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Caring Across Generations #CareCantWait
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A movement of caregivers and care recipients working to better care systems so everyone can live, work, age, and parent with dignity. #CareCantWait
Jul 23 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
TONIGHT, STARTING AT 9PM! 60 hours for 60 years of care 📢

Join us on the National Mall, alongside caregivers, older adults, disabled people, and advocates from across the country as we hold vigil to honor what’s been lost and demand better.

protectmedicaidvigil.comGraphic advocating for Medicaid protection, featuring a person with a megaphone, various symbolic graphics like a hand, hearts, and a candle, and text encouraging action by texting 'VIGIL' to 227464 in celebration of 60 years of care. While Congress handed tax breaks to billionaires, they ripped away much-needed care from millions of families. It’s a betrayal, and we deserve better. And you know what? We won’t get over it, despite what Congressional leaders claim.
May 22 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
#BREAKING: This morning, the House passed massive cuts of nearly $800 billion to Medicaid and $500 billion to Medicare that will result in at least 14 million people losing health care coverage. 🧵 Poster discussing potential significant budget cuts to Medicaid, questioning the impact on care, with a map of the United States in the background. This budget proposal includes the largest cuts to Medicaid in history, threatening the health and well-being of every single one of our communities.

We deserve better!
Apr 8 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
📢 JOIN THE FIGHT TO PROTECT MEDICAID ONLINE AND IN PERSON 📢

We’re not backing down in our fight to #ProtectMedicaid and this week we’re sharing two opportunities to join us—at home or in person in DC! Image This WEDNESDAY, April 9th, we’re joining fellow care advocates and Senators for a “No Health Care Cuts. Period.” Medicaid Virtual Town Hall! senate.zoomgov.com/webinar/regist…Image
Mar 20 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Rather than fulfilling campaign promises, this administration continues to target families in pursuit of a political agenda. Eliminating the Education Department is not only a bad decision – it’s also an intentional act of disruption, meant to keep the public confused and scared. Image depicting a miniature school bus on a road, with text overlay stating 'The current administration is unraveling the Department of Education. Here’s how it would impact disabled people and family caregivers.' - from Caring Across Generations.
Promotional graphic by Caring Across Generations emphasizing the importance of federal oversight in education to support disabled students and families. Features text overlaying a dark background with two yellow school buses at the bottom. This move will have an outsized impact on disabled students and their families, since federal dollars fund one-third of all special education services in this country.
Dec 6, 2023 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
It’s time for another #GOPDebate! 📺 We’ll be watching the debate in Tuscaloosa tonight to see if they take on the crucial issue of care. Tune in or join us here to follow along! ⬇️ Debate is starting now! Here we go! Follow us along in this thread for our analysis and updates. ✍️
Nov 8, 2023 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
📺 We’re watching tonight’s Republican debate in Miami tonight to see if they take on the crucial issue of care. Tune into NBC at 8PM ET or join us here to follow along! ⬇️ Childcare costs in Florida are skyrocketing, close to $10k on average each year. That’s unacceptable! We need our elected leaders to take action and help working families access care. palmbeachpost.com/story/news/loc…
Apr 26, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING: The House just voted to pass a default plan that will take away health care from millions if they don’t meet a new bureaucratic work requirement. This is unacceptable and the Senate has to stop it. (THREAD👇) Red background and white te... Let’s call it like it is: this Default On America Act is a terrible deal for everyday people and will directly harm millions of families across this country. When the government plays games with things like food, health coverage, and aging and disability care, nobody wins.
Apr 26, 2023 • 12 tweets • 7 min read
We’re on Capitol Hill today to tell Congress: we need care, not cuts! #SaveMedicaid A group of advocates hold s... “While advocates are calling for more care, we’re here calling for no cuts to care.” Our @NJorwic explains why cuts and work requirements on #Medicaid are unacceptable! #SaveMedicaid Image
Mar 19, 2023 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
The care crisis is one of the most pressing issues of our time. That's why we’re so excited to have our Creative Care Council members giving voice and visibility to the care support we all need. A black and red graphic wit... Our Creative Care Council will help to change the way our culture and policies value and invest in care for everyone who needs it — like affordable childcare, paid leave, and in-home aging and disability care. The blue and white graphic ...
Mar 9, 2023 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
BREAKING: Congress JUST introduced a new bill that would mark a historic investment in aging and disability care to END waiting lists.

