Keeping Connected
June 18, 2021
Up Next
Weds., July 7, 7 p.m.
Legislative Session Wrap Up
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Pershing Juneteenth Community Celebration
Sat., June 19, 9 a.m.-noon
Pershing Elementary School
6761 Bartmer Ave., 63130

Masks and distancing will be respected.
Respect our Vote, Secure Medicaid Expansion!
Missouri Jobs with Justice is hosting a rally on July 1st to protest the failure of the Missouri legislature and governor to fund Medicaid expansion. Here’s how you can participate:

Attend the rally at the Governor's Mansion
Thurs., July 1, 11 a.m., 100 Madison Street, Jefferson City, 65101

Call Governor Parson
A hotline number has been set up to record messages to the governor. If you can’t attend the rally in person, call (877) 311-6932 to have your voice heard at the July 1 rally!

Encourage others to take action
Thursday, June 24, 5:30-8 p.m., St. Charles
Go door to door with Jobs for Justice to talk to voters across the state and invite them to call the Governor to express their disapproval about the lack of funding for Medicaid Expansion. Training included. Contact teresa@mojwj.org or call/text at 314-503-7415 to sign up! 
Urge Passage of For the People Act
Support trans, intersex and non-binary people during Pride Month
Biden has the power to prevent this dangerous misgendering on IDs – by directing all federal agencies to allow us to self-verify our own gender and to include a gender neutral "X" designation option on all federal IDs and records. 

For Pride month and for our everyday safety: Send a message urging President Biden to sign this executive order now. Use this link to send a message.
Advocate to End Qualified Immunity
Qualified immunity shields police officers and other government officials from liability by requiring proof an official violated “clearly established law” – putting the burden on victims to find a nearly identical court case that found the action unconstitutional. This is a key element of the architecture of impunity that amplifies police power and keeps them above the law, and disproportionately impacts those targeted most by law enforcement including people of color, particularly Black people, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ individuals.

As Congress approaches President Biden’s deadline for passing the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, it can and must take action by passing legislation that ends qualified immunity without exception. Send a message urging them to do so today.

Congress must take action to end qualified immunity without exception. Send a message to your representatives here.
Tell Congress: Close Unjustifiable ICE Detention Facilities
The Biden administration has a unique chance to shrink the architecture of immigrant detention and help repair the harm it’s caused. It can start with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutting down key detention facilities as soon as possible. Urge DHS to shut down key detention facilities ASAP. Send a message to the DHS here.
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