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November 1, 2020 at 6:09 PM

Update: Help fight to ensure every vote counts

National Partnership for Women & Families Dear John, Election week is finally here, and the mood is like: It’s natural to feel on edge right now, especially given the importance of this election. But we also need to be patient while elected officials take the time necessary to make…

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  Jessi Leigh Swenson , National Partnership · [email protected]

October 27, 2020 at 10:39 PM

The hardest fights are the ones where the bad guys win

National Partnership for Women & Families Dear John, Last night was another heavy-hearted, sleepless night in a year that's been full of them. It’s only been five weeks since the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a warrior for equity and justice who fought for all of us until …

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  Sarah Fleisch Fink , National Partnership · [email protected]

October 8, 2020 at 7:56 PM

Action: (Prank?) call Lindsey Graham

National Partnership for Women & Families Hi John, Here's the thing about the Amy Coney Barrett confirmation process: It’s completely illegitimate. You and I know it. A dozen recent polls confirm that the majority of voters know it. The fly on Mike Pence's head probably knows it too…

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  Election 2020 @ National Partnership · [email protected]

October 6, 2020 at 6:50 PM

Last chance: Claim your FREE voter stickers

National Partnership for Women & Families Hi John, we're checking back in with a friendly reminder that we want to send you a sheet of these awesome (if we do say so ourselves) voter stickers. Today is the LAST day we can keep this offer open — and we don't want you to miss out. …

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  Lelaine Bigelow, National Partnership · [email protected]

October 2, 2020 at 7:00 PM

Coronavirus just got real for the GOP

National Partnership for Women & Families The [virus] is hitting the fan. Tell senators to get their priorities straight and pass the HEROES Act to finally protect frontline workers. John, Now that the White House is under quarantine and the president and first lady are i…

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  Digital Team @ National Partnership · [email protected]

October 1, 2020 at 9:26 PM

Oops. Let's try this again...

National Partnership for Women & Families Hi John, You may have encountered an error message yesterday when clicking from the email below to claim your voter stickers from the National Partnership. We are very sorry for causing that experience! We have identified and fixed the issue…

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  Sarah Fleisch Fink , National Partnership · [email protected]

September 30, 2020 at 7:00 PM

So where do we go from here?

National Partnership for Women & Families Hi John, For no particular reason, I'm checking in to see how you are doing today. Actually, you and I both know there's no shortage of reasons to check in on one another. The world is upside down. In the past 24 hours alone: The late Just…

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  Debra Ness, National Partnership · [email protected]

September 26, 2020 at 9:08 PM

ACTION: Don't let Mitch McConnell's hypocrisy go unchecked

National Partnership for Women & Families 41 GOP senators publicly opposed filling a Supreme Court vacancy during the 2016 election year. Tell them to stand by their OWN words now in 2020 and not to be the worst kind of hypocrites. John, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg used …

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  Sarah Fleisch Fink, National Partnership · [email protected]

September 22, 2020 at 6:58 PM

Action: RBG did NOT say this on her deathbed

National Partnership for Women & Families Urge 41 senators — who made public statements in 2016 not to fill a Supreme Court vacancy in an election year — not to contradict themselves now in 2020, especially as voting has already begun. John, Justice Ginsberg's dying wish …

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  Debra Ness, National Partnership · [email protected]

September 20, 2020 at 1:12 AM

In sorrow and solidarity

National Partnership for Women & Families Survey: How can we count on your support to stop RBG's seat from going to another Trump extremist? Dear John, I know we are all feeling the deep loss of our hero — the great Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. She was a war…

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  Shaina Goodman, National Partnership · [email protected]

September 17, 2020 at 8:18 PM

Sign the card for ICE whistleblower Dawn Wooten

National Partnership for Women & Families Sign our card to thank ICE whistleblower Dawn Wooten for courageously speaking out! Dear John, Whistleblower Dawn Wooten had everything to lose when she came forward this week with allegations of horrific medical and human rights a…

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  Karen Zadravec, National Partnership · [email protected]

September 3, 2020 at 1:05 AM

Best. Give 8/28 Day. EVER!