Here's why the new Home and Community-Based Services Access Act (HAA) is so important 👇🧵 A caregiver pushes an older woman in a wheelchair. Text read Most older adults and disabled people prefer to receive care in their own homes and communities – but don’t always have the resources for it. And, for the 7 million people who qualify for it under Medicaid, ~1 million are stuck on years-long waiting lists. news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and…
Mar 9, 2023 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
.@POTUS famously said “Show me your budget and I’ll tell you what you value,” and President Biden made it so clear today – he values strong care infrastructure! This budget would be a huge win for the whole care economy 🧵 whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… .@POTUS recognizes the struggles people all over the country face balancing their care responsibilities. These historic investments in #ChildCare #PaidLeave and #AgingAnd DisabilityCare will lower costs for families and build the care infrastructure we desperately need.
Mar 2, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Today was a historic day in the politics of care in Georgia. Care workers and caregivers converged on the Capitol as part of the first-ever Care Can't Wait Georgia advocacy day. A multiracial group of advocates sit around a table with foo We talked to our representatives about our care stories and priorities. THREAD of our priorities ⬇️
Feb 22, 2023 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
Here are some important caregiving facts to remember, not only during #BlackHistoryMonth but every single day...🧵 Home care workers are almost 90 percent women, childcare workers are 95 percent women, and care workers overall are disproportionately women of color.
Feb 16, 2023 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Thank you @SenSchumer for speaking out on the importance of protecting Medicaid! As the Senator said, “We must work to protect and strengthen programs like Medicaid, not put them on the chopping block.”👇Here’s why 🧵 1 in 4 people in the U.S. are covered by Medicaid. That includes children, older adults, people with disabilities, pregnant women, and so many more. Stripping Medicaid could remove much-needed health care access for millions of people.
Jan 27, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Today, the world will see the footage of Memphis police brutally beating Tyre Nichols to death after an unwarranted traffic stop, 100 yards from his Mother’s house.

This tragedy is a direct result of anti-Black racism and violent policing practices. A thread. Image Tyre was a 29-year-old Black man who lived in Memphis and grew up in Sacramento. Tyre was a devoted brother, son, and dad to a 4-year baby boy. He worked at FedEx, lived with Crohn’s disease, and was a skateboarder. Let's remember him living his best life.
Jan 26, 2023 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
Following today’s reintroduction of the Better Care Better Jobs Act from @SenBobCasey & @RepDebDingell, @aijenpoo shared the following statement:

“The Better Care Better Jobs Act represents a historic investment in a long undervalued and underfunded care industry… 1/8 …and will address waitlists and other barriers that disabled people, older adults and family caregivers face when trying to access the services they need in their homes and communities. 2/8
Jan 26, 2023 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Today, @SenBobCasey & @RepDebDingell reintroduced the Better Care Better Jobs Act, a historic investment that addresses the direct care workforce crisis and invests in services for older adults and disabled people 👏

Here’s why this is important 🧵 The Better Care Better Jobs Act would strengthen and expand access to Home and Community Based Services by extending eligibility to more than 3 million additional people.
Jan 26, 2023 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Our Statement responding to @GovWhitmer's 2023 State of the State.

“We were pleased to hear Governor Whitmer’s proposal for pre-K for all four-year-olds, building upon the historic early childhood education investments passed last year.

🧵(1/5) "We were also happy to hear how the Governor is standing up for Michigan workers through so many of her proposals. Care work makes all other work possible, & our direct care workforce must not be forgotten in any effort from Lansing to improve the lives of working families. (2/5)
Jan 22, 2023 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Today, on what would be the 50th Anniversary of #RoeVWade, @aijenpoo shared the following statement:

“Everyone should have the opportunity and means to care and make decisions for themselves, their families and futures. 1/8 No matter what it looks like or the role we play, family is at the heart of what we value most. The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn #RoeVWade has taken away one critical way people can manage their lives, health, and wellbeing. 2/8
Nov 22, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
This past weekend, Daniel Davis Aston, Derrick Rump, Kelly Loving, Ashley Paugh, and Raymond Green Vance were killed by a hate-filled gunman at a gay and lesbian bar in Colorado Springs. 19 people were injured and yet another queer community in this country is reeling. 1/4 Our hearts are broken. But we also know that words are not enough.

The truth is hundreds of millions of queer and trans people across the country — and the world — feel unsafe in their communities every day. 2/4