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  Vanessa Butterworth, Senior Digital Director · [email protected]
December 1, 2022 at 7:45 PM

You are the Caring Majority

Caring Across Generations Support Caring Across today.           Dear John, Figuring out care for ourselves and our families is one of the hardest jobs out there. There are so many decisions to make but we're usually bound by very narrow monetary or support limits. Then, if…
  Rebekah A. Alexander-Fishburne, Senior Individual Giving Manager · [email protected]
November 29, 2022 at 8:31 PM

Help build Communities of Care across the U.S.

Caring Across Generations Why your donation is so important           Dear John, 2022 was hard and full of changes — but we remained steadfast in our mission to ensure family caregivers, older adults, disabled people, children, and care workers weren’t left behind. Help u…
  Rebekah A. Alexander-Fishburne, Senior Individual Giving Manager · [email protected]
November 28, 2022 at 8:01 PM

Help build Communities of Care across the U.S.

Caring Across Generations Why your donation is so important           Dear John, It’s that time of the year again! Giving Tuesday is TOMORROW so I’m going to get straight to the point. Will you renew your support of Caring Across Generations and everything we do for caregiv…
  Nicole Jorwic, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
November 17, 2022 at 6:37 PM

Midterm election results

Caring Across Generations What this means for care.           John, The midterm elections results have been called. Republicans will control the House and Democrats will keep control of the Senate, with the Georgia run-off determining how big their majority will be. Now it’s…
  Ai-jen Poo, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
November 9, 2022 at 7:28 PM

Midterm analysis so far

Caring Across Generations This is democracy in action.           John, I am a proud care voter – and yesterday I saw democracy in action. Tens of millions of voters like you and me turned out in droves for the midterms to protect our democracy, our right to safe and legal ab…
  Nicole Jorwic, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
November 1, 2022 at 9:22 PM

6 days to the midterms. Join us.

Caring Across Generations Caregivers and care recipients, be heard!           John, On November 8th, millions of people across the country will head to the polls to decide what Congress will look like for the next two years. There’s so much on the line for caregivers and peo…
  Vanessa Butterworth, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
October 17, 2022 at 6:20 PM

Everything you need to vote this November

Caring Across Generations Vote for care.           John, The midterms are fast approaching so I’m going to keep this short. There’s only 3 weeks left until November 8th. Have you checked your voter registration status? Need an absentee or mail-in ballot? Want to set up elect…
  Nicole Jorwic, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
October 10, 2022 at 4:20 PM

How care will show up at the polls

Caring Across Generations November 8 is fast approaching!           John, I wanted you to be one of the first to see our brand new Care At The Polls guide we put together for the midterms. Our guide includes everything you need to know about how care will show up at the poll…
  Brandee Evans from P-Valley for Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
September 21, 2022 at 3:07 PM

Equal Pay for Black Women caregivers now!

Caring Across Generations It's so simple: Pay Black women what they deserve.       John, Did you know Black women typically make just 58 cents to every dollar paid to white men? Or – did you know Black mothers make 50 cents to every dollar white fathers make? How about this one…
  Vanessa Butterworth, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
September 4, 2022 at 2:04 PM

RESOURCES: Tips for finding the care you need

Caring Across Generations Need help accessing care for an older adult, disabled person, or yourself? Here's how to get started.               A gift to Caring Across Generations changes the landscape of care in the US. Your contribution will help uplift ca…
  Vanessa Butterworth, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
August 26, 2022 at 1:01 PM

SURVEY: Care and inflation

Caring Across Generations Fill out our survey and let’s get care stories in the media!           John, Are the costs for caring for your parents, kids, or loved ones rising with inflation? Ever wondered why it’s not in the news? It seems like every time I turn on the TV or go…
  Aisha Adkins, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
August 22, 2022 at 1:07 PM

Community is everything

Caring Across Generations Meet our 2022 Care Fellows!           John, When it comes to giving and receiving care, we’re in this together. It takes all of us – as one big community across the country – to make quality care more affordable for our loved ones and communities. Ca…
  Nicole Jorwic, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
August 10, 2022 at 3:43 PM

Congress didn’t invest in care. What’s next?