National Partnership for Women & Families Take our one-question survey: Do you agree that Give 8/28 Day should become as important as Giving Tuesday for white donors? Yes, I agree | No, I do not Hi John, Last week, the small and mighty team at the Young Black & Giving …

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  National Partnership Team · [email protected]

August 29, 2020 at 12:45 AM

Last chance (and check out the leaderboard)

National Partnership for Women & Families Time's running out on Give 8/28 Day! Here's what you need to know: 1. The Young, Black & Giving Back Institute is having their most successful fundraising day yet, supporting Black-led, Black-benefiting organizations. (Huge thanks to e…

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  National Partnership · [email protected]

August 28, 2020 at 8:14 PM

This will only take 60 (ish) seconds

National Partnership for Women & Families Hi Friends, We hope you've had a chance to join our "Zoomathon" by watching the video below and donating to Give 8/28 Day. We think it's definitely worth the time to watch, but we also prepared this 60 second summary so you won't miss out: …

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  Debra Ness, National Partnership · [email protected]

August 28, 2020 at 12:35 PM

It's here! Give 8/28 Day starts now.

National Partnership for Women & Families Black Lives Matter: Before you read the message below, we first want to acknowledge that our nation is reeling from yet another shooting of a Black person at the hands of police. What happened to Jacob Blake, Rayshard Brooks, George Floyd, B…

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  Debra Ness, National Partnership · [email protected]

August 27, 2020 at 8:14 PM

You need to see this:

National Partnership for Women & Families Black Lives Matter: Before you read the message below, we first want to acknowledge that our nation is reeling from yet another shooting of a Black person at the hands of police. What happened to Jacob Blake, Rayshard Brooks, George Floyd, B…

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  Vasu Reddy · [email protected]

August 13, 2020 at 4:05 PM

Black women have to work 20 months to make one year's pay

National Partnership for Women & Families Dear John, Today is Black Women's Equal Pay Day. That means, on average, a Black woman is just now being paid what her white male counterpart was paid in 2019. That’s right. Black women have to work 20 months to make one year’s pay — creati…

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  Amaya Smith, National Partnership · [email protected]

August 7, 2020 at 2:15 AM

Tonight, I'm thinking about ...

National Partnership for Women & Families John, Too often, our understanding of American history reads like a timeline of dates and historic events. And too often, this view ignores the pain and suffering that paved the way to each milestone. That's what's on my mind tonight as the…

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  Michelle McGrain, National Partnership · [email protected]

August 4, 2020 at 7:34 PM

Happening right now -- rally for paid leave!!

National Partnership for Women & Families Happening right now! A crowd has gathered online for the virtual Rally for Paid Leave. National Partnership President Debra Ness will be taking the virtual stage in a few minutes to demand Congress provide all workers access to paid leave a…

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  National Partnership · [email protected]

August 4, 2020 at 2:46 PM

Reminder -- Rally for Paid Leave (TODAY)

National Partnership for Women & Families REMINDER: The virtual Rally for Paid Leave is today at 3:00p.m. ET. It's time to make our voices heard and demand senators include emergency paid sick days and paid leave in the next coronavirus response. Sign-up and watch live here >>…

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  Paula Molina Acosta · [email protected]

August 3, 2020 at 9:34 PM

Breaking news, op-ed today, and paid leave rally tomorrow

National Partnership for Women & Families Hi John: We are many months into the deadly and devastating coronavirus pandemic, and Congress still has NOT expanded paid sick days and paid leave protections for workers — including frontline workers like Mariam*, a health care worker at …

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  Amaya Smith, National Partnership · [email protected]

July 31, 2020 at 5:49 PM

Your link to watch "The Fight" ...

National Partnership for Women & Families Dear John, From the day Donald Trump stormed into office spewing delusions of "American carnage" — and every excruciating day since — we've been in the fight of our lives against his administration’s racist, dehumanizing and even deadly poli…

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  National Partnership Team · [email protected]

July 20, 2020 at 3:31 PM

We need you to help #StrikeForBlackLives trend nationwide

National Partnership for Women & Families UPDATE Happening right now! Thousands of workers are walking off the job and demanding justice for Black communities in today's Strike For Black Lives. Even if you can't leave home or join the strike, you can still stand with these workers b…

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  Erika L. Moritsugu, National Partnership · [email protected]

July 18, 2020 at 7:22 PM

Strike for Black Lives

National Partnership for Women & Families Dear John, Black people are suffering under the triple crisis of higher fatalities and infections from COVID-19, unchecked police brutality and a rigged economy — brought on by systemic racism. Until Black people can thrive, none of our comm…

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  Shaina Goodman, National Partnership · [email protected]

July 14, 2020 at 8:08 PM

Let us know that these issues are important to you

National Partnership for Women & Families Dear John, For the first time in our nation’s history, we are beginning to have tough and much needed conversations about racism and white supremacy. The work of the Black Lives Matter movement has also led us to take action on fighting a…

