Melissa Boteach
@mboteach
VP of Income Security, Child Care @nwlc, formerly @amprog. Tweeting on economic justice, gender, parenthood & puns. Tweets=my opinions
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http://www.nwlc.org 22-03-2011 14:53:24
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Through the first-ever Care EO signed by President Biden last year, as well as through the American Rescue Plan and the CHIPS and Science Act, this Admin is making transformational investments in child care, home care, paid family and medical leave, and tax cuts for workers and families.
“Caregiving doesn’t work unless caregivers do. We need to support caregivers.” -Dr. Macie Smith
#TheCareEconomy #CareCantWait
Thank you, Jennifer Klein! So true. “Care is about family. Care is about kids. Care is about the economy. And care workers represent the best of who we are as a nation.” White House Gender Policy Council #TheCareEconomy #CareCantWait
Such a celebration of #TheCareEconomy movement on Capitol Hill today! MomsRising Paid Leave for All National Partnership NDWA National Women's Law Center 🤗 Family Values @ Work: Organize with us! SEIU AFL-CIO ✊ AFSCME AFT and many more. And good friends in the fight. #CareCantWait
At the White House Care Convening NeeraTanden46 reminding us that the lack of access to accessible and affordable care is a NATIONAL problem not a family problem. And highlighting the Biden administration’s commitment to National and transformative solutions for #TheCareEconomy
Finally!!! Yes! “Everyone is starting to realize: Our economy doesn’t work without care. Whether it’s for a new child or an older grandparent. “ - Secretary Xavier Becerra #TheCareEconomy #CareCantWait
“In-home family child care providers kept their doors open when the pandemic shut the world down. In good and bad times, children’s education starts with us. We are NOT babysitters, we are educators!” -Donise Keller
#TheCareEconomy #CareCantWait
.Secretary Xavier Becerra “President Biden leadership has ensured more families can find and afford high-quality child care and that more early educators and home care workers have higher wages.”
#TheCareEconomy
.Neera Tanden🌻 spells it out: when it comes to winning care, “our biggest obstacles are cynicism and fatalism. We win when we have big ideas and a movement behind them. That movement is growing and we are closer than ever to winning” #TheCareEconomy
Happy 94th birthday, Dolores! When I was a young organizer, reading about Dolores Huerta’s life and work showed me what was possible. As one of America's great labor and civil rights icons, Dolores has devoted her entire life to advocating for marginalized communities. She knows…
.Rep. Katie Porter “When institutions like Congress perpetuate long standing social disparities for women, is there a term for that”
Me: “I believe it’s call patriarchy.”
Thank you Rep Porter for underscoring the structural sexism& racism of our underinvestment in care.
.Elizabeth Warren bringing 🔥🔥& underscoring we cant afford NOT to invest in care.
Jeff Bezos pays lower tax rate than teachers. Its time for wealthy & big corporations to pay fair share in taxes because #carecantwait !
“We are the richest country in the history of the world. We dont need tax breaks for billionaires and corporations, We need living wages and investments in healthcare, housing, and education, child care and home care” -Bernie Sanders underscoring why #carecantwait
.Bernie Sanders underscores that care is some of THE most important work in America. In a rational world, we would honor care workers as the heroes of our society. #CareCantWait #TheCareEconomy
Looking forward to testifying in front of Joint Economic Committee Democrats at 3 pm today on the importance of child care and early education for our families and the economy.
Tune in here jec.senate.gov/public/index.c… twitter.com/nwlc/status/17…
BriTanya Brown, #childcare changemaker w/ Community Change Action & Child Care for Every Family Network asks Katherine Clark a question about the obstacles we face to winning care & how to overcome them.
Whip Clark emphasizes child care is infrastructure & we need lawmakers to understand it as a necessary public good.
Melissa Boteach Sarah Jones Katherine Clark U.S. Department of Labor Kicking off the #caretownhall with Jillian Mercado
#thecareeconomy #CareCantWait
Kicking off now #CareCantWait town hall on #TheCareEconomy with Sarah Jones interviewing Katherine Clark and U.S. Department of Labor Julie Su!
I agree with Fatima Goss Graves & the many other voices we heard today saying care can’t wait. And we can support investments in child care, home & community care, paid leave & the Child Tax Credit w/ good tax policy – like raising taxes on wealthy people & corporations.
Thank you President Biden for being our caregiver-in-chief and lifting up the important of care to our families and economy. #TheCareEconomy