#SupportEssentialWorkers During COVID-19

Support essential workers -- including immigrant and undocumented workers -- and their families that have been hit the hardest by  COVID-19. We currently have 88 people committed to donating the full amount of a stimulus check $1,200 to these families (see full list below)!

Here’s the problem: 
Hundreds of thousands of workers were left out of the stimulus package and are in need of emergency funds right now. Essential workers -- caregivers, food service workers, grocery workers, housekeepers, and gig workers  -- and their families are being hit the hardest during COVID-19 as many have received drastic cuts to their monthly income or have lost their job all together. 

These funds are being disbursed to the highest need individuals who are not getting government assistance right now, including immigrant families and undocumented workers and their kids. 

Here’s how we’re solving the problem: 
We just don’t have a roadmap for what we’re currently experiencing—that in and of itself can bring up an immense amount of fear for so many of these families who are in urgent need right now. 

It’s up to each and every one of us to help the most vulnerable workers and their families ensure they can continue to put food on the table, have the ability to stay home from work when they or a loved one are sick, and weather the economic storm that lies ahead. 

By donating today, your money will go DIRECTLY to families and workers to navigate the immediate needs they have during this crisis and also build an economic recovery that prepares them for what’s ahead. 

How can you help? 
Every little bit is going to make a difference -- your donation will go to emergency funds for these families -- like helping them pay their bills, getting medical supplies, or buying groceries. Here's exactly how you can help:

↛  Donate a full stimulus check to a family: Donate $1,200 -- the full amount of the stimulus check  

↛  Donate $200 to help a family pay for groceries for two weeks or more 

↛  Share this with 10-20 friends and ask them to do the same

↛  Share this on social media and ask my friends and family to do the same using #SupportEssentialWorkers

↛  Pay domestic workers, housekeepers, childcare workers or others who rely on income from providing services to my family 

↛  Directly a family member who is low-wage and in need

↛ Tip delivery workers at least 25% and share a bottle of hand sanitizer since their employers are not providing enough protective equipment

88 people have committed to donating the full amount of a stimulus check $1,200 to families in need: 
 Cecilia Munoz
Dorian Warren
Deepak Bhargava
Fatima Goss Graves
Vanita Gupta
Lily Eskelsen Garcia (and the NEA Dream Team!)
Becky Pringle
Kim Anderson
John Stocks
Karen White
Daaiyah Bilal-Threats
Tom Perez
Chris Lu
Kyle and Amanda Brown Lierman
Allison Zelman
Carmen Rojas
Rhea Suh
Deepak Pateriya and Pronita Gupta
Chris Chafe
Chris Owens
Janet Shenk
Heather Berthoud
Simon Greer and Sharna Goldseker
Raj Nayak and Rebecca Widiss
Colin Greer
Deirdre Schifeling and Peter Colavito
Katherine Archuleta
Jaime Zapata and Gaby Gomez
Heather Booth
Parag Mehta and Vaibhav Jain
Anne Bartley
John Cavanagh
Jesse Broad Cavanagh
Margaret Butler and Rich Peppers
Adrian Haro
Eddy Morales
Seema Nanda
Marilyn Sneiderman and Stephen Lerner
Thea Lee
Heidi Shierholz
Laura Tatum
Indivar Dutta-Gupta and Shally Venugopal
Kathy Krieger
Laine Romero Alston and Domenico Romero
Sharon Block
Carl Fillichio
Carlos Jimenez and Becky Wasserman
Lynn Feekin
Barbara Somson and Ross Eisenbrey
Ana Ma and Heather Holdridge
Parisa Fatehi-Weeks
Chai Feldblum
Sandra Mikush
Susan Chinn
Michelle Rose
Keith Mestrich
Anna Fink
Rebecca Dixon
Wendy Chun Hoon
Shilpa Phadke
Jocelyn Frye
Eric Hallstrom
Evan Wolfson
Tracy Williams
Robert Gass
Evan Wolfson
Gail Dratch and David Michaels
Joe Henriquez McNearney
Tony Martinez
Yvette Meftah
Sean Cartwright
Bill Dempsey
Mary Beth Maxwell


 These donations will be included in a fund set up at Amalgamated Foundation and aims to help immediately to stabilize struggling workers and families, who are reeling not just from the coronavirus itself but also layoffs, temporary business and school shutdowns, and caretaking duties. These donations will help facilitate direct cash grants and loans to individuals and businesses, with a focus on those who are most likely to be left out of the response from Congress. This will include funding the emergency cash relief funds that many worker and community organizations have recently launched, as well as potentially helping those organizations build the platforms they need to better virtually connect with workers and government support programs.