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WOMEN WORKERS RISING TOWN HALL SERIES

The rapid spread of Coronavirus across the globe has revealed what has always been a glaring truth for so many of the essential workers who are the backbone of our society : the most essential are least valued , are treated as most expendable . It is the working class and poor who are most vulnerable to the virus and the economic disaster that Covid-19 has laid bare . And often it is women who are holding the frontline .
To respond to this crisis , Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal and Eve Ensler hosted two virtual WOMEN WORKERS RISING Town Halls . The first featured Bonnie Castillo , RN and Executive Director of National Nurses United , Mily Trevino-Saucedo , Executive Director and Co- Founder of Alianza Nacional de Campesinas , and Sandra Jackson , MSW , LICSW , LCSW-C , Executive Director of House of Ruth . The second will feature Sara Jayamaran of One Fair Wage , Ai-jen Poo of National Domestic Workers Alliance and Sue Wilmot of UFCW 21 .