Tell the Senate to save the Postal Service

The United States Postal Service is an essential part of our national infrastructure and economy that helps connect our communities and businesses. While the USPS is self-funded and normally doesn’t receive any federal funding, this year they need emergency funding to keep serving the public, making sure that folks are able to get their vital prescription medications, businesses don’t suffer, and everyone who needs to is able to reliably vote by mail. Any effort to slow down the mail, including the withholding of emergency funding, will do significant harm and is a form of voter suppression. Call your senators and tell them to save the USPS. Take Action At Sojourners, we are sorting out the tension between our publishing work and our advocacy and organizing work. We are also examining our organizational culture to reflect the more just and beloved community we strive to build. While we take the necessary steps to grow, we are pausing some of our organizing work. However, there is some crucial advocacy that must continue. Ensuring that communities have access to essential services is vital. It is important for people of faith to call their senators, asking them to preserve the Postal Service; this is one way for people of faith to show our love for our neighbor. Here’s what you can ask your senator to do: Provide emergency funding to the USPS so they can continue delivering the mail with no changes to delivery speed or access points. Ensure that the Postal Service does not slow down delivery or limit overtime or hiring to maintain processing and service standards. Ensure that the USPS continues to prioritize election mail for the fastest delivery of mail-in ballots. Enforce vigorous oversight of the USPS and its administration to make sure no operational changes will reduce access or slow down the mail and that any type of voter suppression is not allowed to happen. Take Action In faith, Sandy Ovalle Director of Campaigns and Mobilizing