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  National Partnership · [email protected]

June 30, 2020 at 10:19 PM

Pride, protest and Black history

National Partnership for Women & Families Dear John, Today, we close out Pride Month and remember the historic Stonewall Riots that were a catalyst for the gay rights movement in the United States and around the world. We invite you to take a moment to reflect on the countless, cou…

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  Rachel Hicks, National Partnership · [email protected]

June 19, 2020 at 2:54 PM

[petition] Demand Congress address police violence

National Partnership for Women & Families Dear John, Today is Juneteenth — a holiday that is very near and dear to my heart. Dating back more than 150 years, Juneteenth is a celebration of the day when the last enslaved people were freed — more than two years after the Emancipation …

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  Debra Ness, National Partnership · [email protected]

June 19, 2020 at 1:30 AM

Black Lives Matter = Defund the Police

National Partnership for Women & Families Dear John, As a show of solidarity earlier this month, the National Partnership participated in #BlackoutTuesday, interrupting our business as usual to amplify black voices instead of our own. We believed it was a good and important thing …

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  National Partnership · [email protected]

June 2, 2020 at 5:11 PM

[muted]

National Partnership for Women & Families Dear John, As a white-led organization with financial and reputational resources, we have an obligation to center, listen to, and learn from women of color and to amplify their voices during this crisis. We are honoring #BlackoutTuesday to…

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  Team at National Partnership · [email protected]

May 12, 2020 at 9:09 PM

Nurses shouldn't be excluded from emergency paid leave and paid sick days protections

National Partnership for Women & Families Hi John: National Nurses Week ends today, but there is still much more we need to do as a country to honor and protect these frontline heroes. On top of equipment shortages and the constant worry of contracting coronavirus, nurses and other…

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  Carol Sakala · [email protected]

May 10, 2020 at 5:14 PM

"You will forever be my mommy..."

National Partnership for Women & Families Dear John, For Congresswoman Lauren Underwood, addressing the Black maternal health crisis in this country is deeply personal. The youngest Black woman ever elected to Congress and co-founder of the Black Maternal Health Caucus, Underwood …

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  Team at National Partnership · [email protected]

May 6, 2020 at 8:20 PM

Take action: Nurses cut out of emergency paid leave and paid sick days protections

National Partnership for Women & Families Hi John: As you know, one of the most basic steps to protect public health as an infectious disease spreads is for people who are sick or have been exposed to the virus to isolate themselves. But that's not possible for many frontline work…

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  Debra Ness, National Partnership · [email protected]

May 5, 2020 at 10:50 PM

Support frontline women and families (staff picks for Giving Tuesday Now)

National Partnership for Women & Families Dear John, The coronavirus pandemic is the perfect storm of conditions causing pain and suffering at a scale many of us haven't seen before. The nonprofit community has been rising to meet this head on while simultaneously grappling with t…

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  National Partnership · [email protected]

March 31, 2020 at 5:49 PM

There's no explaining away what the wage gap represents:

National Partnership for Women & Families We've never needed your help more! We're working around the clock on coronavirus relief legislation, which is putting a strain on our resources. And we cancelled all fundraising-related travel to protect our staff and follow stay-at-home …

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  Debra Ness, National Partnership · [email protected]

March 27, 2020 at 10:40 PM

We must get this right, John

National Partnership for Women & Families Dear John, This is not the message I thought I’d be writing you this month. But here we are, in the midst of a global pandemic and public health crisis that have changed our lives and our country overnight. As a mom, daughter, grandma and…

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  Debra Ness, National Partnership · [email protected]

March 23, 2020 at 6:14 PM

CALL NOW: Don't let the GOP abandon working families during the pandemic

National Partnership for Women & Families Don't let Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell abandon U.S. workers! Right now, the Senate is heatedly debating the government's emergency COVID-19 response and an economic stimulus package. Sadly, Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell are more in…

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  Debra Ness, National Partnership · [email protected]

March 23, 2020 at 2:53 PM

URGENT: Don't let the GOP abandon working families during the pandemic

National Partnership for Women & Families Don't let Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell abandon U.S. workers! We're working around the clock to help ensure as many U.S. workers as possible receive emergency paid sick days and paid leave protections in the government's emergency COVI…

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  Erika Moritsugu, National Partnership · [email protected]

March 19, 2020 at 12:24 AM

UPDATE: Historic bipartisan vote for paid sick days -- but still more work to do!!

