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DESCRIPTION:Join the People People's Campaign for the #MoralMonday Digital Direct 
 Action on McConnell to Save the Post Office, and Save Lives! Tune into our 
 website or Facebook livestream where we will demand McConnell bring the 
 Senate back to DC to pass a full relief package that includes protection 
 for the U.S. Postal Service.\n\nMonday, August 17 at 12:30 PM 
 PT\n\nFacebook livestream: https://www.facebook.com/anewppc/\n\nWebsite: 
 https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/livestream/\n\nThe need to protect the 
 U.S. Postal Service has never been more urgent. With millions of people 
 planning to vote by mail, we need to ensure that our ballots arrive and are 
 counted. \n\nSenate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has done nothing to 
 step up to defend the Postal Service, and by extension, our ability to vote 
 in the most important election of our lifetimes.\n\nInstead, he has wasted 
 weeks of precious time in a callous refusal to pass a full and 
 compassionate relief package during the greatest public health crisis of a 
 generation, and just this week he sent the Senate on vacation. And in doing 
 so he leaves millions to face evictions, hunger and sickness without the 
 support of the federal government\n\nOver the past two weeks, more than 
 500,000 of you have taken part in the Moral Monday actions, with thousands 
 calling in and shutting down McConnell’s offices in DC and across 
 Kentucky. The activists of the Kentucky Poor People’s Campaign are 
 leading the charge to challenge McConnell and all the hurt his policies 
 have caused in Kentucky and across the nation.\n\nDirectly impacted 
 Kentuckians and others from across the nation who have been hurt by 
 McConnell’s inaction will speak about the senator’s disregard for the 
 poor and the USPS. The USPS is a lifeline for many communities, especially 
 rural ones, and the orchestrated slow-down on mail is already causing 
 increased late fees on bills that people can’t afford, expedited 
 evictions because payment doesn’t come in time, and is a dangerous form 
 of voter suppression.\n\nWe’ll be joined by Elizabeth Powell, 
 Secretary-General of the American Postal Service Workers Union (APWU) which 
 represents more than 200,000 USPS employees, actor and activist Jane Fonda, 
 and others to demand a full relief package including adequate funding for 
 the U.S. Postal Service.\n\nForward together, not one step 
 back!\n\n▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪\n\nCOVID Pandemic Relief 
 Needed Now!\n\nThe HEROES Act was passed by the House of Representatives in 
 May, but Majority Leader McConnell has not allowed the bill to be taken up 
 by the Senate.\n\nThe HEROES Act would grant a second round of $1200 
 stimulus checks including to noncitizens/immigrants who file yearly income 
 taxes, extends the $600 weekly unemployment enhancement benefit through 
 January 2021, has an eviction moratorium & emergency rent payment 
 assistance, and allocates funds for safe, secure voting during COVID as 
 well as US Postal Service funds.\n\nThe Senate HEALS Act does not extend 
 the federal moratorium on evictions, has inadequate housing relief, would 
 cut the unemployment enhancement down to $200, allocates enormous sums for 
 the military, and has ZERO provisions for safe voting or the US Postal 
 service. \n\nUnder Mitch McConnell’s leadership, Senate Republicans have 
 proposed a bill that will leave citizens and states with fewer protections 
 and funds.\n\n▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪\n\nCALL TO 
 ACTION\n\nFlood the phones of Majority Leader McConnell to demand a full 
 and just relief package now!\n\nPPC special phone calling link (esp. for 
 those outside of 
 Kentucky):\n\nhttps://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/moral-monday-mcconnell\n\nThe 
 system will call your phone and patch you through.\n\nPLEASE HAVE YOUR 
 PHONE READY.\n\nOR\n\n317 Russell Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 
 20510\n\nph: (202) 224-2541\n\nfax*: (202) 224-2499\n\ngeneral switch 
 board: (202) 224-3121\n\n*Anyone can send a faxed letter from any state.  
 No need to be in 
 Kentucky.\n\n▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪\n\n#WeMustDoMORE: 
 Mobilizing, Organizing, Registering, Educating People for a Movement that 
 Votes\n\nVOTE: Register or Pre-Register (16-17 yrs) here: 
 https://registertovote.ca.gov/\n\nCENSUS: Have your household complete the 
 census here: https://my2020census.gov/\n\nPoor People's Campaign voting & 
 2020 Census #MORE page 
 here:\nhttps://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/voting/\n\n▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪▪\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/15/18835933.php
SUMMARY:Call to Action: Demand McConnell & Senate Return to Pass COVID Relief, Fund USPS & Voting!
LOCATION:Online via Livestream
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/15/18835933.php
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