#WeAreDoneDying

This evening, Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, sent out an email noting how the Black community has borne the brunt of the COVID-19 pandemic. Too many policies decisions at the federal and state levels ignore why the virus has taken so many Black lives. They also don't address "the systemic inequalities" that feed the pandemic in African American communities, writes Johnson, adding, "We’re done being discriminated against. We’re done being marginalized and ignored. We are not disposable. We are done dying."

The association has launched the #WeAreDoneDying campaign in order to push for solutions that help all communities of color during the pandemic. The program will push politicians to do the following:

• "Expand eligibility for affordable health care options and invest in long-term health care and health care education in the areas where people live;


• "Support black-owned small business specific economic relief funding in the upcoming stimulus relief packages and increase safety nets for workers and families;


• "Adopt multiple measures to ensure voting is safe and accessible and that voters and poll workers are not sacrificing personal health in order to participate in the democratic process;


• "Increase broadband access across the country, with particular investments in rural and low-income communities."

To finance the program, the NAACP is asking for donations.