This week’s radio show is a stream of a special online event to give people tips and tactics on how to get the benefits in the American Rescue Plan as we also activate for the future. You’ll hear from a very special guest, the U.S. Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and also from some of our nation’s foremost advocates, leaders, and experts about how to access the new benefits (including direct cash to your family!) that just recently passed in the American Rescue Plan, including:

• The Child Tax Credit (People can qualify even if they make zero income!!)
• Extended Unemployment Insurance benefits
• Child care assistance
• EITC expansions & stimulus checks
• Who qualifies for pandemic leave and how
• How to get access to the expanded healthcare coverage
• Home and community-based care services

  *Special guests include: U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, @SpeakerPelosi; Xochitl Oseguera, MomsRising/MamasConPoder, @XochitlOseguera; Monifa Bandele, TimesUpNow, We As Ourselves, MomsRising/MamasConPoder @MonifaBandele; Ai-jen Poo, National Domestic Workers Alliance and Caring Across Generations, @aijenpoo; Fatima Goss Graves, National Women’s Law Center, @FGossGraves; Amy Matsui, National Women’s Law Center, @amy_matsui; Myra Jones-Taylor, ZERO TO THREE, @myrajonestaylor;   Andrew Stettner, The Century Foundation, @pelhamprog; Nicole Jorwic, The Arc, @NJorwic; Dawn Huckelbridge, Paid Leave For All; @dhuckelbridge;