This will help stop spreading the COVID-19 Virus, and help School Food Employee to remain safe.

We are very grateful for your proactive, consistent, and effective response to the Covid-19 crisis, and we know it will save many lives in our state. We are asking you to apply that same leadership to decisions affecting some of our most vulnerable residents: undocumented immigrants. As you know, the Coronavirus pandemic poses a serious threat to our communities, and as a result of this virus, people have been staying home, practicing social distancing, and taking measures to maintain good hygienic health. However, immigrant detainees have very little control over who they come in contact with or the cleanliness of their environment. Although some may believe that isolation from society prevents the threat of COVID-19 in detention centers, this is not accurate. The inadequate sanitary conditions in addition to the close proximity in which people are held means illness can spread like wildfire in detention centers. This is proven by many previous infectious disease outbreaks in detention centers, such as influenza and chickenpox. These outbreaks were very hard to control and caused the death of many men, women, and children. As one of the first governors to announce the closure of public schools, and as the chair of the National Governors Association, governors across the country are looking to you for moral leadership at this time. We are thankful for the steps you have taken to protect residents across the state, and we urge you to take bold action to protect Maryland’s immigrant community, as well.

COVID19 has left MILLIONS unemployed. The country could use these job-seekers to carry out public works projects, including the construction of public buildings and roads. The country needs these projects and the people need jobs. It’s a win-win.

Designating Election Day as a university holiday is important in increasing voter turnout and promoting civic engagement among students, faculty, and staff at Binghamton University. On-campus polling sites and early voting have both helped in this endeavor but fall short of allowing students the proper time to vote. 47% of college students cite being too busy as their primary reason for not voting. Having Election Day designated as a university holiday would free students of the time constraint of having to attend hours of classes on Election Day. In 2019, New York amended the Paid Voting Leave Law to allow voters to take up to three hours from work to cast their ballot on Election Day. Still, no provision exists allowing students time off from class to vote. The University of Montana is closed on Election Day in even-numbered years, and in New York, Columbia University treats Election Day as a university holiday with the cancelation of all classes. Making Election Day a state and national holiday is already a legislative priority at the state and federal levels for many lawmakers. Binghamton University could be at the forefront of this movement by designating Election Day as a university holiday. While the university already cancels classes for a number of holidays meant for observation, cancelling classes on Election Day would serve a practical purpose by allowing the Binghamton University community the opportunity to exercise their right to vote. Together, through this initiative, we can help uplift the underrepresented voice of today’s youth. Please join us in urging President Stenger to designate Election Day as a university holiday.

Our nation is in crisis on several fronts, foreign and domestic, economic and military, social and governmental. This is important for voters to be able to compare their stances in issues, their proposals for policy, and their attitudes and judgment that will affect the nation if one becomes President. Voters have heard little of these two in previous debates where many other voices were heard, limiting the responses from these two leading candidates.

The greatest urgency to obtain ventilators is currently in New York, New Jersey and Louisiana; however, in the coming weeks, rural communities will experience an overload of COVID-19 cases. A national ventilator lending system will help all communities in the United States and will save thousands of lives.

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is meant to recognize individuals who have made “an especially meritorious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.” Our health care workers deserve the Presidential Medal of Freedom for their steadfast, critical, self-sacrificing service in the face of the current pandemic sweeping our nation and world. Join me in petitioning President Trump to bestow this honor on these heroic, deserving individuals.

The DNC orchestrated the Biden lead from the beginning but so many of us want more change to save the planet. We need to hear from Joe and Bernie about the change this pandemic means to our nation and what they plan to do. Silence is not an option.

Once the worst of the pandemic is over and it is considered safe to travel, there will be a tremendous backlog of people applying for passports and renewals. This will hurt the travel industry even more than it is hurting right now, not only here, but all over the world. Also, many people have to travel on business. Many of them can't work remotely.

According to the latest figures from the United States Census: Columbus County has 7,712 uninsured. 13.3% Robeson County has 20,016 uninsured. 15% Pender County has 6,669 uninsured. 11.3% Bladen County has 4,728 uninsured. 14% Expansion of Medicaid alone will not only help more people get access to affordable health care, it can serve promote economic development and job creation across the state according to The Cone Health Foundation. Columbus County: 232 more jobs, 4,019 more insured, $31.3 Million in economic growth, $406.5 Thousand in increased county tax revenue. Robeson County: 616 more jobs, 13,747 more insured, $97.8 Million in economic growth, $1,401.2 Thousand in increased county tax revenue. Bladen County: 62 more jobs, 3,034 more insured, $10.8 Million in economic growth, $127.6 Thousand in increased county tax revenue. Pender County: 114 more jobs, 3,682 more insured, $21.4 Million in economic growth, $377.6 Thousand in increased county tax revenue. https://www.conehealthfoundation.com/foundation/nc-medicaid-expansion-update/

Due to the Updated CDC's recommendations, and Warning's about the COVID-19 Pandemic's Transmission New Routes, to the General Public. And, due to the fact that there are still Million's of American's that are not being Face Mask and glove complaint, in Public Spaces.

Since President Thomas Jefferson founded the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1802, the federal government has expanded and improved the education of military leaders. Two centuries later, however, the national declaration that "all men are created equal" remains unfulfilled. Naming academy buildings, roads, and other infrastructure for Confederate leaders at West Point and Annapolis perpetuates American inequality. At West Point, a barracks constructed in 1962--the height of the civil rights movement--was named for Robert E. Lee. At the Naval Academy, an engineering building and the superintendent's house were named for Confederate naval leaders in 1907 and 1976, respectively. Both academies also have roads and other infrastructure named for Confederate leaders. I recently urged West Point Superintendent LTG Darryl A. Williams, a fellow West Point graduate, to rename Lee Barracks and other infrastructure to "serve the nation’s paramount quest for a more equitable and just society under law." He wrote that "the Academy -- as a subordinate command of the Army -- will not act independently on this issue," "Confederate memorialization is an Army issue," and West Point recognizes "individuals who are a part of our history as an institution and a nation, not as representatives of a cause." The Confederacy and its leaders, however, will always stand principally for disunity, racism, and white supremacy. Honoring Confederate leaders at military academies reveres those values over equality and liberty. It is time for the nation's self-described premier leadership development institutions to replace Confederate names so they more fully express and honor Americans' highest values. Those values are clearly expressed through countless state and local officials who have removed Confederate statues and other divisive symbols from public spaces since the violent racist attacks in Charleston, SC in 2015 and Charlottesville, VA in 2017. State and local officials are fulfilling citizens' interests and leading an important democratic change movement where the federal government is failing. Sign this petition to: - tell the Defense Department and Congress to align the academies' values with your values; - support legislation that will require and fund the removal of Confederate honors at the military academies; - give your children better environments to learn leadership and selfless public service.