Subject: #MothersDay Digital Dems Sheet -- Thursday, May 5, 2016
From: Dem Leader Press Office <[email-masked]>
To: Undisclosed recipients:;
Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 16:50:20 +0000

May 5, 2016

*Today, in anticipation of Mother’s Day on May 8, several advocacy groups are hosting two Twitter Storms – one at 2 pm and one at 3 pm.  Member offices are encouraged to participate in these two Twitter Storms.  The theme of the 2 pm Twitter Storm is Moms Need #ChildCareNow.  The theme of the 3 pm Twitter Storm is #WhatMomsNeed.

Why Thursday?  The advocacy groups point out that from #ThankfulThursday to #TBT, Thursday is often a day to share memories and reflections across social media platforms.  As we gear up to honor mothers on Sunday, May 8, what better time to bring attention to what America’s moms really need!

Sample tweets are below.

Also at the bottom of this email is more information about the groups hosting each of these Tweet Storms.

Sample TWEETS:

2:00 – 3:00 pm ET: Moms Need #ChildCareNow Twitter Storm

.@HouseDemocrats<mailto:.@HouseDemocrats>' #WomenSucceed Agenda promotes policies that ensure working parents have access to affordable & high-quality #ChildCareNow!

We must ensure that the expanded Child Tax Credit of 2009, which helps low-income families with children, is made permanent. #ChildCareNow

The current child care tax credit is inadequate in helping make child care more affordable. Congress must do more! #ChildCareNow

Child care is a necessity for most families with preschoolers bc households need 2 incomes to get by. Let's expand access to #ChildCareNow!

Avg cost of full-time child care for 1 child in a day care center in 2014 ranged from $5,500 - $16,500 depending on the state. #ChildCareNow

Nearly 2/3 of American women w pre-school age kids work & yet families are mostly left on their own for child care. Time for #ChildCareNow

3:00 – 4:00 pm ET: #WhatMomsNeed & #MothersDay Twitter Storm

#WhatMomsNeed this #MothersDay is for Congress to pass @HouseDemocrats' Women's Economic Agenda. When #WomenSucceed, America succeeds!

Equal pay for equal work. That's #WhatMomsNeed & deserve this #MothersDay. RT if you agree!

Flowers & other #MothersDay gifts are nice, but there’s much more that America’s moms need. → npwf.info/WhatMomsNeed #WhatMomsNeed

Women are breadwinners in nearly 2/3 of families. RT if you agree: Time for Congress to pass laws that help #WomenSucceed! #WhatMomsNeed

Moms are most often responsible for choosing kids’ doctors & taking them to appts. That’s why paid sick days are #WhatMomsNeed. #MothersDay

Women's health is under attack. #WhatMomsNeed are laws that protect – not threaten – their health & that of their families. #MothersDay

FACT of the day:

"Today, child care is a necessity for most families with preschool children because households need two incomes to pay all the bills. Yet quality, affordable child care in too many communities across the country is hard to find, difficult to afford and of dubious quality. Regardless of income bracket, the high cost of child care is a struggle for most families. The average cost of full-time child care for one child in a day care center in 2014 ranged from $5,500 to $16,500 depending on the state." - Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi
Link: http://goo.gl/5oXSmK

CLIP of the day:

<https://goo.gl/cLMEus>

Seth Meters on Paid Family Leave
Link: https://goo.gl/cLMEus

QUOTE of the day:

"The United States is the only industrialized nation in the world that does not have paid family leave." - Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, How paid family leave could become a reality in the U.S.
Link: http://goo.gl/TxEIYJ

HASHTAGS to use:

#WomenSucceed
#ChildCareNow
#WhatMomsNeed
#MothersDay
#LeadOnLeave

Share GRAPHICS

2:00 – 3:00 PM ET:
Moms Need #ChildCareNow Twitter Storm
In honor of Mother’s Day please join NWLC, Common Sense Kids Action, CLASP, the Center for Community Change, 9 to 5, EPI, Make it Work, ZERO to THREE, NAEYC, the Children’s Leadership Council, Every Child Matters, Young Invincibles, MomsRising, the Broader Bolder Approach to Education (BBA), National Association for Family Child Care, Child Care Aware of America, Caring Across Generations, the Children’s Defense Fund, WithinReach, SEIU, AFSCME, Early Care and Education Consortium, the National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education (NAECS-SDE), and Child Care and Early Learning Action Hub  for a #ChildCareNow Twitter Storm on Thursday, May 5th to support increased investments in child care #ChildCareNow to support America’s moms on Mother’s Day.

3:00 – 4:00 PM ET:
#WhatMomsNeed Twitter Storm
Please join the National Partnership for Women & Families (@NPWF) on Thursday, May 5th for a tweet storm 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. ET. Groups are strongly encouraged to use social media to call on lawmakers and/or candidates to support policies that help women and families – like paid sick days, paid family and medical leave, fair pay, and protections for pregnant workers – using the hashtags #WhatMomsNeed and#MothersDay.