Protect the United States Post Office

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Tell Congress to Save the United States Post Office

When it was founded, the post office was the first and only way for Black people to save their money and one of the country's first responses to food insecurity. Now 20% of postal workers are Black, but this essential service, that represents the best of what government could be, is being defunded and under-resourced during the pandemic.

The post office is not only uniquely positioned to respond to the needs of this moment but beyond. The postal service should be reimagined in a way that meets the needs of Black and vulnerable communities. As we witnessed with CARES stimulus package three, we not only need to send people money but fix how they get it. The postal service could play a role in identifying what that looks like. Furthermore, a fully functioning post office is vital for the integrity and assurance of upcoming elections.

More than ever, we need the post office. In the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. Postal Service workers are on the front lines, ensuring people across the country have needed supplies to remain safe. Calls for privatization and "starving" the post office are not only short-sighted but an ongoing symptom of the racial injustice that allowed the postal service to be defunct in the first place. We are calling on you to fully fund and stabilize the United States postal service.

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Protect the United States Post Office

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to unearth the many ways the lack of investment and infrastructure has a devastatingly violent effect on society, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has emerged as yet another clear example of those transgressions. The nation’s largest and most popular agency, with a reach of 35,000 retail units and leads in the employment of women and communities of color, can exceed a function beyond delivering mail...and that's exactly why it's being gutted.

With the largest reach of any agency, the post office can be reimagined to meet the needs before us: protecting and ensuring we can all safely vote this year; serving as a public banking alternative, leading the way for sustainable energy and responding to our country's ongoing food insecurity. The post office is representative of the best of public infrastructure with a proven history of meeting the essential needs of all.

Postal workers are doing vital work keeping the country going in unprecedented times. By moving medicines and vital supplies to people across the country, many small businesses and individuals are relying on the Postal Service to receive and deliver mail and packages. Postal workers are as concerned as any other frontline worker right now as they are doing hard jobs in difficult circumstances. This not only underscores the need to protect postal workers, many of whom are Black and people of color but the agency in and of itself.