S/V Sundance: March 2020

Sunday, March 29, 2020

Stop all payments

Faith — How will Americans pay their bills when they can't go to work? Sean started a petition asking the government to suspend all major payments for two months – including leases, mortgages and auto loans. He says that we all need support: employers and employees, landlords and tenants. Join Sean to get immediate relief to all Americans.

Mortgage and Rent (Commercial and Residential) - Two-Month (60 Day) STOP on All Payments

4,646 have signed Sean Weber's petition. Let's get to 5,000!

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We, the People, call on our elected leaders to enact a two-month (60 Day) STOP on all payments for office leases, business leases, home rental units, business rental units, home and business mortgages, and auto loans.

When a mortgage company adds payments to the end of your mortgage loan, it does so through a payment deferment.

Employers need immediate relief from commercial leases. Landlords and homeowners need immediate assistance from mortgages. Basically, tenants need relief from paying rent, and landlords need relief from paying mortgages.

This Petition is providing temporary relief of all payments, through a two-month moratorium, or any other means that can provide immediate assistance to business owners, employers, homeowners, landlords, and tenants that is not a repayment loan.

We are asking that all mortgages on all commercial and residential property be deferred for 60 days, starting April 1, as a means to immediate relief without causing irreparable harm to both the landlord and the tenant.

In Spanish - En español

Nosotros, el Pueblo, pedimos a nuestros líderes electos que promulguen una PARADA de dos meses (60 días) en todos los pagos de arrendamientos de oficinas, arrendamientos comerciales, unidades de alquiler de viviendas, unidades de alquiler de negocios, hipotecas de viviendas y negocios, y préstamos para automóviles.

Cuando una compañía hipotecaria agrega pagos al final de su préstamo hipotecario, lo hace a través de un aplazamiento de pago.

Los empleadores necesitan un alivio inmediato de los arrendamientos comerciales. Los propietarios y propietarios de viviendas necesitan asistencia inmediata de las hipotecas. Básicamente, los inquilinos necesitan ayuda para pagar el alquiler y los propietarios necesitan ayuda para pagar las hipotecas.

Esta Petición proporciona alivio temporal de todos los pagos, a través de una moratoria de dos meses, o cualquier otro medio que pueda brindar asistencia inmediata a propietarios de negocios, empleadores, propietarios de viviendas, propietarios e inquilinos que no sea un préstamo de reembolso.

Solicitamos que todas las hipotecas de todas las propiedades comerciales y residenciales se difieran por 60 días, a partir del 1 de abril, como un medio de alivio inmediato sin causar daños irreparables tanto al propietario como al inquilino.

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Friday, March 27, 2020

Hope

Dear Faith —

In the last week, here in the U.S., we saw what we are capable of when we come together on Change.org.

We're navigating uncharted territory together, and fear and anxiety are high — but the best antidote to despair is action. And Change.org exists to empower the collective action this challenge demands. Here are four ways people are standing up for each other:

1) Mom Liz successfully petitioned New York City schools to close and institute remote learning. Over 370,000 supporters helped push this movement to victory.

2) A coalition of chefs started a movement to #SaveOurRestaurants and media outlets like Fox News, Forbes, The Washington Post, and The New York Times are eating it up.

3) Maryann has a compromised immune system, and she's demanding more test kits be made available for at-risk Americans and almost 400,000 supporters are backing her up.

4) Respiratory therapist Malliesha works on the front line of her hospital's war against COVID-19 and she's fighting for hazard pay for employees like her.

And that's just in the U.S. This is happening all over the globe with 25 million signatures on petitions around the world just in the last week.

We have an opportunity before us to showcase the very best of humanity. The Change.org community can model the behavior we want to see from our government, our corporations, and each other during this crisis.

The good news is this: Every single day we're seeing millions of people on Change.org choose compassion over cruelty, generosity over scarcity, hope over fear and action over indifference.

Your actions are making all the difference to the lives of millions of people depending on our collective action to fight for them now, more than ever. Let's keep it up.

In thanks for all that you do,

PS — Mr. Rogers had it right when he said: "When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.'"

We've found the helpers. There are millions of them rising to meet this challenge.

Will you join them?