Tell your member of Congress to support the BREATHE Act!

Beaten. Shot. Tasered. Pepper sprayed. Choked and strangled. When will Black and Brown people have a chance to BREATHE?

There have only been twelve days in 2020 where the police have not killed someone. According to a Washington Post report, Black and Brown people in the United States are killed by police at the highest rate and disproportionate to our percentage of the overall population. [1]

MomsRising stands with the Movement for Black Lives, a coalition of over 150 Black-led organizations that have come together to launch the BREATHE Act. This bill is for Breonna Taylor, Antonio Valenzuela, Tony McDade, Mohamed Bah, Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Elijah McClain, Eric Garner, Mike Brown, Sandra Bland, and the countless other Black lives that have been stolen by the hands of police officers and government violence. This act will ensure that our political leaders invest in our communities through education, housing, healthcare, mental health services, and address the needs of the people living in low-income communities.

The BREATHE Act aims to:

Divest resources from incarceration and policing;
Build new approaches to community safety;
Invest resources to build equitable communities for all, enhance the self-determination of all Black and POC communities;
Allocate funds to build healthy, sustainable, and equitable communities

[1] 999 people have been shot and killed by the police in the past year

Dear Member of Congress,

We have already imagined what liberated, well-funded, safe, and protected Black and Brown communities look like. Now, it’s time that we take action. COVID-19 exposed our infrastructures (or lack thereof) in the worst of ways. When our communities needed medical assistance, we were sent police officers. When we needed resources for food, we were sent police officers. When people could no longer afford to pay rent, they were policed instead. Our communities need easily accessible resources and services, not over-policing during a health crisis.

The BREATHE Act will ensure that our political leaders invests in our communities through education, housing, healthcare, mental health services, and address the needs of the people living in low-income communities including but not limited to: youth, elders, immigrants, healthcare workers and other essential workers, people living without shelter, public housing residents, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ and gender nonconforming people, women, informal economy workers, and the many Americans who have or may become newly unemployed or homeless as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic period.

Too many Black lives have been lost and finally, we have a federal bill that reflects OUR beliefs, OUR needs, and the future we want to see for OUR communities. We are proud to partner with the Movement for Black Lives to amplify and support the BREATHE Act. We need you to fully support this historic legislation by signing on with us and passing the BREATHE Act!

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