Caring Across Generations We can’t forget about the cost of care – so don’t let Congress forget either!           John, We have some hard news. The big Reconciliation bill we’ve been fighting for all year is about to pass without any funding for paid leave, child care, or hom…
  Vanessa Butterworth, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
August 9, 2022 at 3:01 PM

Here’s what your generosity will do!

Caring Across Generations Thank you for supporting care!           John, WOW! Thank you for making our “Caregivers are Changemakers” fundraising campaign a resounding success. I may be new to Caring Across, but I’m already so blown away by your commitment to supporting our Ca…
  Lydia Storie, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
August 8, 2022 at 3:00 PM

Help get more care stories in film and TV now

Caring Across Generations We sat down with the cast of NBC’s This Is Us and talked about care.           John, We believe stories have the power to transform the way that care is valued in our culture – and we’re so proud of this latest project (like we’re proud of the Care F…
  Ai-jen Poo, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
August 7, 2022 at 3:01 PM

No longer a luxury

Caring Across Generations Contribute today to help us reshape the caregiving system so it works for all of us.           John, When care is seen as a personal responsibility, it can feel lonely and isolating. And when we get frustrated, we can sometimes consider it a personal…
  Aisha Adkins, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
August 6, 2022 at 3:00 PM

John, 3 days left to donate!

Caring Across Generations Support our Care Fellowship by making a donation today.           Dear John, I started my caregiving journey in 2013, when my mother was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia. I left my job to take care of her, and immediately was thrown into naviga…
  Nicole Jorwic, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
August 4, 2022 at 5:47 PM

California, Michigan, Georgia, and Illinois

Caring Across Generations Support our work to make innovative change in the states.           Dear John, When thinking about creating better legislation for families who give and receive care, it’s tempting to focus entirely on what’s happening in Washington, DC. But often th…
  Vanessa Butterworth, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
August 3, 2022 at 6:01 PM

On your sleeve

Caring Across Generations Contribute $10 or more and receive a free Caring Across card sleeve.           John, When I really like something, I wear my support for it on my sleeve. Not literally, of course, but I make sure the people in my life know where I stand. Now, thanks …
  Aisha Adkins, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
August 2, 2022 at 5:15 PM

Why the Care Fellowship Matters

Caring Across Generations Support our Care Fellowship by making a donation today.           Dear John, When I started my caregiving journey in 2013, I had to navigate impossible systems all on my own. I didn’t know where to turn for support or what I could do to change the fr…
  Vanessa Butterworth, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
August 1, 2022 at 3:02 PM

The Care Fellowship

Caring Across Generations We’re asking for your help to support the Care Fellowship           John, Earlier this summer, I was telling you about our amazing Care Fellowship, and I wanted to pick up where we left off. This year, we’re planning for our biggest Fellowship class …
  Ifetayo Harvey, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
July 28, 2022 at 6:49 PM

Black Women and Care with Brandee Evans

Caring Across Generations Listen to our conversation with actress and caregiver Brandee Evans           John, Last month, actress and caregiver Brandee Evans joined Caring Across Generations staff Aisha Adkins, Shanté Wolfe, and Rebekah Alexander on Twitter for a conversation…
  Nicole Jorwic, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
July 1, 2022 at 3:02 PM

Take action: Tell Congress to fight back

Caring Across Generations We must fight back now           John, The Supreme Court has made some deeply troubling decisions this month but we are never beyond hope. President Biden, Vice President Harris, and Congress can take action by ending the Senate filibuster, repealing…
  Ifetayo Harvey, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
June 28, 2022 at 5:34 PM

TODAY: Black Women & Caregiving

Caring Across Generations Join a Twitter Spaces conversation about Black women and care.           John, As a Black woman from a family of seven children, I have a lot of experience giving care and receiving care across my immediate and extended family without any real access…
  Ai-jen Poo, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
June 24, 2022 at 6:35 PM

URGENT: Take action for abortion

Caring Across Generations Access to safe, legal abortion is a vital form of care.           John, Abortion is care, full stop. Today’s Supreme Court decision will make life more difficult and dangerous for so many. It will put more strain on our broken care systems and take a…
  Vanessa Butterworth, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
June 23, 2022 at 1:00 PM