National Partnership for Women & Families Message About COVID-19 We know many people are struggling financially during the COVID-19 pandemic and are scared about their family’s health and financial security. We are too, but we are doing our best to press on. Our office has switch…

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  Erika Moritsugu, National Partnership · [email protected]

March 16, 2020 at 3:03 PM

URGENT: Call now -- Senate poised to vote today on coronavirus response bill

National Partnership for Women & Families John: We need your voice. Right now. Today, the Senate is poised to vote on the House-passed Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which includes critical paid sick days and emergency paid family and medical leave provisions! Let's m…

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  Erika Moritsugu, National Partnership · [email protected]

March 14, 2020 at 2:07 PM

UPDATE: House passes bill to help women and families endure this public health crisis

National Partnership for Women & Families Hi John, Overnight, the House of Representatives passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act with strong paid sick days and emergency paid family and medical leave provisions! The vote was bipartisan — 363-40. It's the Senate's tur…

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  Debra Ness, National Partnership · [email protected]

March 13, 2020 at 10:51 PM

Your voice needed: Pass the coronavirus response act

National Partnership for Women & Families URGENT: Tell Congress to pass the Families First Coronavirus Response Act now! Hi John, During this time of great uncertainty, disruption and change, I want you to know that the National Partnership is working tirelessly to make sure that…

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  Debra Ness, National Partnership · [email protected]

February 28, 2020 at 11:09 PM

Who decides which version of history survives?

National Partnership for Women & Families Dear John, It's been 94 years since Dr. Carter G. Woodson founded the annual commemoration that would become Black History Month — a time to recognize the historical roles and contributions of Black Americans to the development of this co…

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  Jessi Leigh Swenson, National Partnership · [email protected]

February 28, 2020 at 3:24 PM

Haters gonna hate

National Partnership for Women & Families Hi John, I want to echo Debra’s gratitude for all that you did to help defeat Mitch McConnell and Lindsey Graham’s extreme 20-week abortion ban. We narrowly won this fight by only 7 votes, and I just learned that senators who voted to sto…

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  Debra Ness, National Partnership · [email protected]

February 25, 2020 at 9:40 PM

Big time thanks!!

National Partnership for Women & Families Breaking news, John: Mitch McConnell FAILED today to pass an extreme, unconstitutional 20-week abortion ban. Thank you for showing up — BIG TIME — for this fight! Because of you, more than 5,000 messages were sent to senators urging them …

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  Shaina Goodman, National Partnership · [email protected]

February 24, 2020 at 7:04 PM

Your voice is missing. Help stop the abortion ban.

National Partnership for Women & Families Hi John, Mitch McConnell is holding a vote TOMORROW on a dangerous, unconstitutional, 20-week abortion ban. We’re mobilizing to make sure every senator hears from their constituents to vote NO on this awful bill. Your voice is needed, but…

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  Debra Ness, National Partnership · [email protected]

February 21, 2020 at 9:55 PM

Breaking: Stop the abortion ban!

National Partnership for Women & Families Breaking update, John: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is advancing a dangerous, unconstitutional, 20-week national abortion ban that would jeopardize women’s health and force doctors to choose between caring for their patients and…

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  Debra Ness, National Partnership · [email protected]

February 11, 2020 at 6:38 PM

Our fight to protect Roe is at a critical moment

National Partnership for Women & Families Mark my words, John: 2020 will be a decisive and hugely consequential year for abortion access. We need your help to raise at least $105,000 for our Women 2020 Rapid Response Fund so we can out-fight, out-strategize and outlast the rele…

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  Debra Ness, National Partnership · [email protected]

February 7, 2020 at 11:08 PM

Urgent: the next wave of attacks on abortion

National Partnership for Women & Families Dear John, In just a minute, I’m going to ask you to make a special donation to our Women 2020 Rapid Response Fund, but first I want to share with you an urgent update. Last year, anti-abortion extremists tried to advance more than 370 …

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  Debra Ness, National Partnership · [email protected]

February 5, 2020 at 3:06 AM

URGENT: Trump is grabbing credit for paid leave

National Partnership for Women & Families Can you believe this, John? In tonight’s State of the Union address, President Trump gave himself credit for recent paid leave progress. To be clear: WOMEN have been LEADING the fight for paid family and medical leave for DECADES. Meanwhi…

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  National Partnership · [email protected]

January 22, 2020 at 11:37 PM

Roe at 47. Please read.

National Partnership for Women & Families John: Despite the historic Roe v. Wade ruling 47 years ago today, many people — particularly people of color — face barriers that inhibit their ability to exercise the right to abortion. That's why the National Partnership is joining the A…

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