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Paid Family and Medical Leave Solution
Youths Invited to Join First Robotics Program
• • •
Workers, small business owners, advocates
and legislative leaders came together for the
premiere of “We Believe in Paid Leave”, a
video campaign lifting up eight stories from
throughout Vermont, highlighting the critical
and urgent need for the passage of an equitable
and robust national paid family and medical
leave solution. They were joined by and
heard remarks from House Speaker Jill
Krowinski, Senate President Becca Balint, Lt.
Governor Molly Gray, and Congressman
Peter Welch.
We know that 65% of Vermont’s workers
don’t have access to paid family and medical
leave and that the consequences are dire in
the event of a personal or family medical
emergency. We also know that no one chooses
when they get sick or injured and that for
most families, nine months is not enough time
to save for an adequate parental leave. An
equitable, inclusive, and comprehensive Paid
Family and Medical Leave solution would
ensure that all workers have the financial
security to put their health and safety first.
Sole-proprietor, Main Street Alliance
member, and subject of the “We Believe in
Paid Leave” video, Akshata Nayak of Jericho,
Vermont opened the call and had this to say:
“Our country talks so much about communities
and families, but now, it is time to actually
support them. Small businesses are often,
rightly so, called the lifeline of our communities.
And in the pandemic, our front line service-workers
literally put their health and
safety at risk every day to provide for us. This
policy will be game changing for them, and
for the growing number of sole-proprietors
like me, who want to work and provide for
their community, and often have no choice
but to push ourselves through extremely difficult
personal situations with no financial
support. We need a national solution that will
provide for all workers, all small businesses,
provide enough compensation and time for it
to be impactful, and provide for all kinds of
leave including personal, family and parental
leave.”
Following the video premiere, the call was
opened up to legislative leaders where they
heard from Congressman Peter Welch, Lt.
Governor Molly Gray, House Speaker Jill
Krowinski, and Senate President Becca
Balint. All leaders showed resounding support
and a deep commitment to standing with
our federal delegation as they work to get this
transformative policy across the finish line.
Key quotes from the speakers:
Congressman Peter Welch: “There is an
economic argument to be made about why
(Paid Leave) is good for the economy… but
for me this isn’t just about the economy, this
is about what kind of society that we want to
live in and what kind of social insurance programs
we want to have that apply to everybody.
Because all of us, at some time, are
going to need to take time off, and it may be
for a son or daughter, it may be for a mom or
dad, but we are going to need it ... It’s about
an understanding that in a society, we make
common commitments to one another, but as
part of that commitment, we have to set up
systems and structures that allow that promise
to be kept … This is the work that we should
be doing, creating stability and security for
families.”
Lt. Governor Molly Gray: “I will never
forget when my mother got sick and was hospitalized
... I used up all my accrued vacation
and sick leave (which wasn’t much) to be at
the hospital helping my family navigate the
medical emergency. As I ran out of paid
leave, I began to wonder, what would happen
if I had to take unpaid leave…how long
would it be before I couldn’t make my rent, or
my student loans or worse, would I have to
leave my job altogether. My story is not
unique. Long before the pandemic, Vermont
women and caregivers were finding themselves
in the position of having to make tough
decisions between caring for loved ones and
paying the bills. As we know, the pandemic
exacerbated everything. A stronger recovery
means long overdue investments in a national
comprehensive paid family and medical leave
policy that ensures no Vermonter has to
choose between caring for loved ones and
paying the bills.”
House Speaker Jill Krowinski : “Small
businesses are the backbone of our Vermont
economy, and so many of these businesses
have long called for the need to support workers
and businesses by having a leave program.
A federal paid family leave program where all
businesses, regardless of size, have access to
family and medical leave, would be a game
changer to our state. Vermonters should not
have to choose between taking care of a loved
one or risk losing their job.”
Senate President Becca Balint: “We don’t
have a system that allows people to be absolutely
human in their relationships with your
family members when you have a health crisis.
This isn’t good for families. It isn’t good
for communities. It isn’t good for the emotional
health and safety of individuals and
families when we do not take care of people
during times of crisis. I want to make a clear
show of support (to our federal delegation)
around paid family and medical leave, because
this is an equity issue. It’s about fairness. It’s
about helping women. It’s about helping people
of color. It’s about helping single parents
across the state, and I really hope that in the
next year or so we are going to see paid family
and medical leave get across the finish line,
and I can’t wait for that day.”
If you are a student, age 4-18, interested
in robotics, or an adult willing to serve as a
mentor or event volunteer, the FIRST robotics
program may be for you.
FIRST, which stands for “For Inspiration
and Recognition of Science and Technology,”
is a global program, started in 1989, that
provides an opportunity for youths to work
in teams to learn how to design, build and
program robots using STEM (science, technology,
engineering and mathematics) while
honing their problem-solving, communications
and other life skills.
Registration is now open for the 2021-22
season for three different program levels:
LEGO® League (ages 4-14) and the Tech
Challenge and Robotics Competition (both for
ages 14-18). Adult mentors also are needed to
provide both technical and non-technical help
to individual teams and to assist at local competitions
with set-up, judging and other tasks.
If interested in starting, joining or mentoring
a Vermont team, click on “Contact Us”
at www.firstinvt.org or get in touch with Liz
Kenton at liz.kenton@uvm.edu. For more information
about FIRST, check out the global
program’s website at www.firstinspires.org.
In addition to annual competitions that can
advance a team to regional or international
play, FIRST participants in Vermont will
enjoy related optional year-round activities,
including opportunities to tour industrial facilities
that use robotics in real-world applications
or learn skills such as welding or coding
from guest experts.
More than 679,000 youths from 110 countries
participate each season, supported by
coaches, mentors, businesses and educational
and professional institutions. In Vermont,
University of Vermont Extension 4-H and
the College of Engineering and Mathematical
Sciences, Norwich University and engineers
and maker spaces throughout the state provide
support for the program.
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