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Hello Indivisibles,
For this week's action, we're asking Rep. Garamendi to protect public health by calling for a People's Agenda for coronavirus relief. The People's Agenda is a set of requirements for the next coronavirus relief package to protect public health, defend elections, keep people on payrolls, and provide financial relief. We're asking Rep. Garamendi to vote NO on any bill unless it's a true People's Agenda. For public health, we're specifically asking for a bill that ensures health care workers have the protective equipment they need to stay safe, makes sure everyone has paid sick leave and health care coverage, and ends pandemic profiteering by Big Pharma corporations.
Our featured Volunteer Action opportunity this week is: writing postcards to voters! For a step-by-step guide to postcarding from home, please visit this link: https://indivisibleyolo.org/postcards/
As always, sample call and email scripts for this week's actions are below, and our up-to-date calendar of events can be found at https://indivisibleyolo.org/calendar/.
Take care,
The Indivisible Yolo Team
Action: Ask Rep. Garamendi to stand up for a true People's Agenda for coronavirus relief:
Sample Call Script for Rep. Garamendi:
Hello, my name is [YOUR NAME] and I'm a constituent from [CITY or zip code]. I’m calling Representative Garamendi to urge him to make a public commitment to vote NO on any future coronavirus relief bill unless it is a true People’s Agenda for relief, including protecting public health, defending elections, keeping people on payrolls, and providing financial relief.
Today, I’m specifically calling on Representative Garamendi to protect public health in the next round of legislation, including: ensuring health care workers have the protective equipment they need to stay safe, making sure everyone has paid sick leave and health care coverage, and ending pandemic profiteering by Big Pharma corporations.
Sample email Script for Rep. Garamendi:
The Trump administration’s response to the COVID-19 epidemic hasn’t done nearly enough to help working people. I'm calling on Rep. Garamendi to vote NO on the next coronavirus relief package unless it is a true People’s Agenda for relief. That means the next relief package must:
Defend elections: Enact a vote-by-mail requirement for 2020 federal elections while maintaining access to in-person voting for those who do not have access to mail voting. The bill should include the protections called for in Sen. Warren's Election Protection plan.
Keep people on payrolls: Stop mass layoffs, and preserve employment relationships for all businesses, including small businesses. Ensure federal dollars go to workers and small businesses, not enriching CEOs and Wall Street.
Provide financial relief: Expand aid for the most vulnerable in the COVID-19 epidemic, including direct cash assistance, increased food aid, debt relief, and eviction protections.
Protect public health: Full health coverage for all COVID-19 care and protections for all front-line workers, including ensuring health care workers have the protective equipment they need to stay safe, making sure everyone has paid sick leave and health care coverage, and ending pandemic profiteering by Big Pharma corporations.
Democrats must ensure the next package provides relief to every person in this country, regardless of tax or immigration status, age or disability.
This outbreak has already resulted in tens of thousands of people dying, and tens of millions losing their jobs. It has thrown our elections, health care system, and economy into chaos. We can’t afford to wait any longer for Congress to take these necessary steps; it’s time for the Representative to use his vote to demand real relief through a People’s Agenda.
Featured Volunteer Action: Postcarding from Home!
Please visit this link: https://indivisibleyolo.org/postcards/ for a step-by-step guide. Plus, at the bottom of that page is a link to report how many postcards you've written, so we can see how many we're doing all together.
