with dignity. John, Over the weekend, the Department of Homeland Security deported three flights full of Haitian children and families back to danger. Today, we’re seeing horrific images of border patrol agents o…
  Erin Mazursky | Families Belong Together · [email protected]
September 20, 2021 at 12:01 PM

Because you promised

Hello John! We live in a world where people have no option but to leave their homes to avoid persecution and violence. John,  When a mother sends her young daughter alone to the U.S. border we know it’s not because she wants to--it’s because she must. It’s because the threat of danger at home is…
  Paola Luisi | Families Belong Together · [email protected]
September 17, 2021 at 11:33 PM

Tell Biden: Stop deporting Haitians

Hello John! Haitian children and families are at risk of mass deportations if we don’t do something now. Tell Biden that Black migrants matter. John, over 10,000 Haitian migrants seeking safety from political turmoil and the aftermath of a devastating earthquake are trapped in makeshift encampmen…
  Paola Luisi | Families Belong Together · [email protected]
September 16, 2021 at 7:32 PM

TAKE ACTION: Call Secretary Becerra to shut down Fort Bliss

Hello John! It’s time to escalate the fight to close the Fort Bliss detention center actively committing child abuse. John, at the Fort Bliss detention center in El Paso, Texas report after report has revealed that children are being continually mistreated — burned in blistering hot water, refuse…
  Celeste Faison | National Domestic Workers Alliance · [email protected]
September 15, 2021 at 7:43 PM

THANK YOU: Your Actions are Working

National Domestic Workers Alliance Thank you for taking action to ensure care wasn't cut from the reconciliation package! John — I'm reaching out to say THANK YOU to each and every one of you who took action over the last week to ensure home and community-based services (HCBS) services received t…
  Citlaly Mora | Families Belong Together · [email protected]
September 10, 2021 at 9:35 PM

This is the closest we’ve ever been to keeping my family together.

Hello John! Here's how you can keep families like mine together. John, my family crossed the border on my brother’s 14th birthday, May 24, 1999. I could list the many reasons why my parents felt the only option to give us a safe future was to migrate to the United States with their four small chi…
  Paola Luisi | Families Belong Together · [email protected]
September 9, 2021 at 9:07 PM

RE: SHOCKING reports from immigration facility at Fort Bliss

Hello John! Another report of sickening child abuse was just released from Fort Bliss. BREAKING: Another whistleblower account just revealed new details from inside Fort Bliss of children being burned with scalding hot water, left dehydrated, and punctured with needles to draw blood without any c…
  Celeste Faison | National Domestic Workers Alliance · [email protected]
September 9, 2021 at 3:16 PM

URGENT: Keep the pressure on and Call Rep. Pallone TODAY

National Domestic Workers Alliance If we want to ensure care isn’t cut from the budget, Rep. Frank Pallone needs to hear from us TODAY.     John - Our proposed care investment could be cut IN HALF if we don't take action today.   We need everyone to call Committee Chair Rep. Frank Pallone …
  Families Belong Together Team · [email protected]
September 7, 2021 at 8:49 PM

Remain in Mexico

Hello John! There is absolutely no good reason this across-the-board cruelty needs to continue. Re-sending in case you missed this -- the response has been incredible! John — overnight the restart of the Remain in Mexico policy has forced desperate parents and children into a nightmare situation.…
  Paola Luisi | Families Belong Together · [email protected]
September 2, 2021 at 8:49 PM

Remain in Mexico

Hello John! There is absolutely no good reason this across-the-board cruelty needs to continue. John — overnight the restart of the Remain in Mexico policy has forced desperate parents and children into a nightmare situation. Thousands who were on the cusp of safety are now trapped in a tent city…
  Celeste Faison | National Domestic Workers Alliance · [email protected]
September 2, 2021 at 6:48 PM

Left out this Labor Day

National Domestic Workers Alliance It’s not just BBQs and sales domestic workers miss out on. John – before it became all about barbecues and sales, Labor Day was originally established as a "workingmen’s holiday." It was a pivotal point in the fight for labor rights – but *not* for domestic wor…
  Erin Mazursky | Families Belong Together · [email protected]
August 31, 2021 at 9:00 PM

Afghans going to scandal-ridden military base

Hello John! An egregious example of just how broken our immigration policies are. John — the Biden administration recently announced that thousands of Afghan families are headed to Fort Bliss, the same military base detaining migrant children where whistleblowers have detailed shocking neglect, a…
  Celeste Faison | National Domestic Workers Alliance · [email protected]
August 31, 2021 at 6:45 PM

2 minutes for $400 billion

National Domestic Workers Alliance If we want to ensure care isn’t cut from the budget, Rep. Frank Pallone needs to hear from us TODAY.     John, we really need you to take action TODAY!   Call Rep. Frank Pallone, chair of the U.S. Energy and Commerce Committee, and urge him to include a …
  Care Team | National Domestic Workers Alliance · [email protected]
August 27, 2021 at 6:31 PM

URGENT: Tell Congress to Invest in Care Jobs NOW

National Domestic Workers Alliance We need as many people as possible to step up and take action today.     John, we need callers from YOUR state!   Call Congress today and urge them to support the $400 billion investment in home and community-based care services in the budget reconciliati…
  Care Team | National Domestic Workers Alliance · [email protected]
August 26, 2021 at 7:01 PM

