From Amnesty International USA (http://www.amnestyusa.org):
We just launched a new campaign called RightsNow! This new campaign is not just about surviving the COVID-19 pandemic, but about creating a new future where all of us can live in dignity and thrive. We need you to join us.
RightsNow! We’re demanding that the U.S. government’s response to COVID-19 center human rights at all stages of the crisis — prevention, preparedness, containment, treatment, and recovery — in order to best protect public health and support people who are most at risk.
You can take action now at https://act.amnestyusa.org/page/60100/action/1: Demand that the administration and Congress center human rights in the COVID-19 response — RightsNow!
Everyone in the United States is impacted by this and many are experiencing hardship, sacrifice, illness or devastating loss as a result of this virus. Yet some of us are affected much more deeply as our country’s long-standing inequalities — including by gender, by race and by class — shape everything.
Our inequalities, which dictate so much of the fabric of everyday life, are magnified during this crisis. We need a people-centered response to COVID-19 that protects us all, and at the same time, also explicitly addresses our country’s long-standing inequalities.
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