Subscribe To Our List

Tell Congress: Reject a government funding bill that doesn't address our health crisis or hold the Trump administration accountable.

The federal government is now in the midst of a shutdown.

After passing a partisan government funding bill, Speaker Mike Johnson put the House on recess and has refused to negotiate a bipartisan funding bill. Despite Donald Trump’s claim that Republicans don’t need Democrats to pass the continuing resolution (CR), they failed to get even a majority in the Senate on a partisan CR―and the Senate needs 60 votes to pass spending bills.

We need our allies to stand firm and demand a CR that extends the enhanced ACA premium tax credits, restores Medicaid funding cut in the Big Brutal Bill, and asserts Congress’s power of the purse to prevent the Trump administration from illegally freezing and rescinding funding for our communities.

So far, Donald Trump and Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought have cancelled or frozen more than $410 billion in funding for programs, including over $1 billion in substance use and mental health treatment, $250 million for school-based mental health grants (impacting over 200 programs in 30 states), and $500 million from the Emergency Food Assistance Program.

Click here to send a message to your senators and representative today.

Meanwhile, our health crisis demands immediate attention. Health insurance companies on the ACA marketplace are finalizing their premium increases now, which will go into effect January 1st. Families will start to get notices in the next few weeks about increased health costs before open enrollment begins on November 1st. The expiration of premium tax credits that help millions afford health care will drive up costs across the board, with payments expected to rise by over 75% on average, and in a dozen states, costs will more than double. According to the Congressional Budget Office, the number of uninsured people due to these increases could be as many as 2.2 million next year alone.

Tell Congress to vote against any government funding bill that allows vulnerable communities to continue to suffer.

Click here to send a message to your senators and representative today.

☰
  • Action Icon Take Action
  • Join Icon Subscribe
  • Donate Icon Donate

« All Events

  • This event has passed.

Mass Poor People’s Digital Assembly & Moral March on Washington

June 20, 2020 @ 10:00 am - 12:30 pm

Let’s Stand Together in a Time of Emergency: The Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March – ONLINE – Saturday, June 20

This pandemic and economic collapse, along with the recent wave of police brutality and racist murders, have forced this nation into an unprecedented season of crisis and action. The harshness of this emergency results from a deeper and much longer-term crisis, of systemic racism and inequality. The extra burden of death inflicted on Black victims of the coronavirus is a painful legacy of our nations’ racism. In fact, 14,400 more Black Americans would be alive if they died at the same rate from COVID-19 as White Americans. But even before the pandemic, discrimination and deeper poverty visited upon communities of color have created harm that we must work together to end.

This is a time that calls for us to join together, and empower the leadership emerging from poor and dispossessed people that is paving the way forward. And the Poor People’s Campaign has convened a historic, unprecedented digital event to lift these voices.

The Mass Poor People’s Assembly and Moral March on Washington is a 2.5 hour program that will be broadcast on Saturday, June 20th at 10am ET. There will be rebroadcasts at 6pm ET, and again on Sunday June 21st at 6pm ET, at June2020.org. Join CHN and our friends at the Poor People’s Campaign by registering here.

We cannot stress this enough: The June 20 digital rally will be an online rally without precedent. We are coming together to demand that the millions of poor and low-income people in our nation — from every race, creed, gender, sexuality and place — are no longer ignored, dismissed or pushed to the margins of our political and social agenda. Poor and low-income leaders will touch on a host of issues from healthcare to systemic racism, voting rights, housing, water, education, war and peace, and more. You’ll hear from some movement leaders with a history of supporting these causes. And to top it all off you’ll hear some great music from people around the country.

There are so many ways to get involved: By registering, you can take a selfie to have yourself included among thousands of others; your members of Congress will get an invite to join; and you’ll learn about voter registration opportunities and how to get involved in this movement for the long haul.

Register for June 20, 2020 here and tune in for the broadcast on June 20 at 10 AM ET. You can also watch the rebroadcasts at 6 PM ET or on June 21 at 6 PM ET at June2020.org.

+ Export Event

Details

Date:
June 20, 2020
Time:
10:00 am - 12:30 pm
Event Category:
Website:
https://actionnetwork.org/forms/rsvp-for-june-20-2020-mass-poor-peoples-assembly-moral-march-on-washington?source=CHN

Organizer

Poor People’s Campaign