10 Minutes A Day 2020 Endorsements

For President:

Joseph R. "Joe" Biden, Jr.

10 Minutes a day supports disenfranchised communities, and so does Vice-President Joe Biden. He has spent his career fighting for the people, and whether it was with his vigorous efforts to achieve true campaign finance reform (which he initiated decades before Citizens United was decided), or with his groundbreaking legislation, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), Joe has been a tireless public servant. No stranger to hard work, he oversaw and implemented the Recovery Act, which pulled us out of the great recession; helped to pass and implement the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which gave coverage to millions of previously uninsured Americans and protects the 160+ million Americans with pre-existing conditions; was in charge of the Cancer Moonshot program; and led "It's On Us," a widespread initiative to prevent and end sexual violence on campuses and everywhere. As a Senator, Joe wrote and passed one of our most progressive emissions decrease bills to date in order to protect the environment--during the Reagan administration. His current platform recognizes the disparities in gender and racial equality, the importance of treating trans rights as human rights, and more. Joe supports LGBTQ+ rights and was the impetus behind repealing the DOMA, and has long declared his support for the notion that love is love. He has an impressive agenda to reform the criminal justice system and aggressively fight climate change (in part by creating many, much needed new jobs in green technology), believes in a woman's right to make decisions about her own body, and has a plan to rebuild the middle class that is both ambitious and impressive, one that would generate 250,000 jobs. Moreover, Joe has a very important platform for people with disabilities. It includes the US ratifying international treaties on disability rights, creating a senior disability advocacy position in his administration, ending the sub-minimum wages disabled people are often forced to accept (as low as $1/hour), fully implementing the Americans with Disabilities Act to ensure that we live up to our promises to end discrimination against disabled individuals, ending the asset limit for SSI recipients that forces many disabled people to live in poverty, increasing benefits for low-income disabled SSDI recipients, and more. He also has plans to address poverty, such as ensuring that people who are in need of housing vouchers receive them, providing tax credits for healthcare, and ensuring rural broadband access is something that is a given for people. He will invest in farmers and end the tariffs; make foreign policy decision wisely and with diplomacy, experience, and international respect; and pay teachers what they deserve. Joe knows how to fight pandemics and deal with economic struggles, and he'll build back better, making sure to keep America's promise as a haven for immigrants and refugees, not a nation that fosters hate. 

He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom with Distinction, an honor that puts him in a rare category and among only a handful of others who were given this award. Joe Biden wants to fight for us, all of us, to build a better today and a brighter tomorrow, and it is with pleasure that we endorse him for President of the United States for 2020. We also have merchandise to support Joe, and in the spirit of supporting causes (and people) whom he's supported, you can find many different items that show your support for Joe & also provide financial support to disenfranchised communities and social justice work. Our Biden merchandise can be found here: 

Joe Rainbow Pride Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/10-minutes-a-day/joe+2020+rainbow+blue?idea=5e62c94e1cbf3a594e33429c, https://shop.spreadshirt.com/10-minutes-a-day/joe+2020+rainbow+white?idea=5e62c95b1cbf3a594e33672b

Joe Bi-Pride Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/10-minutes-a-day/joe+2020+blue?idea=5e62d1c9f937645bbd88a592, https://shop.spreadshirt.com/10-minutes-a-day/joe+2020+white?idea=5e62c934f937645bbd7b0a02

Joe Trans Pride Merch: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/10-minutes-a-day/joe+2020+trns?idea=5e62c942205176636605d9cf

Team Pete for Joe: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/10-minutes-a-day/for+pete's+sake+vote+for+joe?idea=5e64d9b32051766366fc1654, https://shop.spreadshirt.com/10-minutes-a-day/pete+for+joe?idea=5e64d9a62051766366fc073f

For Vice-President:

Senator Kamala D. Harris

Kamala Harris is the daughter of immigrants and epitomizes the American Dream. Her late mother, Shymala Goplan, immigrated from India to the US to attend graduate school as a cancer researcher. Kamala’s father came from Jamaica to pursue an advanced degree in economics, and they met while members of the civil rights movement, a movement that Kamala has taken part in her whole life (even as a child in a stroller).

Kamala often cites her mother’s advice that it’s okay to be the first person to do something, but to make sure not to be the last one. She has opened many doors for other members of diverse classes by being many first: the first Black woman District Attorney in her areas, the first Black woman Attorney General of California, and the First Black woman Senator from California (and only the second Black female Senator in the US!). Finally, Kamala is the first Black and Asian Woman who has been nominated for Vice-President, and she would be our first female and first Black and Asian Vice-President.