Next week

Caring Across Generations Support our Care Fellowship by making a donation today.           John, We haven’t met yet. I’m Vanessa, and I’m the new Digital Director here at Caring Across. When I started about a month ago, the program that impressed me most was the Care Fellows…
  Ifetayo Harvey, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
June 19, 2022 at 10:20 PM

Juneteenth

Caring Across Generations Celebrate Juneteenth and join us for a conversation on Black women and care later this month!           John, Juneteenth is a day when we celebrate freedom and the Black experience in America. For many people, the first time they heard about Juneteen…
  Nicole Jorwic, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
June 17, 2022 at 4:29 PM

Send your message: HCBS

Caring Across Generations Together, we can push Congress to take action to support our families – but only if we speak out now.           John, If Congress is going to move on another economic recovery package before the midterm elections, it will be before August recess and …
  Ishita Srivastava, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
June 11, 2022 at 2:20 PM

Our new ad about the future of care

Caring Across Generations Watch our new ad and help us reach more people!           John, You and I both know that something as big as rebuilding our care system requires deep and intentional action. But most people in the U.S. haven’t begun to think about what that really lo…
  Aisha Adkins, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
June 2, 2022 at 3:07 PM

DEADLINE EXTENDED: Care Fellowship

Caring Across Generations Apply for the Care Fellowship by June 6!           John, WOW! So many of you are interested in the Care Fellowship. Thank you so much to everyone who has already applied or sent a message seeking more information. To make sure that everyone who is in…
  Lydia Storie, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
June 1, 2022 at 5:48 PM

Take Action: Tell Hollywood to care more

Caring Across Generations It’s time for Hollywood to care more           John, Over the past six years, the NBC series This Is Us has brought the story of Rebecca Pearson – Mandy Moore's character, who is mother to the show's "Big Three" – and her transition from caregiver to…
  Antonia Madian, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
May 28, 2022 at 2:12 PM

This Month at Caring Across: Carnations for Care!

Caring Across Generations Read on to find out what’s on deck this month as we continue to push our Senators to pass an economic package with major investments in expanding access to services and paying providers and care workers a wage they can thrive on.   Dear Frie…
  Aisha Adkins, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
May 21, 2022 at 2:07 PM

APPLY TODAY: Care Fellowship

Caring Across Generations The application for the 2022 Care Fellows cohort is now open!           John, We’re recruiting for our Care Fellowship program again! APPLY TODAY → Over the last three years, our Care Fellowship has offered a unique opportunity to bring car…
  =?iso-8859-1?q?Shant=E9?= Wolfe, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
May 18, 2022 at 9:20 PM

We’re not just “throwaway flowers”

Caring Across Generations Together, we can push Congress to take action to support our families – but only if we speak out now.           John, We’re two years into the pandemic, and caregivers are beyond exhausted. We’re exhausted from trying to find consistent care for our …
  Ai-jen Poo, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
May 12, 2022 at 8:44 PM

Medicare for All means HCBS for all!

Caring Across Generations Join the much needed fight now for universal access to health care and HCBS.           John, Senator Bernie Sanders JUST reintroduced a bill in the Senate that would provide Medicare for All. #Medicare4All will give everyone in the U.S. access to the…
  Ishita Srivastava, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
May 8, 2022 at 3:04 PM

Free Mom’s Day card download

Caring Across Generations We want to help you celebrate the mom or mom-figure in your life today           John, Happy Mothers Day! For many, our moms or another person close to us were our first caregivers. They did so much for us through thick and thin. I personally wouldn’…
  Ifetayo Harvey, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
May 7, 2022 at 4:06 PM

TUNE IN NOW: MOMibuster is happening live!

