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🚨 ☎️ Be Heard: US Republicans are proposing cuts of $880B from Medicaid and $300B from SNAP, pushing 10 million Americans off healthcare and millions into food insecurity (many of whom vote GOP!) — all while giving tax breaks to millionaires. Pro-life!

Use WCID and our script to find and call your rep to demand they protect these vital programs for our most vulnerable neighbors (go)

BONUS POINTS: Donate to our friends at No Kid Hungry to support their grants and essential policy work.

• Donate or Volunteer: Invest in health and scientific advances to improve the lives of Canadian children and their families. The SickKids Foundation funds and supports research, education, and care at the Hospital for Sick Children.(go)
  

• Learn: Let’s get tech out of its villain era. Most stories today focus on tech’s cons. Which — fair! Tech Jobs For Good is taking the opposite approach. They recognize tech also has the power to make the world better.
  
  Search for tech jobs that fight climate change, improve healthcare, fight homelessness, and more. (go)

• Volunteer: #BreakFreeFromPlastic is a global movement working to achieve a plastic-free future.
  
  Join the more than 12,000 organizations and individuals worldwide who have come together to demand lasting solutions to the plastic pollution crisis. (go)
  

• Invest: Good news bad news: most of us are funding environmental catastrophe without even realizing it. That’s because the world’s top 60 private-sector banks continue to pump trillions-with-a-T into fossil fuels.
  
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• Learn: No matter where you live, part of democracy is holding your government accountable after election day. Use the Climate Action Tracker to learn more about where your country stands so you can advocate for better policy and a greener world. (go)

🍎 For the teachers out there

We’re gonna to spend time this summer beefing up our teaching resources (send in your recommendations!), but for now you can check out everything we’ve reviewed and curated — from clean air to clean energy, land use, AI, media literacy, and more!

BONUS: Not a teacher? Buy some school supplies for a classroom that needs them (go)!

Oh, hey. Instead of a Hidden Gem, I’m including the SNAP and Medicaid action again. Please just do it. It takes like 30 seconds. We made it so damn easy to find your rep, call, and just read from the script.

🚨 ☎️ Be Heard: US Republicans are proposing cuts of $880B from Medicaid and $300B from SNAP, pushing 10 million Americans off healthcare and millions into food insecurity (many of whom vote GOP!) — all while giving tax breaks to millionaires. Pro-life!

Use WCID and our script (please) to find and call your rep to demand they protect these vital programs for our most vulnerable neighbors (go)

That’s it — keep up the good fight.

Remember, if you’re slammed like I am — you can save actions for later.

Thank you as always for giving a shit.

— Quinn

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