 Kamala has a long record of advocating for social justice, successfully fighting against predatory lenders, for-profit-colleges, financial institutions (and other entities that foreclosed on millions of Americans’ homes during the great recession), big polluters, or other entities. She has fought for survivors, victims and families of gun violence victims, and the LGBTQ+ community. She was the first person to institute mandatory body cameras and implicit bias training, and she has done much to reform our criminal justice system, from her Back on Track Program, to her Senate bill to end cash bail. Kamala's only client has always been the people--not corporations, not foreign governments--the people. As the people's representative, she made sure that people had the right to marry who they loved, exposed Brett Kavanaugh and William Barr in brilliant cross-examination, sponsored legislation to end Black maternal mortality, has supported HBCU's and diversity in STEM and in hiring, and continues to advocate for a compassionate approach to criminal justice that treats mental health as a health matter, not a crime. She supported bills to protect voting rights, is a big supporter of the right to choose (and the only 2020 candidate to mention the moderator's failure to even mention this issue after 5 debates), and she sits on four important committees. Senator Harris is known for her kindness, and on the night that she spoke at the DNC, a record 21.4 million people tuned in to listen.

As an organization that supports members of disenfranchised classes and social justice, we are proud to endorse Kamala Harris for Vice-President.

In honor of this herstorical event, we designed t-shirts, mugs, hoodies, and more, the proceeds of which go towards supporting members of oppressed classes, protecting the right to vote, and defending our democracy. A lot of love went to into this shirt: the portrait of Kamala is actually painted, we used her campaign colors on the banner (a nod to Shirley Chisholm's herstorical Presidential bid decades ago). Also, the Kamala's name means "lotus" in Sanskrit, and there's a lotus in the background. We have a variety of colors, sizes, and items for every taste! 

Here’s our special-edition Kamala for VP merchandise: https://shop.spreadshirt.com/10-minutes-a-day/the+real+mvp+-+madam+vice+president?idea=5f06658d1cbf3a5c9b7f0343

For Alaska State Representative: HD 25:

Janice Park

Janice Park is running for state representative in Alaska's House District 25, and her race is an important one. In her own words, Janice says, "Alaska has promises to keep. Promises to out children. I am fighting for the things that will benefit their future. Join me in that fight."

In addition to being a hardworking Alaskan of seventeen years who is passionate, intelligent, and who cares about her community, we consider Janice to be a friend whom we are proud to endorse for this seat. Janice's priorities include quality pre-K and education, Medicaid expansion, affordable healthcare, and coverage regardless of pre-existing conditions, and protecting reproductive rights. Help elect Janice & make #HerStory in 2020! We have known Janice for years, and her kindness and commitment to her community would make her an incredible asset to the Alaska legislature.

 *Please note: Our merchandise designs are customized, and our graphic designer works really hard on them. If you would like to use them (for example, on a social media post or avatar, etc.), contact us to request advance written permission. Our designer is disabled and often spends weeks or longer on a single design, and then we have to work with our vendor to ensure that the printing will be desirable, that the colors will look good on the various backgrounds we choose, and more. This is a very difficult and lengthy process, and we do not get paid--we are all volunteers. Please respect our work by buying our merchandise! If you would like to use one of our merchandise/artwork images for other reasons (such as a Facebook background, to print out, or to use as a photo to place on merchandise from a vendor we do not use), you will need our express, advance, written permission, and we will have to discuss whether we would enter into a licensing agreement with you (and if so, how you could use such a potential license, how often that image could be used/shared and for what purposes, etc.). We appreciate it so much if you like our designs, but we chose a vendor that has high-quality materials (which we selected intentionally), a range of colors and products to suit diverse groups of people, and we put countless unpaid hours into our work. So, if someone used one of our designs in an unauthorized way, that would mean the disabled people who put their love, energy, and blood, seat, and tears into something were overlooked, to say the least. Part of our group's mission is to support disenfranchised communities. Disabled people are very much a disenfranchised group, and using their work without permission, compensation, or attribution really continues that cycle of invisibility. Even sadder, it actually harms our mission and the groups we seek to help. Graphic designs are copyrighted and cannot be legally used/reproduced/etc. without the express written permission of our organization. Thank you for understanding!