Issues:
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Call Your U.S. Senators And Tell Them To Protect Our Vote
We must urge our Senators to add at least $3.6 billion dollars of funding for our elections in the final COVID relief package. Take action here.
Missouri needs food and housing assistance NOW!
Stop the CDC Data Bypass!
Ensure the integrity of the data being released on the Covid-19 virus by hospitals, which have now been ordered to bypass the CDC and report the data to HHS, effectively allowing the Trump administration to skew, alter, withhold, and lie about the cases and deaths, and provide false guidelines regarding the pandemic! Sign the petition here.
Demand stronger workplace health and safety protections for frontline food workers
Frontline food workers still lack the necessary protective gear to keep themselves safe in the workplace and are dying from the virus at alarming rates.In order to protect workers and keep communities safe, OSHA must enact and enforce emergency protections for food workers today. Read more and sign the petition here.
Call on the Missouri Supreme Court to Prevent a COVID-19 Public Health Crisis in Jails by Releasing People
St. Louis County had two jail employees test positive last month for COVID-19 and the County said nothing. We still do not know whether any detainees have been tested. Join Women's Voices in calling on the MO Supreme Court to act. Sign the petition here.
Tell Donald Trump: Gun Stores Are Not Essential During the Coronavirus Crisis
Call your members of Congress ASAP to ensure we have the adequate resources to respond to discrimination in this time of crisis. Contact your legislators here.
Contact your legislator to support emergency assistance to households with low incomes today!
Congress Must Act Now to Protect Victims and Survivors, Funding for Programs that Serve Them
Victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence are particularly vulnerable during this time. Congress must act now to protect victims and survivors and all people in America. It must also provide funding for the programs that serve survivors. Read more here.
More Action Alerts here!
Acting on Our Mission
Women's Voices Members Approve Position on Upcoming Ballot Measure
Constitutional Amendment 3, Senate Joint Resolution 38 (SJR38)
Women’s Voices position: OPPOSE Amendment 3 (Vote NO!)
Volunteers Use Map the Vote to Encourage Voter Registration
Using data from Map the Vote, 35 volunteers are working to distribute packets to 1,200 likely unregistered voters leading up to the October 7 registration deadline. Not registered? Register to vote in Missouri here.
Bringing the Ballot to You - September Program Recap
Experts in voting rights and advocacy gave us a to-do list showing how we can protect our constitutional right to vote, especially during a pandemic in which more people will be voting from home. Read a summary of the program or watch the full presentation here.
Beyond Housing Calls for Bold Investment
At the September 14 Lunch & Learn, Chris Krehmeyer, president and CEO of Beyond Housing, urged participants to keep pushing people to get out of their comfort zone and look at community funding in new ways.
Read more and watch the video here.
Cathy Gilbert Urges Safe Storage of Firearms Following Preventable Shooting
Cathy Gilbert, co-chair of the Women’s Voices Campaign for Common-Sense Gun Solutions Committee spoke with Jenna Barnes on KSDK Channel 5 News following the accidental shooting death of a 6-year-old in St. Louis.
Read more and watch the video here.
Women’s Voices Address Passage of MO Senate Bill 600 (SB600)
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has signed SB600, a punitive, regressive crime bill that does absolutely nothing to further the cause of criminal justice reform. Read our statement here.
Read our Emails
Read the September Women's Voices newsletter, Loud & Clear.
Read our September 17 Keeping Connected email
Read our August 21 Keeping Connected email
Women's Voices Calls on Missouri Supreme Court to Prevent a COVID-19 Public Health Crisis in Jails
Women's Voices supports Public Health Policy Recommendations for Missouri in response to COVID-19 Pandemic
Women's Voices has joined the list of organizations who demand that local and state policymakers should implement a comprehensive set of policies targeted at the populations most at risk of contracting COVID-19, and the institutions and practices that pose the greatest threat. Read more.
Up Next
Racial Justice Movie Club
Thurs., Sept. 24, 2020, 6:30 p.m.
Virtual viewing of Dr. Robin DiAngelo discussing her book White Fragility: Why: It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism and discussion
Read more or register here.
Remembering RBG: The Work Isn't Done!
Tues., Sept. 29, 2020, 5 p.m. Virtual Program
Speakers will discuss what the Supreme Court nomination process to replace RBG entails and will provide action points to honor RBG’s dying wish.
Read more or register here.
Lunch & Learn with Gloria Bilchik
Fri., Oct. 2, 2020, noon Virtual Program
Gloria will discuss her book, Election Insiders: Behind the Scenes with the People Who Make Your Vote Count
Read more or register here.
The Dirty Details: Defeating Amendment 3
Thurs., October 8, 7 p.m., Virtual Program
Speaker: Mary Timmel, Organizer with the No on Amendment 3 campaign
Read more or register here.
Racial Justice Book Club
Thurs., Nov. 16, 2020, 6:15 p.m.
Virtual discussion of The Person You Mean to Be: How good People Fight Bias by Dolly Chugh
Read more or register here.
Community Programs
VPC's City Police Department Collective Bargaining Agreement Virtual Town Hall
Thurs., Sept. 24, 6-7:30 p.m.
Virtual town hall for residents of St. Louis City to have their voice heard in the ongoing CBA negotiations between the City of St. Louis, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and the St. Louis Police Officers' Association.
Read more or register here.
Lawyers without Rights: Jewish Lawyers in Germany under the Third Reich
American Bar Association Travelling Exhibit
Exhibit Extended through May 2021, Law Library Association (10 N. Tucker, 13th Floor, 63101)
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