Caring Across Generations Watch the stream now and spread the word!           John, Something amazing is happening RIGHT NOW – the country’s first ever #MOMibuster. That’s right: Moms, parents, caregivers, care workers, and leaders from across the U.S. are turning the tables …
  Ai-jen Poo, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
May 3, 2022 at 7:42 PM

Take immediate action: Abortion is care

Caring Across Generations Access to safe, legal abortion is a vital form of care.           John, I have some urgent news. The Supreme Court is considering overturning the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that has guaranteed the right to abortion for a half-century. When the le…
  Rebekah Alexander, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
April 28, 2022 at 9:11 PM

The heart of our work

Caring Across Generations What our Care Fellowship has given everyday caregivers like you!           John, Here I am with my family and my Care Fellows cohort. The Care Fellowship helped me see that I wasn't alone as a caregiver. Will you help support this vital program? …
  Sarah Vitti, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
April 22, 2022 at 8:22 PM

How do YOU care?

Caring Across Generations Watch our new videos talking to strangers about care in Times Square!           John, Our Portraits of Care billboards in Times Square shed light on Care Squads and their stories, and asked people big questions about care. Putting up billboards in th…
  Shanté Wolfe, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
March 31, 2022 at 8:35 PM

Spring Into Care

Caring Across Generations Join us to discuss what's next for the movement to change the way America cares TONIGHT at 6pm on Facebook and YouTube.           John, Spring brings warmer weather, longer days and budding trees. Just as our gardens bloom anew, so does our movement.…
  Aisha Adkins, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
March 24, 2022 at 4:15 PM

Let's build a caring future together

Caring Across Generations Join us via Zoom on Thursday, March 24th at 6 pm ET for our New Care Activist Orientation!           John, It’s so important to build community among those impacted by care. Before finding Caring Across Generations, I thought I was alone in my care j…
  Aisha Adkins, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
March 21, 2022 at 10:48 PM

Want to be part of the solution?

Caring Across Generations Join us via Zoom on Thursday, March 24th at 6 pm ET for our New Care Activist Orientation!           John, Caring Across Generations is committed to making sure that unpaid caregivers, people with disabilities, and older adults get access to the reso…
  Ai-jen Poo, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
March 15, 2022 at 8:31 PM

Equal Pay Day

Caring Across Generations From the boardroom to the classroom, gender inequity in the workplace fundamentally rests also on how we value, or fail to value, caregiving and care workers.           John, It’s Equal Pay Day, the point in the new year women have to work to earn th…
  Ifetayo Harvey, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
March 11, 2022 at 5:21 PM

Who's in your Care Squad?

Caring Across Generations How do you care?           John, How do you care? Who’s in your Care Squad? For the last few weeks, people in New York and Washington, DC have seen ads on buildings and bike share stations asking those questions. The billboards feature beautiful phot…
  Antonia Madian, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
March 10, 2022 at 9:59 PM

This Month at Caring Across: Care is in the Air!

Caring Across Generations Read on to find out how we’re making sure that care is not just part of the conversation - but IS the conversation.   Dear Friends and Allies, Spring is around the corner, and care is in the air! In the State of the Union last week, Presiden…
  Ai-jen Poo, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
March 4, 2022 at 6:19 PM

State of Care

Caring Across Generations Family caregivers and care workers are beyond exhausted physically, emotionally and financially and have had to duct-tape together care for their children, older family members and loved ones with disabilities.           John, On Tuesday night, Presi…
  Vanessa Faraj, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
March 1, 2022 at 10:49 PM

What is the State of Care?

Caring Across Generations What is the State of Care for our families? What’s easy and what is really hard about care? What help do you need to make your life just a little bit easier? We’d love to hear from you!           John, President Biden will give his State of the Union…
  Diann Rust-Tierney, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
February 25, 2022 at 9:57 PM

History

Caring Across Generations All month, Caring Across Generations has been celebrating the contributions Black Americans – especially Black caregivers – have made to our country and to our movement to change the way America cares.           John, President Biden is nominating Ju…
  Sarah Vitti, Caring Across Generations · [email protected]
February 18, 2022 at 7:19 PM

How do you care?

Caring Across Generations We're celebrating National Caregivers Day in a big way!           John, Happy National Caregivers Day! We’re celebrating this important day with the launch of our “Portraits of Care” ad campaign featured on billboards in New York City’s Times Square …