A lot has happened since I last wrote. A lot. A Georgia election, people dying at the US Capitol, Congress headed again towards an impeachment vote, and a $600 check to the people is finally being sent out. 

Many of you have already seen this one-time check in your bank accounts. Others may still be waiting. Click here to record a video message to Congress about why a small one-time check is not enough. Tell us how you’re spending that $600, what you still can’t afford, and why you need ongoing help. 

Throughout all of the headlines, the health pandemic and economic crisis continue. We must keep up our efforts because they are working. Before the holidays, this one-time check of $600 was passed. You and I know that this is not nearly enough. $600 is not arriving in our bank account each month, it is arriving only once.  But let me be clear that this is still a victory.

When I started this call to action, an ongoing $2,000 emergency relief check through the pandemic was not headline news. Now it is. Politicians are talking about it, our communities are talking about it, and President-elect Biden is talking about it. The victory we have had together is that we changed the conversation.  

We must continue. Congress is talking about sending out another single payment, but we know that another one-time check isn’t enough. It’s silly to keep having this conversation over and over — Congress could just approve monthly checks. We need recurring checks until the crisis is over.

Let’s keep raising our voices. Click here to record a video to tell Congress how you are using your $600, and how you would spend another check, and why you need more for your family to survive.