UPDATE for John

National Domestic Workers Alliance If you’re with us as we fight to win dignity, respect and rights for the women of color who care for us -- let us know that we continue to keep you up to date. Hey John: It looks like it’s been a while since you opened an email from us. We get it! You get a ton …
  Paola Luisi | Families Belong Together · [email protected]
August 26, 2021 at 12:30 PM

BREAKING: Tell Biden to End Remain in Mexico

Hello John! The Biden administration must do everything in its power to end the harmful ‘Remain in Mexico' policy that puts children and families in danger. BREAKING: The Supreme Court just allowed the restart of the unlawful and racist Trump-era ‘Remain in Mexico’ order which shuts the door to f…
  Care Team | National Domestic Workers Alliance · [email protected]
August 25, 2021 at 7:34 PM

Last night was AMAZING

National Domestic Workers Alliance Last night's Power up for Care event was amazing...but there's still work to do John — Last night hundreds of care champions from 40 states came together for our Power Up for Care event. The speakers were incredibly powerful and, together, we made hundreds of ca…
  NDWA Care Team · [email protected]
August 24, 2021 at 7:31 PM

⚡ Are you ready? It's time to Power Up for Care

National Domestic Workers Alliance We can't wait to see you this evening for our “Power up for Care” mass organizing call. John - We are so excited for this evening's  "Power Up for Care" mass organizing call and can't wait to connect with other care champions who, just like you, are ready to do…
  NDWA Care Team · [email protected]
August 23, 2021 at 4:09 PM

Time to Power Up for Care

National Domestic Workers Alliance We hope to see you August 24 for our “Power up for Care” mass organizing call. Hi again, John!  We really hope you can join us August 24, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET, for our "Power Up for Care" mass organizing call. Don't miss out on this opportunity to connect with …
  Care Team | National Domestic Workers Alliance · [email protected]
August 21, 2021 at 4:13 PM

Care Doesn't Get to Take a Break

National Domestic Workers Alliance We have the power to build a care infrastructure that supports each and every one of us. John — We believe that it’s time to invest in care jobs. These are jobs that we know are here to stay because care jobs can’t be outsourced or automated. Investing in care …
  Erin Mazursky | Families Belong Together · [email protected]
August 20, 2021 at 1:41 AM

We can help Afghans now

Hello John! Sign up to pledge to welcome Afghan women, children, and families seeking safety and show President Biden that we are ready. John — The U.S. has a moral obligation to get Afghan women, children and families to safety immediately after leading 20 years of conflict abroad. It is uncons…
  Celeste Faison | National Domestic Workers Alliance · [email protected]
August 18, 2021 at 4:16 PM

Hope You Can Join Us: Power Up for Care

National Domestic Workers Alliance We hope to see you August 24 for our “Power up for Care” mass organizing call. John — We hope you can join us August 24, 8:00 PM - 9:00 PM ET, for our "Power Up for Care" mass organizing call. Don't miss out on this opportunity to connect with other care champi…
  Paola Luisi | Families Belong Together · [email protected]
August 17, 2021 at 10:43 PM

URGENT: Afghanistan

Hello John! The U.S. has a moral obligation to bring Afghan women, children and families to safety immediately. John — The situation unfolding in Kabul is tragic. Families surround the airport, some escaped by cramming into a massive military cargo plane, all desperate to flee a humanitarian cata…
  Paola Luisi | Families Belong Together · [email protected]
August 13, 2021 at 10:14 PM

Tell Congress: Reject Anti-Immigrant Amendments

Hello John! This week, the Senate passed a $3.5 trillion budget resolution that includes $105 billion towards a pathway to citizenship, but here’s the catch: they also sneaked in 300 anti-immigrant amendments. John — This week, the Senate passed a $3.5 trillion budget resolution that includes $10…
  Care Team | National Domestic Workers Alliance · [email protected]
August 13, 2021 at 9:31 PM

Watch Can't Wait: Live Concert NOW

National Domestic Workers Alliance See performances from Saweetie, Ne-Yo, Wyclef Jean and more John -- Are you excited for Can't Wait: Live concert that features performances by Saweetie, Ne-Yo, Wyclef Jean, Mavis Staples, Snow Tha Product, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Beach Bunny, DJ Diamond Kuts and more? W…
  National Domestic Workers Alliance Team · [email protected]
August 12, 2021 at 4:16 PM

Heating Up Our Advocacy and Engagement

Dig into the latest news and updates from NDWA programs and campaigns!       We recently launched our campaign to pass the National Domestic Workers Bill of Rights. This much-needed legislation would ensure domestic worker…
  Erin Mazursky | Families Belong Together · [email protected]
August 11, 2021 at 7:49 PM

Children caged in Texas: Shut them down.

Hello John! 1,500 children are facing deplorable conditions that include food-poisoning, mental abuse, and medical neglect. John — In pop-up “emergency shelters” throughout Texas, more than 1,500 children fleeing violence are facing deplorable conditions that include food poisoning, mental abuse,…
  National Domestic Workers Alliance Team · [email protected]
August 9, 2021 at 8:21 PM

30 seconds to answer one question?

National Domestic Workers Alliance Doing our best work means knowing who our people are and the issues you care about. John — do you have 30 seconds to answer one quick question that will help us do our work better? What's your top priority issue right now? A once in a generation investment in …
  Paola Luisi | Families Belong Together · [email protected]
August 7, 2021 at 1:01 PM

We are going backwards

Hello John! A humane immigration system does not deport people. Learn how you can support immigrant families and children today. John — In just days we’ve witnessed a dramatic backslide towards cruelty as the primary policy for immigrant families and children. Now more than ever, we must step up …